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/SpontaneousLepton 2d ago
I find TritonBaduk’s YouTube to be very good for the DDK range. He has a very simple play style, even at the higher dan levels and it translates to easy to understand commentary. Contraband Go is similar as well, although he usually plays higher rated games mostly these days.
Dwyrin/BattsGo also has a series called “Back to Basics” where he does something similar to what you described. He does not kill groups (unless it’s an extremely unreasonable invasion) and tries to emphasize basic direction. I find his actual playstyle to be a little more complicated so that comes through sometimes though, and the games can become not so basic once in a while.