Video Tutorial for the Game of Go - Part 3a, Terminology (WeiQi, Baduk)

Part 3a of this series contains terminology used in discussing and studying Go.

Hope you enjoy the tutorials!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• go
• game
• weiqi
• weichi
• baduk
• tutorial

[rhcp4565]

Hey GoshawkHeron, I really appreciate all your videos. Quick Question though:

Do you think you could upload a vid of you playing an actual game? That way, you could point out the moves and why they were made; I bet a lot of ppl would learn from that. Thanks

[GoshawkHeron]

@rhcp4565 You're right that that is an excellent way to learn. At the end of part 3b you'll find some recommendations to some learning materials; AudioGoLessons (dot) com does exactly that (in spite of the "audio" in the name, there's also video of the moves on the board.) The explanations are by Go professionals, who do a much better job than I could. The software mentioned there, GoDojo, also does a good job of leading you though the thinking process.

[maliximojo]

Does black have _.5 when you count points?

[GoshawkHeron]

Hi, maliximojo: You're thinking of "komi", which is not an actual rule of the game but has become a widely-used convention. Komi points are usually given to White, though; check out part II of the tutorial for a discussion, starting at about 5:00.

In some more advanced handicapping formulas, mostly used in tournaments, it's possible for Black to get the komi instead (called "reverse komi"). You don't usually encounter it outside of a tournament, though.

[Arephid1]

wow, this is amazing. My wife an I will have so much fun with this.  Thank you for these fantastic videos.

[80VAIN08]

@Spoekenkieker

Really? I live in north germany too! In what town do you live?

[bluepie88]

@bluepie88 (This might be a bit late in answering your question, but might help others wondering the same thing.)

[bluepie88]

@XerosXIII No one. The 'territory' is neutral.

[XerosXIII]

This a long time question I had in mind ever since i started (still a newbie lol)

In the Seki situation, who have the rights for the territory? or counting in the end of the game?

[TheCursedBanana]

thx man this helps alot :D

[GoshawkHeron]

@Robstafarian Apparently the description is just a bit ambiguous though; I was trying to say that White *sets up* connect-and-die by playing at G1, not that Black was in connect-and-die to begin with. Unfortunately YouTube doesn't let you edit your videos, or I'd go back and clean up things like that, but maybe I can add a pop-up comment to clarify. Thanks for the feedback, and happy go-ing!

[Robstafarian]

@GoshawkHeron Sorry, I made my coordinates relative to a normal 19x19 board. For your 13x13 grid in the example, the initial connection would be at J1, white would block at G1, and the capturing move to create the eye would be at F1.  Sorry for the confusion.