I'm just glad there is one

28k on KGS here be on the lookout! XD

He's very good in GO, I wonder how he would do in politics. I think great!

I mean once you learn how to play the game, he doesn't have to explain the confusing moves that were played in this game. Like that was a very strange fight in the lower left corner, but understandable.

I think he is glancing at a record of the game for reference, but yeah, guys who can remember these moves are something else.

for a professional player it shouldn't be that hard especially if they think alike most games between 1dan and stronger players can be reconstructed from te memory of both players simply because there is so much thought going into every more at 4dan and stronger it would be weird if they couldn't reconstruct the game If he has done a prepared lecture with variations, then both the thought process of the variations and trying to understand the mindset of the players will help them remember I can't really make a good analogy here but it's like remembering your life story a combination of memorable events and common sense.

He's a freaking 9P , it would be a shame if he couldn't do that. Any competent professional an any top amateur can reconstruct a game like this. Redmond is so good, that he used to be in the top 80 or so Go players in the entire world (late 80's) This is fairly routine for a master of his level. The ultimate master of all times -- Go Seigen -- regularly constructed games from the 1930's and 1940's Jubangos for his house guests in the 2000's. In the Documentary "the Surrounding game" Go Seigen was playing games he recalled from 1941 at his 99th Birthday party with MIchael Redmond (his student who is commenting this video) and some other guests. At that time, Go Seigen was within 18 months of his death and was still mentally aware enough to construct games from 70-80 years in his past.

for good players this is not a special skill. At his level he will remember probably the last few games he has played.

It's not as hard as you think. Most dan-level amateur players do it, and even some SDK amateurs. The moves of a pro game aren't random, they have some logical flow.

Yes. I’m learning how to play right now. That is one thing that worries me to some extent. Yes I can play online, but I want to get the stones in my hands soon. So playing online will work to a point, but I’m certain even before touching a stone that it can’t even compare to the real thing in real time.

Have you checked if there's any clubs near you?

@@ShredST the closest is about an hour plus away in Cincinatti and ithe last message was from 2 years ago iirc

Chinese culture might just come into vogue in the US as the US-China rivalry continues to heat up. An increase in interest in Go among Americans will be part of that. Go arrived in Japan from China about 1500 years ago and in China the game gains more and more new players every year. Those really into Japanese culture (and not just anime) are likelier than most to develop interest in Go (囲碁), just as they would develop interest in kimono and other Japanese traditional attire (和服), Japanese cuisine (和食), ikebana (生け花), chado (茶道), or Japanese martial arts (武道).

If you have *plenty* of experience under your belt, you can construct an ironclad understanding of the game. Though, if all you want is nuts and bolts, a year of playing, doing problems of training, and having a teacher give you the necessary insights is enough to start you off on the right foot. For a simple description of the general method of play in Go, I'll say that the opening is a struggle between spheres of influence, the middle game is a struggle between groups, and the endgame is a struggle between borders.

Go is not Japanese. It originated in China 4k yrs ago, spread to korea and finally japan. It is played by all of these east asian countries culturally.

@@borayuh Go arrived in Japan from China, through Korea. Though, it was Japan which first exported the game to Western countries, hence the widespread use of Japanese Go vocabulary.

This is the same with most complex games.

@@innosanto not most games, go is obscure for beginners , this is why chess is simply a better game

the way go works is a lot different from any other game, at first you won't know what to do and what your move does, but eventually the experience wiill get you to understand more

Memorizing go games is pretty easy when you’re a decently advanced player. Most players can remember whole games just after finishing playing them, let alone after extensive review

Michael has his personal channel and uploads very interesting videos and analyses of his own games

Assuming you already know the rules, maybe try dwyrin or Nick Sibicky if you haven't already. Both channels have some good content for understanding fundamental strategy at a beginner level.

@@jordanrozum thanks will check em out for sure!

not an AGA game

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rJ1-l56ti52QrIk.html

Thank you, but I was asking about the moves after Move 194

No worries. Just trying to help. Looking forward to the rest of the match. :)

Here: gokifu.com/s/2w0t-gokifu-20180828-Iyama_Yuuta(9p)-Cho_U(9p).html

No, Ko in Japanese is 劫, while Go is 囲碁.

You could search In Sente video about how to play go… It's quite beginner friendly

For one thing, it might make you happy, while depression isn't very good for the brain :) That said, personally I feel there's been some benefit to working memory and mental visualisation, though I can't tell if that's necessarily because of the game. I am not aware of any actual research.

seems like a lot of pattern recognition and visualization. Which are useful to train but by no means the only useful mental skills.

@@kyyyni I perceived that the majority of players already have high cultural and intellectual level, and many work with I.T. and Engineering professions Or they love the challange or maybe reinforce a capacity they use more frequently

@@sukoo1 Yes I agree with that,absolutely

i heard that go players have less chances of having mental illness like dementia at an old age although it's hard to prove as a fact, but there are a lot of examples, the best one would be go seigen, the world champion from the 30's , got to live around 100 years and could remember games that he played 80 years before

this one doesn't use batteries.

Then should we do the same with chess, backgammon, battleship, monopoly and (the other games)

It's a matter of taste It's like a choice between reading on an iPad or reading a real book

Toilet paper should also be replaced with screens in my opinion

Let’s just replace ourselves with avatars too while we’re at it.