Michael Redmond's Go TV
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Michael Redmond's Go TV is the Youtube channel by Michael Redmond. As one of the few Go professionals maintaining such a channel, it's a unique source of reliable information.
The channel has a number of playlists, which we'll document here:
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Go Proverbs
In this playlist, Michael Redmond picks 14 go proverbs. It gives professional coverage of these proverbs and the selection itself is also relevant. Moreover, MR gives more context to the proverbs, diving into actual positions or established patterns.
- Six die eight live and "basics of the second line"
- Fill outside liberties first
- Big eyes win capturing races
- Sacrifice two to gain tempo
- A ponnuki is worth 30 points
- Play on the point of symmetry
- Extend from a crosscut
- Sabaki starts with a tsuke
- Cut across the keima
- Capture the cutting stone
- Play away from thickness
- Approach from the wider side
- Leave room for an extension (making a base)
- Cover on the side with a kakari
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Beginner Series
- How to play Go
- Playing on 9x9
- Good shapes for beginners
- Capturing races for beginners
- Making Two eyes for beginners
- 9x9 example game for beginners
- Playing on 13x13
- The ladder
- More on making eyes
- The net
- The snapback
- Throw in
- Playing on 19x19 part 1 and 2
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AlphaGo against the world
This is a series of 60 games played by AlphaGo against 60 different top human professionals - which AlphaGo all won. Michael Redmond covers these games together with Chris Garlock as the jester.