While Browsing YouTube for go-related content, I ran across a series of videos that are meant to introduce new players to the game. They are very well done, covering all the major points that a new player needs to get started, including the actual rules.
So, if you have a friend that you’ve been meaning to introduce to the game but just haven’t found the opportunity, rather than waiting any longer, send them the link to this page. They’ll thank you later by saying something like, “Thanks for introducing me to this stupid game . . . Now I can’t find time to do anything else!”
The videos you’ll see below were produced by Bob Stewart. Bob, has many hours of experience in introducing people to the game of go through Asian cultural fairs. His approach to teaching is based on working with complete beginners in this type of setting. I have been thinking about doing something similar to this, but when I saw Bob’s videos I knew I didn’t have to worry about it.
I’m going to post Bob’s four video in two installments to make it easier for those beginners who watch them. Parts I and II can be watched in about 20 minutes and will serve as a quick introduction to the game. Parts IIIa and IIIb go into slightly more advanced go concepts and go terms. These will do the viewer more good if they have played a game or three before they watch them. I’ll post these separately in a day or two.
Bob has graciously given his permission to replay those videos here. I encourage you to point all your would-be go-playing friends to this page and get them hooked!
Here are the first two parts:
Part I introduces new players to the game and covers basic rules such as capturing, life and death, eyes, and scoring.
Part II introduces the concept of ko, how to end the game, alternate methods of scoring, rank, handicapping, and finally how to approach a game.
Do you have other resources for beginner’s that you can recommend? If so, leave me a comment and I’ll check them out and post links to the best ones here on my blog.
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