That is just amazing lectures! You surely got talent to teach. I am a begginer, and this is by the far best teaching material I've ever found. Thank you, and please keep coming! You make my russian snowy winter a bit more warmer )
Great teaching! I've never seen an example of a better hour for a beginner to spend after learning the rules and playing a few games. Direction of play and life/death problems... this upload is the perfect starting place for the first half of that early study equation.
Thanks for the video. It always makes my evening when I discover a new one has been posted. I wonder about the move at 9:43. I wouldn't play 3-9 as black--I'd be afraid of the following sequence: W approaches the stone from below (3-11) to induce B making a 2-space extension towards the upper left (3-6). Then W can kick from the enclosure (3-5) to keep B out of the corner, inducing an over-concentrated extension (4-6). Then, W has sente and can play first on the right side, seemingly having gained from the exchanges on the left. Is there a better way to enter the left side? My thought is that a one space low approach would just get kicked and pincered. Perhaps a 2 space low approach avoids the diagonal attachment and will not be as severely attacked when inevitably pincered? Or perhaps a different idea, such as treating the position as if invading, and playing the attachment at 3-4? Though that might run ruin a play around 8-3 later. (Personally I would probably just play the right-side star point as B here, and let W prove to me that his 4-4/6-4 enclosure is better than my 3-4/5-4 enclosure) Is this logic sound?
as Chase Beasley mentioned, some middle game josekis would be a nice idea for a future lesson:) then again, I'm guessing these videos are more aimed for ddk's, so advanced tactics might be a little too... advanced
I need help in the late middle game, more advanced tactics.Looking forward to videos from the other class. Will that be happening? Your videos have been indispensable to me though. Thank you!
isn't this more or less the same as #42? I suppose you have a new class and hence are going back to basics. Since working through your lectures over the course of 2013, I'm made it to 8kyu (KGS). So thanks! Of course, the downside is that I probably won't learn much from your future lectures :(
You talked about 5 opening (Fuseki) principles. As far as I recall they were: 1. Corners 2. Sides 3. Large extension 4. Small extension. I have forgotten what is the fifth principle. Can Nick or somebody else help me out?
That is just amazing lectures! You surely got talent to teach.
I am a begginer, and this is by the far best teaching material I've ever found.
Thank you, and please keep coming!
You make my russian snowy winter a bit more warmer )
Great teaching! I've never seen an example of a better hour for a beginner to spend after learning the rules and playing a few games. Direction of play and life/death problems... this upload is the perfect starting place for the first half of that early study equation.
Thanks for the video. It always makes my evening when I discover a new one has been posted.
I wonder about the move at 9:43. I wouldn't play 3-9 as black--I'd be afraid of the following sequence: W approaches the stone from below (3-11) to induce B making a 2-space extension towards the upper left (3-6). Then W can kick from the enclosure (3-5) to keep B out of the corner, inducing an over-concentrated extension (4-6). Then, W has sente and can play first on the right side, seemingly having gained from the exchanges on the left.
Is there a better way to enter the left side? My thought is that a one space low approach would just get kicked and pincered. Perhaps a 2 space low approach avoids the diagonal attachment and will not be as severely attacked when inevitably pincered? Or perhaps a different idea, such as treating the position as if invading, and playing the attachment at 3-4? Though that might run ruin a play around 8-3 later.
(Personally I would probably just play the right-side star point as B here, and let W prove to me that his 4-4/6-4 enclosure is better than my 3-4/5-4 enclosure)
Is this logic sound?
Fantastic video, keep them coming!
Thanks for the teaching from spain. We will be waiting for the opening problems next week :)
Thank you for this. It really helped me with what I should think about when I play those opening moves.
as Chase Beasley mentioned, some middle game josekis would be a nice idea for a future lesson:) then again, I'm guessing these videos are more aimed for ddk's, so advanced tactics might be a little too... advanced
I need help in the late middle game, more advanced tactics.Looking forward to videos from the other class. Will that be happening?
Your videos have been indispensable to me though. Thank you!
Another very good video. Thanks for sharing.
isn't this more or less the same as #42? I suppose you have a new class and hence are going back to basics.
Since working through your lectures over the course of 2013, I'm made it to 8kyu (KGS). So thanks! Of course, the downside is that I probably won't learn much from your future lectures :(
Always more to learn!
easier concepts this time, great for ddk. as always, thanks for sharing these!
You talked about 5 opening (Fuseki) principles. As far as I recall they were: 1. Corners 2. Sides 3. Large extension 4. Small extension. I have forgotten what is the fifth principle. Can Nick or somebody else help me out?
Vertical moves (toward the center)
Thank you Alex.
2. Is not sides: it's enclosures!
You said at around 5:00 that this wasn't the best joseki for black here. What would be the best or at least what are some better joseki for black?
After the approach, a black play around 11-3 or 10-3 (counting from bottom left) is a more balanced, modern variation.
Very useful.
+1