How To Play Go (Beginner Tutorial)

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  • čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
  • This video tutorial will teach you how to play Go
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    This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Go and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
    After watching, you will know the basics of how to play the board game Go. All that is left to do is grab a friend and start playing!
    This Go tutorial will cover the following topics:
    0:00 Intro
    0:11 Overview
    0:28 Setup
    0:47 Objective
    1:15 Game Play
    1:31 Terms
    2:27 Winning
    3:32 Rules Review
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Komentáře • 212

  • @GatherTogetherGames
    @GatherTogetherGames  Před 5 měsíci +14

    Continue your Go learning with Go Magic, a modern platform for learning Go. I have partnered with Go Magic to give you an exclusive 25% OFF your first purchase with code: GTG25
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  • @myYTchannel00
    @myYTchannel00 Před rokem +522

    Thank you for posting! I'm obssessed with the Netflix series "The Glory" and really want to learn how to play.

    • @syedafaryal986
      @syedafaryal986 Před rokem +4

      Hii.. hope you are doing great✨
      I want to ask have you played this game???

    • @mmmayori
      @mmmayori Před rokem +70

      THATS WHY IM HERE TOO 😭

    • @adviceforyou9107
      @adviceforyou9107 Před rokem +11

      @@mmmayori me threeeeeeeee

    • @jazviolet07
      @jazviolet07 Před rokem +9

      Me fourrr 🤧🤧🤧 but I can't win against Cosumi online!!!

    • @meutod2
      @meutod2 Před rokem +5

      Sammmme! 😂❤

  • @hyperdrivepics
    @hyperdrivepics Před 2 lety +265

    Used to read a manga about a kid who played Go. Yes, he had the spirit of an ancient Go player inside him. But it's cool to learn the rules all these years later!

    • @wrestlerdude6955
      @wrestlerdude6955 Před 2 lety +42

      Hikaru no Go? I was just watching that😅😅

    • @adeus666
      @adeus666 Před 2 lety +31

      Hikaru No Go is the best way to hook anime fans on the game. The Manga and anime productions were supervised by an established professional player, and every game shown was taken from a professional match (some sites have the episodes and game records tracked)

    • @raphaelsanluis9711
      @raphaelsanluis9711 Před 2 lety +1

      So true

    • @matttumberman2191
      @matttumberman2191 Před 2 lety +8

      @@adeus666 it's the ONLY Go anime anyway haha

    • @regi7675
      @regi7675 Před 2 lety +4

      That’s why I’m here

  • @icouldbejokingbut
    @icouldbejokingbut Před rokem +55

    The Japanese librarian at my old school had 3 Go boards and she taught us how to play and I think it’s quite fun

  • @yabbaguy
    @yabbaguy Před 2 lety +99

    I'm impressed how much you covered in a 4-minute video. One thing, call them "stones", not "markers", even if they're plastic. :)

  • @AlAl-xd2ep
    @AlAl-xd2ep Před rokem +46

    OMGOSH you make it sound so much easier than I thought it was😮
    I watch The Glory and I have become inspired to learn to play GO🥰 Thank you so much for this tutorial tutorial 💕

    • @rolirolster
      @rolirolster Před 7 měsíci

      So how's it going? Have you learned anything?

    • @Berdcleo
      @Berdcleo Před 4 měsíci

      also here because of The Glory. lol

  • @vviizoo
    @vviizoo Před 10 měsíci +6

    u guys know this game for the glory meanwhile me from reply 1988 😭

  • @Niamhy1314
    @Niamhy1314 Před rokem +39

    Thank you! This was a brilliant, simple to follow tutorial. I first learned of this game in the first season, first episode of Criminal Minds Extreme Aggressor and Reid described it as ‘the hardest board game ever’. I had to find out how to play. Great explanations for beginners.

    • @Dajen_Tk
      @Dajen_Tk Před rokem +2

      Yes same here. Saw that episode today and it brought me here

  • @GradStudentTutorials
    @GradStudentTutorials Před 6 měsíci +6

    Simple, perfect, and clear explanation! Thank you :)

  • @infinitelove3740
    @infinitelove3740 Před 2 lety +12

    Very nicely explained 👍 thank you.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Před rokem +3

    Thanks for this! Helpful!

  • @crystallight2
    @crystallight2 Před 2 lety +24

    I have a Go set but never understood how to play. Thank you.

    • @morten1975dk
      @morten1975dk Před rokem +5

      I have seen 4 videos now and still have no idea how to play this game. Did you ever figure it out? And was it a good game?

    • @crystallight2
      @crystallight2 Před rokem +1

      @@morten1975dk I've played a few games with other people. I'm still very much a novice, and mistakes have to still be pointed out.

  • @supersmallchibiwolf872
    @supersmallchibiwolf872 Před 2 lety +5

    I remember playing GO and a few other games from Asia years ago as a kid. Cool video. ^_^

  • @annamarieocuramillan6300
    @annamarieocuramillan6300 Před rokem +21

    Who else got interested and curious in this game after watching it from a kdrama series "The Glory" starrying Song hye yo? Hhaha

  • @whitedove071089
    @whitedove071089 Před rokem +2

    Thank you. I just learned from watching once. It was clear

  • @maybememory1
    @maybememory1 Před 2 měsíci +2

    As a westerner, I feel so simple 🙈 We always put things inside the box. This is very literally outside of the box 😆

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind Před 13 dny

      But if you buy a set it comes in a box... betcha didn't consider that lol

  • @positive8373
    @positive8373 Před rokem +4

    Fair explanation - just a little fast to understand the concepts at the midway and end. I'll need to review it a couple times since I have never played game before. Thanks

  • @Shugosha.2Cor5.20
    @Shugosha.2Cor5.20 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent video, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge,

  • @TheZephyrsWind
    @TheZephyrsWind Před 13 dny +1

    Nice, thanks! I've recently been on a board games Bing & didn't know how to play Go.

  • @BullR5180
    @BullR5180 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you this was very helpful ❤

  • @timothymnemonic79
    @timothymnemonic79 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I am very grateful for your words of wisdom and actions.

  • @stephen5070
    @stephen5070 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Go is a difficult game to master because how abstract and flexible the strategy is.
    It’s about building, capturing , claiming territory, recognizing patterns, analyzing the board, not being greedy and so forth.

  • @ShraddhaStudentCareerPoineer
    @ShraddhaStudentCareerPoineer Před 4 měsíci +3

    Beautifully explained

  • @sayvilletech9135
    @sayvilletech9135 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thanks, I really could not have figured out all this from an app I downloaded.

  • @toniimus
    @toniimus Před 2 lety +17

    I did not know anything about this game and you explained this very clearly. Thank you.

  • @willingtoheal4341
    @willingtoheal4341 Před 11 měsíci +12

    Who is here after watching the Glory?😅

  • @xbiggrape8802
    @xbiggrape8802 Před 3 měsíci +2

    thank you :)

  • @kayburgess8536
    @kayburgess8536 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I've played Chess for years I ran across this game in a movie wasn't even sure it was real so I'm glad you have this its pretty simple my grandson will like it I taught him Chess when he was 7

    • @plrc4593
      @plrc4593 Před měsícem

      I've learned chess, now I'm learning go and I think go is better than chess, yet go is extremly difficult for beginners. Chess has well definded goal. This goal, when you're a beginner is not to blunder and wait till oponents blunders and spot it :) Go doesn't have that well defined goal.

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind Před 13 dny +1

      No one in my family played chess, so I was never taught & have only been playing since I was 34 (I'm 36). Tried suggesting it to my mother but she declined.
      I've been getting into playing many board games, Go being one of them.

  • @prajitpatel4185
    @prajitpatel4185 Před rokem

    Outstanding

  • @unknown-lz5of
    @unknown-lz5of Před 8 měsíci

    thank you so much

  • @harvinkaur08
    @harvinkaur08 Před 10 měsíci +5

    If you watched the glory and obsessed with Go then watch Kwon sang woo's movie The Divine Move 2

    • @a2zadi
      @a2zadi Před 2 měsíci

      Where can it be watched? And also is Glory worth the long journey ? As someone in 30s I' slightly skeptic in picking up theme involving students

  • @Kitiidiii
    @Kitiidiii Před rokem +5

    Watching this because of Choi Taek (reply 1988) and CEO Do Young (The Glory) hehe

  • @shoq13
    @shoq13 Před 5 měsíci +2

    thank you

  • @tajwaradil9846
    @tajwaradil9846 Před 2 lety

    Amazing

  • @mrsgingernoisette
    @mrsgingernoisette Před 4 měsíci +3

    03:00 while we count the empty space, can't this game go on by placing more stones there?

    • @plrc4593
      @plrc4593 Před měsícem

      Good point. In Japanese and AGA rules you get 1 point for every captured enemy stone. If your opponent played in your territory, you would get his stone. So your score would be additional +1-1=0. Your opponent score would be additonal -1+1=0. So there is no point to continue playing.

  • @ReflectionOcean
    @ReflectionOcean Před 6 měsíci +3

    - Understand the objective: control the board and capture enemy markers (0:48).
    - Learn the board setup: use a 9x9 grid for beginners (0:38).
    - Identify intersections: place markers where lines meet on the board (1:10).
    - Start with black markers: black plays first (1:16).
    - Recognize liberties: open intersections connected to your markers (1:32).
    - Form units for strength: connect same-color markers (1:49).
    - Capture opponent units: fill all liberties around them (2:05).
    - End the game with passes: signal by passing a marker to opponent (2:28).
    - Calculate final score: count controlled intersections minus captures (2:53).
    - Avoid repeating board positions: do not recreate a prior board state (3:34).

  • @IknowIamafool
    @IknowIamafool Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks

  • @jayweh
    @jayweh Před 11 měsíci +3

    2:32 this is where I struggle. how do I see that the game is basically over at that point?

  • @user-sm9zs7sc8u
    @user-sm9zs7sc8u Před rokem

    I used to play this game with my grandfather when I was younger 😊

  • @zohrarehman7197
    @zohrarehman7197 Před rokem +1

    its all about the intersections not being taken over. Seems like a very tactical and analytical game. would like to play.

  • @sujatha_jha
    @sujatha_jha Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks for an easy-to-understand tutorial. However, I could not work out how you calculated the points/score from the open intersections. I tried for both black and white but didn't reach the numbers you mentioned. Could you pls explain this in detail? Thnx

  • @ericribeiro3888
    @ericribeiro3888 Před 7 měsíci

    4:20 good work

  • @umilegoraice424
    @umilegoraice424 Před 2 lety +9

    It’s a great video for complete beginners but, first of all we say stones not markers and also ,even do it may be difficult, we hold stones between the major and the index.

    • @a2zadi
      @a2zadi Před 2 měsíci

      What is major?

  • @BigPinkBootyDaddy
    @BigPinkBootyDaddy Před rokem

    nice intro. miss the notion of "life" and "two eyes" for a group to have life. but this was an excellent overview. very playable from here.
    thank you.

    • @1StepForwardToday
      @1StepForwardToday Před rokem

      What exactly are "2 eyes" and "life"?

    • @mnemony3151
      @mnemony3151 Před rokem

      @@1StepForwardToday when a group of stones has fully surrounded 2 separate places, then there is no possible way for the opponent to play in either of those places, which means it is impossible for that group to ever be captured. these surrounded places are called "eyes" and when a group has 2 or more eyes then the group is said to be "alive"

  • @The_Super_NOVA
    @The_Super_NOVA Před rokem

    Here after watching The Glory. I want to learn the basics so maybe I can play in a park when I visit Korea. 😎

  • @bin4ry_d3struct0r
    @bin4ry_d3struct0r Před rokem +5

    The proper way to pick up the stones (not markers) is by sandwiching them between your index and middle fingers with the index finger at the bottom. Do it in any other way, and you signal to your opponent that you're a beginner.

    • @a2zadi
      @a2zadi Před 2 měsíci

      Amazing..

  • @Cyber.Thunder
    @Cyber.Thunder Před rokem +7

    "Hikaru No Go" gang, where you at? :)

  • @deepankarsingh7050
    @deepankarsingh7050 Před rokem +2

    All coming here after watching glory😅, and By The Divine move 🙌

  • @adeus666
    @adeus666 Před 2 lety +7

    "Markers" and "units"? First time I've heard those words used for stones and groups (and I've been playing at least 12 years). I'm also very confused about passing costing a stone. What country's rule set is this supposed to be from? I've attended a tournament before (Canadian open) and that form of "pass" didn't exist there either

    • @capness1228
      @capness1228 Před rokem

      If you've been playing for twelve year why are you watching beginners videos? So you can be pedantic? Need a self esteem boost because you suck at the game?

  • @bensas42
    @bensas42 Před 2 měsíci

    2:34 Why is this considered game over? Why can't you place more white markers behind the black ones, or vice versa, to capture more territory?

    • @09ziyad
      @09ziyad Před 2 měsíci +1

      You can but you wouldn't be able to make two eyes so it's pointless to do.

  • @jamiecee4960
    @jamiecee4960 Před rokem +7

    I love this game. It's been a while since I played it though. Not easy to win either.

    • @yipengyang2227
      @yipengyang2227 Před rokem +1

      Im a chinese and I play go. If u want learn go 1v1 u can contact me😆

  • @alanaa0
    @alanaa0 Před rokem +3

    who's there after "The glory"?😅

  • @heirofaniu
    @heirofaniu Před rokem

    Is there a guideline for figuring out the compensation that white gets or is that more just something the two players agree upon?

    • @mnemony3151
      @mnemony3151 Před rokem +1

      its something the players agree on, but the komi almost always ends with ".5" so as to prevent a tie game. The most common values picked are 6.5, 7.5, 5.5, and 0.5

  • @jenovagg1536
    @jenovagg1536 Před měsícem +1

    I'm here because of Joanne Massingham

  • @ozzyg82
    @ozzyg82 Před rokem

    How is the compensated amount agreed upon? E.g. what’s it based on, is it completely random or is there a mathematical way to work out how much of a disadvantage the white player is at in terms of points?
    Also, is the rule, that you can’t play a counter in such a way that repeats a prior position, indefinite - or can you do it after a certain number of other goes?

    • @mekkler
      @mekkler Před rokem +1

      From 6½ points (Japan, Korea) to 7½ points (China, US).

    • @pickupsomemilk
      @pickupsomemilk Před rokem +5

      The amount was decided statistically so that professional players' games would give black and white a 50/50 win rate. It started at 4.5 in the 1920s and was increased twice to reach 6.5.
      Superhuman AIs have since shown us that we basically got that value right.

  • @citizenbobx
    @citizenbobx Před rokem

    I don't understand in looking at the final position for this example why more stones couldn't be played on the open intersections on the bottom half of the board. The rules I was given say you can play a stone as long as that stone would have one liberty when played, so it seems like there's a bunch more to settle?

    • @mnemony3151
      @mnemony3151 Před rokem

      they could have kept playing if they wanted to but all of their invasions would end in failure and their invading stones being captured, which would give more points to the opponent. when both players agree there are no more good moves to play, they both pass and the game ends.

    • @mekkler
      @mekkler Před rokem

      @@mnemony3151 Wouldn't the remaining stones after the capture reduce the points of that player?

    • @mnemony3151
      @mnemony3151 Před rokem +1

      @@mekkler Yes, to an extent. It depends on how good the defending player is at extending. Some attacks are so hopeless that there is no reason to even respond. If the defender knows there is no chance the attacker can survive within that space, then the defender doesn't need to respond and can pass while the attacker continues. Eventually, the attacker will be forced to realize that their attack has failed and all of their invading stones are just captures, free points, for the defender.
      In some rulesets, passing also means 1 point for the opponent, in which case it's much more worth it for the attacker to make risky invasions. But games will still tend to end early because both players will be good enough to tell when they are too far behind.

    • @mekkler
      @mekkler Před rokem

      ​@@mnemony3151 I have heard many explanations for how to play Go, they were always confusing on this point. Thank you for a very clear explanation.

  • @user-bp9yc7yq3p
    @user-bp9yc7yq3p Před rokem +3

    Hit like if you came here after seeing "Go Game" in the Glory 😜

  • @k31than
    @k31than Před 6 měsíci +1

    @3:21 How is the amount [of compensation] determined? Is it random?

    • @plrc4593
      @plrc4593 Před měsícem

      Depends on rules set. In Japanese rules it's 6.5. In Chinaese and AGA (American) rules it's 7.5.

  • @Yishai-dl9fr
    @Yishai-dl9fr Před 2 měsíci

    Reminds me of chess or checkers but different

  • @manish_semwal_26
    @manish_semwal_26 Před rokem +2

    Legends came here after The Glory.

  • @vj7248
    @vj7248 Před 2 lety

    Go is GOAT'd

  • @user-lq9oi5jq3n
    @user-lq9oi5jq3n Před 3 měsíci

    Okay.

  • @sajijala4295
    @sajijala4295 Před rokem +2

    I'm here because of Reply 1988 and The Glory :)

  • @brokeyourfaceonufc4988
    @brokeyourfaceonufc4988 Před 5 měsíci

    Bro there is a board game that I’m seeing I guess in a move but it’s a real it’s 2 lil kids playin and the one kid won with the one black chip against like i guess 12 white chips and the board was like plank light brown and dark brown

  • @Datb2
    @Datb2 Před 6 měsíci +2

    The Glory brought me here

  • @tesilab994
    @tesilab994 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Some suggestions: 1. Before doing a video on go, learn how to hold and place the stones. Its easy. 2. When showing a go board, the grain of the wood on the board should run up/down, not left right, unless you are showing players facing each other from the left and the right. The grid squares are typically not even square, but taller in the wood grain dimension. 3. You provide terminology, but the single most common term you consistently fail to use is STONES. The markers are called stones! 4. The size of the board is not adjusted for player ability (a handicap is provided to adjust for that). Though the smallest board might be used to drill someone in tactics before moving to a larger one. The 9x9 board is preferred for a tactical lightning game, the 13x13 is to scale the game into a chess-like/lunchtime time frame, since 19x19 is a bigger time investment. 5. You described connected stones as "units" and while that is a useful word, in 30 years I've been playing go, I have never ever ever heard them called "units". There are three common terms for them. The most common term is "groups" (though others will use the term group more loosely than that), or they are more technically called either "strings" or "chains". 6. End the game by passing stones is not at all a universal convention. It was adopted by the American Go Association, but the game has been played for literally thousands of years without passing stones.

  • @he-2ronacantonao733
    @he-2ronacantonao733 Před 10 měsíci

    Im interested this game because of the kdrama that i watch❤

  • @Moepowerplant
    @Moepowerplant Před rokem

    It would so much more fun to play in a tournament if with each capture a referee intones, "Sweet," or "Divine."

  • @VaibhavShewale
    @VaibhavShewale Před rokem +1

    here after watching 2014 movie the divine move, lol!

  • @puplewolf6761
    @puplewolf6761 Před rokem +1

    Who also got motivated to learn after watching the glory

  • @VEK47
    @VEK47 Před 2 měsíci

    Who is here after reading Treatise on Nomadology? 😅

  • @gnt10
    @gnt10 Před rokem +1

    Why are you saying marker instead of stone?

  • @MrNarxy
    @MrNarxy Před rokem +3

    Sooooo who else is here because they can't beat the rabbit in warframe?

  • @dannygjk
    @dannygjk Před 9 měsíci +1

    I was never able to figure out all the legalities of playing Go even tho I tried off and on for decades. Maybe my brain is too smooth.

  • @rolirolster
    @rolirolster Před 7 měsíci +2

    This wasn't a tutorial, it was a run down of the rules. Can anyone point me to a video that goes through basic tactics? Literally every resource I've found goes on about the rules. I know what a liberty is, but I don't know how to form strategy.

    • @plrc4593
      @plrc4593 Před měsícem

      Have you seen Go Magic?

  • @farzanashah1521
    @farzanashah1521 Před rokem +1

    Who came here to learn to play go being inspired by the glory

  • @catWithFunkyFace
    @catWithFunkyFace Před hodinou

    came here from Komi, in warframe

  • @Captain.Dank64
    @Captain.Dank64 Před 2 lety +14

    Is there a game called “stop” as well?

  • @haazyl-uh4ts
    @haazyl-uh4ts Před 20 dny +1

    me after watching HnG:

  • @michaelbauers8800
    @michaelbauers8800 Před 11 měsíci

    I thought they were called stones, not markers?

  • @Jokersworld894
    @Jokersworld894 Před 11 měsíci

    Reply 1988 made me interested in Go play

  • @effingyoutube69
    @effingyoutube69 Před rokem +1

    Hey Kiddo

  • @mooniex5830
    @mooniex5830 Před rokem +1

    Im here after watching 1988

  • @WideMouth
    @WideMouth Před rokem +1

    They’re called stones, not “markers.”

  • @charissetish
    @charissetish Před rokem +7

    Anybody else here after watching The Glory

  • @freakmoister
    @freakmoister Před rokem

    Call it by its proper name

  • @kstryker22
    @kstryker22 Před 9 měsíci

    Who's here from watching the Live Action One Piece? I am :D

  • @szargos
    @szargos Před rokem

    I don't understand why in this example, the game is over. Can't white play on the bottom line of the board, for example, then black plays, and they just continue?

    • @mnemony3151
      @mnemony3151 Před rokem +1

      they could have kept playing if they wanted to but all of their invasions would end in failure and their invading stones being captured, which would give more points to the opponent. when both players agree there are no more good moves to play, they both pass and the game ends.

  • @w_memes_yt
    @w_memes_yt Před rokem

    What game is this?

  • @malakalrumaih9578
    @malakalrumaih9578 Před 10 dny +2

    How else came from Glory

  • @catarina8674
    @catarina8674 Před 2 měsíci

    I watched apothecary series...

  • @NaihanchinKempo
    @NaihanchinKempo Před rokem +2

    stones,and libertys not markers and intersections

  • @Spenceley
    @Spenceley Před měsícem

    Yeah, I still don't get it lol.

  • @dylanrb88
    @dylanrb88 Před rokem

    Who's here because Adam Conover's AI video?

  • @eba-pachi
    @eba-pachi Před 22 dny

    who else is here because of hikaru no go?

    • @TheZephyrsWind
      @TheZephyrsWind Před 13 dny

      Not me, but I did read about it in another comment & have added it to my list of anime to watch!

  • @hjrkahasanova3057
    @hjrkahasanova3057 Před rokem +3

    Glory watchers?😂

  • @kech267
    @kech267 Před rokem

    The board is actually 8 by 8?

    • @weimondo
      @weimondo Před rokem +1

      it's the number of intersections. Not the number of squares

    • @mekkler
      @mekkler Před rokem

      The standard board is 19x19 intersections. Smaller teaching boards can be 13x13, even 9x9 which would be considered trivial by go players.

  • @sonamarya4182
    @sonamarya4182 Před rokem +1

    Legends came here after watching 'The Glory'....

  • @cornorange7622
    @cornorange7622 Před 10 měsíci

    you dont call this tutorial. you call this corporate manual that no one wants to read and proceed

  • @evarchavex4800
    @evarchavex4800 Před rokem +2

    Unit? Markers? If you're going to make a tutorial, then at least get the basic terms right. They're called groups and stones.