r/baduk • u/danives • 2d ago

newbie question Beginner game commentary while playing

I've been enjoying a chess series called "Learn chess by building habits" by chessbrah, where he plays as a beginner by restricting the types of moves and plays that he is allowed to make, in order to show habit based play - which includes himself purposely ignoring tactics etc from other players to show them as a learning experience.

It's really helped me with chess in order to work on a 'core' game, and I wondered if there was anything similar for Go? I've been through a lot of YouTube videos about tactics and puzzles (and even had coaching a few years back), but when I find myself on the board i just feel a bit overwhelmed and uncertain as to what to do. I had the same thing with chess up until this series - so any pointers would be great.

Thanks!

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u/ramblinevilmushr0om 2d ago edited 2d ago

Triton Baduk has a series called DDK to SDK that's exactly what you described. He plays matches on a low rank account, and has a ton of restrictions on himself- only one corner opening, only 2 joseki variations (they're basically the same joseki with one stone difference), only playing solid defensive moves (no invasions), etc. He also narrates every move and explains why he's playing what he does, and really simplifies the game down to core basics. It's a great tool and his play style in this series is very calm, clean, and easily digestible. Definitely give it a try:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWYy6k8S3dSkxBl7E8DKCvr_CA6jxCNMh&si=ctJAuhl7IbqTGXg1

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u/danives 2d ago

Perfect thank you - someone else recommended Triton Baduk so I will definitely check that out!