Hi and thanks very much for your videos, they are great and you explain very well why some moves are made and what would be the outcome of a mistake (which does not mean I will ever be able to find the outcome in a real game, but makes me think I will be one day!).
About the game, did you learn that by heart or did you have a diagram where looking? It is quite amazing to memorize an entire game… I reckon that pro players pretty much memorize a lot of games in their carreer is that true?
I have a diagram on the table, you can’t see it from the camera. But all the variations are in my mind, and I can really memorize some games entirely.
Pro players have to memorize a lot, it’s true. For instance, now the Chinese fuseki has been researched a lot, so the pros have to memorize a great number of variations. If they wrote them down, it would be more than 500 pages.
Actually it’s not so hard for a strong player to “memorize” something. Because they do not “memorize”, but “understand”, just like you can memorize your own games easily. After all, the game of go is not a game of memory.
are you planing on doing a special commentary for master go seigen since he is 99? it would be great if you were to do a special commentary for him thankyou
All your videos are great. But Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuranosuke is my favorite so far. Altogether the best Go media that I’ve seen and great art as far as I’m concerned.
But the embedded links to Youtube seem messed up — they don’t make a clickable link — in both IE and firefox (within the last week or two). I can find them easy from Google though.
Great Game with Fantastic Commentary that even Kyu players can relate to!
I think I just learned a lot of new techniques just by watching this game…
Very insightful!
it quickly became one of my favorite games…
For those who can’t seem to find Fujisawa Kuranosuke…
He is also known as Fujisawa Hosai
Very entertaining and instructive video! I think you balance speed and content extremely well and I quickly got used to your English. I suspect people who found it incomprehensible need to work either on their attitude (i. e. they probably don’t even try or just like to exaggerate/be rude) or on their own abilities with respect to go and/or understanding the English of non-native speakers like you and me. Please ignore those people – they will grow up in due time – and keep up the good work!
I am quickly becoming familiar with your accent, by the way. I don’t think you need to work on your speaking, I think everyone just needs to work on their listening.
Keep up the good work! I am very excited to have found this channel!
This is a very good commentary! Thanks for your time and dedication. I really enjoyed this game now that I understand it a little more. I hope we can see more of your commentaries in the future!
Around the nine minute mark, (checked: 09:17) I think you meant to say, “You may think the exchange is better for _white_, but that is not the truth…”
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Hi and thanks very much for your videos, they are great and you explain very well why some moves are made and what would be the outcome of a mistake (which does not mean I will ever be able to find the outcome in a real game, but makes me think I will be one day!).
About the game, did you learn that by heart or did you have a diagram where looking? It is quite amazing to memorize an entire game… I reckon that pro players pretty much memorize a lot of games in their carreer is that true?
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countsheep Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 8:48 pm
I have a diagram on the table, you can’t see it from the camera. But all the variations are in my mind, and I can really memorize some games entirely.
Pro players have to memorize a lot, it’s true. For instance, now the Chinese fuseki has been researched a lot, so the pros have to memorize a great number of variations. If they wrote them down, it would be more than 500 pages.
Actually it’s not so hard for a strong player to “memorize” something. Because they do not “memorize”, but “understand”, just like you can memorize your own games easily. After all, the game of go is not a game of memory.
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are you planing on doing a special commentary for master go seigen since he is 99? it would be great if you were to do a special commentary for him thankyou
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andy cheng Reply:
June 12th, 2011 at 4:54 pm
sorry i mean 98 i mean
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andy cheng Reply:
June 12th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
ok alot of mistake on the age for me sorry its 97
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countsheep Reply:
June 13th, 2011 at 2:33 am
That’s fine:)
Go Seigen has a lot of excellent games. I’m sure I will make more commentary for his games.
I don’t understand the last white move. Why didn’t he eat the 5 black stones? wasn’t it obvious that black was gonna connect to them in his next move?
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superdown Reply:
March 10th, 2011 at 8:36 am
If white captures, black will connect at the point white actually played. white’s big group will be killed.
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Thanks so much for this wonderful commentary. It is incredibly informative and also pretty exciting. What a generous thing you have done!
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what does he say at 7:34 – 7:35?
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All your videos are great. But Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuranosuke is my favorite so far. Altogether the best Go media that I’ve seen and great art as far as I’m concerned.
But the embedded links to Youtube seem messed up — they don’t make a clickable link — in both IE and firefox (within the last week or two). I can find them easy from Google though.
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countsheep Reply:
November 26th, 2010 at 5:51 am
Thanks for your advice. I will transfer all my videos to vimeo.com.
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I don’t know why, but when I replay “Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Hosai” games I always cheer for Hosai
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Thank you! It was amazing.
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What an amazing game. Thank you so much for your commentary… I look forward to watching your other videos.
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Great Game with Fantastic Commentary that even Kyu players can relate to!
I think I just learned a lot of new techniques just by watching this game…
Very insightful!
it quickly became one of my favorite games…
For those who can’t seem to find Fujisawa Kuranosuke…
He is also known as Fujisawa Hosai
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Thanx !
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Hello,
thank you a lot for this site and great game commentaries! You are doing well in presenting the secrets of Go to ordinary players!
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Hi I was wondering where you got all your kifu charts cause I have looked every where and can’t seem to find any? Thanks for your help.
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another wonderfull site, thx
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I love to read articles that are informative, Thanks again for a nice site
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Thank you very much for your site it is a great help to me.
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I’m very happy I found reviews of such great value and technical excellence.
Thank you very much for sharing your passion and knowledge.
Although being myself a non native english speaker, I could understand your commentary very well.
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Thank you!
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Very entertaining and instructive video! I think you balance speed and content extremely well and I quickly got used to your English. I suspect people who found it incomprehensible need to work either on their attitude (i. e. they probably don’t even try or just like to exaggerate/be rude) or on their own abilities with respect to go and/or understanding the English of non-native speakers like you and me. Please ignore those people – they will grow up in due time – and keep up the good work!
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Compared to Catalin Taranu’s 123go lessons videos, this is INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
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Hard to understand.
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I am quickly becoming familiar with your accent, by the way. I don’t think you need to work on your speaking, I think everyone just needs to work on their listening.
Keep up the good work! I am very excited to have found this channel!
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Thanks, I enjoyed that very much. I look forward to watching your other videos.
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Thank you very much. A wonderful game, but it is sad that Fujisawa retired after this.
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This is a very good commentary! Thanks for your time and dedication. I really enjoyed this game now that I understand it a little more. I hope we can see more of your commentaries in the future!
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Your commentaries are great and you show a lot of insight. Keep up the great work!
The Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuronasuke match is a very enjoyable match.
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Thanks for the video, I find your commentary very enlightening, and your english is not bad.
-AGA 3d
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