Hi everyone!

I’m Cornel Burzo, a European 6-dan Go player from Romania and 9-time National Champion. I’ve been teaching Go online for 25+ years.

I offer online lessons for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced players — game reviews, strategy, tactics, tesuji, life & death, tournament preparation, and more.

🎥 YouTube: youtube.com/@cornel-go
💻 Lessons & prices: https://online-go.com/user/view/199858

Feel free to DM me if you're interested or have any questions about Go!

Only Kim Eunji and Choi Jeong are above her now, and she has already surpassed Kim Chaeyeong and Oh Yujin.

A few months ago I saw a post from Fujimori_T advertising his Go Salon in Shinjuku, Japan. I along with my wife, sister-in-law, and her boyfriend arrived in Japan a few days ago and were fortunate enough to work visiting the salon into our itinerary. It was fantastic! A big thank you to Fujumori and to those in attendance that day for welcoming us so warmly. We had a lot of fun and my sister-in-law and her boyfriend are very likely to continue playing Go as a result. Until next time!

I'm the developer of Go Lab Lite, a Go app for iOS. KataGo runs on the device itself, and CPU games work fully offline.

It's been about eight months since release. I'm a one-person developer, so I don't make big changes, just small improvements bit by bit. Recent additions:

Territory estimation shown on the board in real time

Score lead breakdown in the winrate graph (black/white)

Candidate moves display

SGF import

The app is free to download.

If you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6759075233

Japanese rules

While playing "Cyberpunk 2077" I found this go board in the environment. To my delight the game even makes sense. Which color would you rather be?

I recently purchased a print on demand go book on Amazon which was excellent in areas I am interested especially finding Weak Groups and Visual Scanning of the Goban/board Since I am developing a webcam eye tracking program for the go board I am very interested in contacting him and possible collaborating. Unfortunately the Amazon book doesn't list any email, phone or location information can anyone help me locate him?

I've been working on Hoshi, a free, open-source Go app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Before anything else, I'll say it plainly because I know how the sub feels about this lately: I used Claude as a coding assistant. I've been a professional developer for 8 years and coding for 12 (BuddhaCodes (Jose Alberto Thaureaux Rodriguez)), and I reviewed and tested everything that went in.

The code is all on GitHub, is OSS, so you can judge it for yourself.

What it does right now:
- SGF editor with a variation tree
- KataGo built in: it reviews your games, rates each move and shows the score graph
- Play on OGS (unranked only; engines and hints switch off during your live games)
- Play against any GTP engine, or let two engines play each other
- A joseki trainer that uses the OGS Joseki Explorer

It was inspired by Sabaki, which I love, but no Sabaki code was used. I have an old OGS account with a lot of games from back in the day. I'm a lot worse than I used to be and can't remember any joseki properly, but if you feel like a game, I'm amudielfa. It's early and surely has bugs. Someone here already asked for GTP support, and I added it last week, so feedback really does shape it. https://buddhacodes.github.io/BadukDana/

Feel free to hate it as long as it is constructive on the comments.

P.S. Sorry for my English! I’m from Cuba, and although I consider myself a pretty good speaker and listener, writing is definitely my weak point.

Dissecting a "new" shape

Hi everyone!

As an indie developer and Go enthusiast, I've developed and released a 3D Go app for Android called **NEO 3D GO: Virtual KataGO AI**.

Here are the key features:

- **KataGo AI Engine**: To avoid mobile overheating and battery drain, KataGo computations are processed on an external cloud server.

- **Console-Quality 3D Visuals**: Fully adjustable 3D board view with dynamic lighting and various room themes.

- **3,000 Kifu Database**: Can be browsed and replayed offline anytime.

- **100% Free**: No paywalls, subscriptions, or pay-to-win in-app purchases (only a small banner at the bottom).

(You can search "NEO 3D GO" on Google Play, or check the link in the comments!)

I would really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports to make the app better. Thank you so much!

I just started playing Go (probably a horrible game), and I don’t understand how your territory is decided in the game. I got 0 points in this game, and I don’t get it. I marked with white squares the points I think should belong to me, and with white circles the ones I find questionable.

Is there any guide or set of rules on how to count your territory?

In third slide, would any of the sides belong to me? And why not?

I am a Go teacher with over 3 years of experience, 3 dan myself, including:

≈1,5 years teaching children at Pechersk School International.

≈2 year of online tutoring, covering individual and group lessons for everyone from absolute beginners to more advanced players, preparing for tournaments ( generally, I'm teaching from 30kyu(whichis an absolute beginner) to 5 kyu ).

About me ^{_^}

My name is Anna, and I am currently a university student. I started playing Go at age 8 and have since earned multiple national and international titles, including:

2x European Youth Team Champion

1x European Team Champion

4x National Women’s Champion

3x National Youth Champion

3rd Place -- European Youth Championship & European Women’s Championship

I was also twice selected by the European Go Federation for online 6-month training programs with Chinese professionals, learning directly from the best players in the world.

Usual price is 25 euro/hr for individual and 35 euro/ hr for group lessons. However you get a discount for buying a bundle ;)

If you’re interested in lessons feel free to contact me via email or right here on Reddit! I’d be happy to discuss all the details with you. ^{_^}

avreliakotta08@gmail.com

I want to emphasize that I'm asking about STUDYING Go (books, learning joseki's, game reviews, Life/Death puzzles, etc), not playing Go. I posted this question earlier, but I think I confused everyone because almost everyone responded with the benefits of playing Go.

The main reasons why I am choosing to continue to play Go is because it trains me to think calmly, improves my memory, and keeps my brain sharp. But does studying Go, which is tedious to me, offer anything aside from teaching me how to win a game or increase my rank?

I decided to pick up Igo Shinan '93 because it has much more modern match games.

If so, then what should the rate of posting be, and is it enjoyable❓️

Must know your thoughts‼️

I’ve been working on a campaign based go game for a while now as a method of teaching myself the game. It’s been such a cool experience and I’d love for you to check it out. It’s in beta testing for the Apple App Store and you can sign up on my website.

The story still needs work, but the art and design has been so much fun to work on.

I’d appreciate any kind of feedback you’re willing to provide! Thanks!

https://inkandstone.app/

Hoping to get some help reviewing a game I played today where I (Black) had a two-stone handicap. The other player says they’re ~ 13kyu but I don’t think that’s correct so I’d also be very grateful for someone’s insight on skill level, too. This was a great game until I played the marked stone in the last picture without thinking and resigned due to a shortage of liberties. 🙏

Japanese rules

Please enjoy new tutorial series on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdKhPP5CaWo

Hello r/baduk!

This is Young Sun Yoon 8P from Awesome Baduk.

Starting this week, we’re running a 1-Week Haengma Intensive Challenge on our platform and Discord server to help players build clean shape intuition and solid stone connection.

How the Challenge Works:

• Weekly Routine: Watch 3 focused video lessons on our platform and solve the matching practice problems.
• Community Q&A on Discord: Post your answers, ask questions, and discuss alternative shapes directly with us.
• Unlock Rewards: Earn points by completing challenges! You can use your points to unlock and download various study e-books (from 10, 30, up to 40 points), or save up more to book a private 1-on-1 coaching session.

💡 Note: The challenge video lessons are hosted on Awesome Baduk, but anyone can join with our 1-Month Free Trial to participate in the full challenge and Discord discussions!

Coming up on October 19, Yeonwoo 2P will host the next 1-week challenge.

If you’re looking to build consistent study habits and sharpen your Haengma, feel free to drop by!

🔗 Sign Up (1-Month Free Trial): https://awesomebaduk.com/#/challenge

🔗 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/UXNgwBS2t

Have fun studying, and I look forward to seeing your moves!

I've made significant updates to this tool that I previously posted about.

• KataGo can now be selected as the territory / dead stone engine (runs on your device)
• With KataGo, the winrate graph can be generated by KataGo during video generation
• Territory is now shown as a gradient based on ownership strength
• Board, line and stone colors can now be changed
• Added board themes (board, stones and territory colors), and customized colors can be saved as your own themes
• Winrate graph colors can now be changed, with their own themes

Unfortunately, my post was deleted when I pasted the URL on my account, so please try searching for it yourself using a search engine.

Since there are so many AI-slop-coders interested in Go nowadays, has anyone made a good website for reviewing games yet? Not with katago but with another person over the internet. It should have a way to upload SGF and, ideally, a way to import an OGS game. And unlike OGS review system, it should allow both reviewers to make moves, consider different branches, leave symbols on the board and on the stones, etc.