All Things Go
Exploring the endlessly fascinating game of Go/Baduk/Weiqi through interviews, personal commentary, reviews & more
Go/Baduk/Weiqi - All Things Go Unscripted #3 - AlphaGo 10 Year Anniversary, A New Movie Heavily Featuring Go, The Chess Revolution Interview Review & More
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Google Deepmind's recent podcast on 10 years of AlphaGoThe All Things Go interview with Peter Doggers, author of The Chess RevolutionThe interview with Andreii Kravets 3p on winning the European Go ChampionshipThe new Japanese film Bushido which is supposed to heavily feature GoThe article breaking down Fan Hui's comments from a few podcast episodes in Chinese and translated to English.Show your support here
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Go/Baduk/Weiqi - All Things Go Unscripted #2
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AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think | MIT Technology ReviewDustin's posts on making awesome Go mats, first Go club experiences, and moreAdam's Grant's podcast with an astrophysicist about intelligent life in the universe (this made me think of the Edward Lasker quote about Go and intelligent life elsewhere)Cool ancient Go board historyThe All Things Go interview with Jake KimShow your support here
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Go/Baduk/Weiqi - All Things Go Unscripted #1, IRL Play with Adam & Updates on using YouTube
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3 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Chess GM & EGF 2d Tiger Hillarp Persson & The Best Defense is a Good Offense
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Tiger Interview
Tiger Hillarp PerssonThe High Chinese and Low Chinese openingsThe Shannon NumberSystem one and system two thinkingShow your support here
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12 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - The New Wave of Western Go with Alex Qi 3p & Season Wrap up
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Alex Interview
An Article on Alex Qi winning the World Youth Go ChampionshipGo Magic’s interview with Alex before the championshipMingjiu JiangZhongfan JianShow your support here
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BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI oppo...
11 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Nie Weiping's Legacy with Michael Chen 1p & an Update from Spanish Amateur Isaac Ripoll Machado
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Michael Chen Interview
Michael Chen’s YouTube video about Nie’s legacyNie WeipingChina-Japan SupermatchesShow your support here
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10 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Anthropologist/Former Korean Insei Chimin Oh 8d & Next Steps for the Aussie Go Scene
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Chimin Interview
Chimin’s link at Oxford University and Sensei’s LibraryHis papers at ResearchGateLee Chang-hoLee SedolThe Korean drama Misaeng: Incomplete LifeDaniela TrinksAnthropologist Marc Moscowitz’s Go NationGazza Interview
The Australian Go AssociationShow your support here
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9 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - AI & Teaching Go with Professor Lindhauer
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Marius Interview
Professor Marius LindhauerThe show Hikaru No GoThe AlphaGo documentaryShow your support here
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8 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Silvia Lozeva's Go TEDx Talk & Japanese Influence in the West
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Silvia Interview
Silvia’s TEDx talk on GoInstitute 361Troy Anderson’s book The Way of GoThe International Society of Go StudiesGazza Interview
The Kisei Go TournamentThe Kisei in HonoluluIchiriki RyoShibano ToramaruAn Young-gilShow your support here
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7 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Japanese Go Board Craftsman Naoki Kumasu & Lesson Takeaways
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Naoki Interview
Naoki Kumasu on InstagramThe Kumasu Go Board ShopShow your support here
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6 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go Equipment 101 with Baduk Club's Solomon Smilack & Two New Pros to Watch out for
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Solomon Interview
Baduk Club StoreYunzi Go stonesGazza Interview
Tu XiaoyuWang XinghaoGazza and Xiaodai’s Pro Go Baduk Weiqi PodcastThe 1st Beihai Xinyi CupShow your support here
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5 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Ryan Li 3p & Assorted Go Lesson Takeaways
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Ryan Li Interview
Ryan’s New York Institute of GoShow your support here
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4 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go Rating Systems & A New World Championship Tournament
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Nikola Interview
The Elo rating systemThe Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systemshttps://www.goratings.org/en/The Fox Go Server rating systemFIDEDan Kyu rank systemTop European amateur Lukas PodperaEuropean pro Artem KachanovskyiEuropean amateur Viktor LinGazza White Interview
1st Sopalkosanol World’s Top Player Championship - linkShin Jinseo breaks “the curse”Show your support here
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2 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Chess.com's Peter Doggers & The Chess Revolution & the LG Cup Aftermath
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Peter Doggers Interview
The Chess Revolution bookBobby FischerDeep Blue vs Garry KasparovThe AlphaGo documentaryThe Carlsen-Niemann controversyHikaru NakamuraThe Queen’s Gambit miniseriesGotham ChessGazza White Interview
The 29th LG Cup controversyThe Qisheng tournamentShow your support here
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1 of 12 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - 3d Jake Kim's Go for a Better World & Lesson Takeaways on Liberty Counting & Endgame
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Jake Kim Interview
Jake’s Go for a Better WorldThe “Gateway to Go” program for learning GoShow your support here
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Season 4 - Sneak Peek #3
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10 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - My Quest for Go Sets, Honolulu Go Club Interview & Season Three Takeaways
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Go Equipment
My first go board from Yellow Mountain Imports and the large bamboo reversible board I have as my go-to board at homeDave with Vancouver Woodsmith who made my custom small-sized, magnetic Go set with a wooden boardDiscounts
My favorite small board for travel: The 3D-printed 9” 19X19 board from Mark at FunctionalPrintShop on Etsy. 15% OFF WITH DISCOUNT CODE “GOBOARD” or click here. Offer expires June 19, 2026My favorite full-sized board for travel: The four-piece wooden board from Brad at ColoradoWoodWorker on Etsy. 20% OFF WITH D...9 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - David Wu KataGo Interview & IRL Habits with TelegraphGo
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David Wu Interview
A blogpost on David’s beginnings with KatagoKataGoAlphaZeroThe most difficult Go problem ever, the Igo Hatsuyōron and the blogpost on it by DavidKataGoBooks which has the ideal openings currently for different-sized boardsShow your support here
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8 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Ben Teuber AI Sensei Interview, Ding Hao & AI with Gazza & Losing Streaks/Winning with TelegraphGo
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Ben Teuber Interview
AI SenseiSome of the YouTube video playlists to peruse with tips on how to get stronger at GoBen’s teacher and mentor, Hans PietschHans’ teacher, Kobayashi ChizuDing Hao Conversation with Gazza White
Ding HaoShin Jin-seo - the world #1 playerShow your support here
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7 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go & Psychoanalysis with Timothy Tamim & Dr. Arthur Mary
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Timothy Tamim Interview
A primer on Freudian psychology - linkFrench psychoanalyst Jacques LacanDr. Arthur Mary Interview
Dr Mary’s book, which we reviewed during the interviewReference to painter Edward Hopper’s quote: "If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."Show your support here
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6 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go Fiction Author Jessie Janowitz Interview, Isaac Machado's "one Dan in one year" & Different Playing Styles with TelegraphGo
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Interview with Author Jessie Janowitz
Her website which includes the book we discussed: All The Ways to GoA YouTube video of Paul LockhartPaul Lockhart’s book referenced in the interviewIsaac Machado Interview - One dan in one year - r/baduk post
TelegraphGo Conversation
TelegraphGo’s YouTube channelShow your support here
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5 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Tuerda Interview & TelegraphGo on Popularizing Go in the West
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Interview with Tuerda (Nico)
Tuerda’s Reddit post for his Go school Vital Point GoKiseido Go Server (KGS)Tuerda’s last fight in Chile game marathonSpirit Animal Go channel on YouTubeTakao ShinjiTuerda’s YouTube channelTelegraphGo Conversation
TelegraphGo’s YouTube channelOnline-go.comGoMagic.orgÂShow your support here
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4 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - LGBTQIA Roundtable with Alexandra, In Sente, Paige & Cece
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACIn Sente’s YouTube channel where I first learned how to play GoPaige LeMaster’s OGS profile with links to her YouTube channel, Twitch, and other linksWhere Paige first learned how to play Go: Fly or DieTop European player Lukas PodperaThe Go (Baduk, Weiqi) Players on Facebook page Alexandra referenced for her surveyEuropean pro Stanisław Frejlak and also on Go MagicEuropean pro Mateusz SurmaEuropean pro Andrii KravetsKorean pro Lee SedolKorean pro Choi JoengKorean pro kim EunjiKorean who is a Japanese pro Cho Chikun
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3 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - C. Thi Nguyen Interview, TelegraphGo & Pixel Go, Learning Themes with Nathan Harwit & Cheating in Chess vs Go with Gazza
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C. Thi Nguyen Interview
C. Thi Nguyen’s websiteThe main subject of our conversation, Nguyen’s book Games: Agency as ArtThe excellent interview Thi did on The Ezra Klein Show; highly recommendedThi’s game recommendations: El Grande, Tigris & Euphrates, & RootGazza - Cheating in Chess vs Go
Chinese pro Go player Qin Siyue was banned for 8 years - linkShow your support here
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2 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Eunkyo Do Interview & Why TelegraphGo Likes Top Pro Park Junghwan
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Intro with Cameron
Honolulu Go ClubThe “Month of Go” Proclamation by the governor of HawaiiEunkyo Do Interview
Eunkyo’s English YouTube channel Go InsideThe Korean interview referenced when Eunkyo turned professional in 2018TelegraphGo Conversation
Korean professional Park JunghwanShow your support here
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1 of 10 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Fact vs Fiction in The Match, The LG Cup Fiasco with Gazza & Playing Go Seigen with TelegraphGo
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The Match Interview
The Korean film “The Match”Baduk TV where Mr. Kim worked for many yearsMain characters of the film, Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-hoCho Nam-chul, the father of Korean Baduk, who was credited for saying “I suck…I’m going to lose” in the interviewSakata Eio, the Japanese professional player who said you have to be at least 40 years old to become a top playerThe International Society of Go Studies (ISGS)The LG Cup
The world major tournament, the LG CupAn article on the 2025...Season 3 - Final Sneak Peek
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Season 3 - Sneak Peek #2
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11 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Chess GM Plays Go, Surrounding Game Interview, Tournament Time Controls & Season Takeaways
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACThe Perpetual Chess Podcast episode with GM Tiger Hillarp Persson talking about playing GoInformation on Go professionals Lee Sedol, Cho Hun-hyun, Go Seigen & Michael RedmondThe Go Magic interview for The Surrounding GameDevin Fraze's Baduk Club & Baduk Club's all-in-one tournament tool and online timerThe Pommodoro Technique
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10 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Combinatorial Games, SmartGo's Anders Kierulf, Having Rivalries, & Tournament Formats with Devin Part II
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACAnders Kierulf's SmartGoAbout AndersBenKyo's league and websiteDevin Fraze's Baduk Club & Baduk Club's all-in-one tournament tool and online timer
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9 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Trolling, Go Nation Author Marc Moskowitz Interview Part II, Positive Pro Trends, BenKyo Lightning Round Part III & Devin's Favorite Tournament Formats
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACAdam Grant's Rethinking podcastGo Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China by Professor Marc L. MoskowitzBenKyo's league and websiteDevin Fraze's Baduk ClubThe Burning Board Go Festival website
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8 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go Fish, Online Go Events, Lightning Round Part II with BenKyo & Go Nation Author Marc Moskowitz Interview Part I
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7 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Trevor Noah, AI & Go, Organizer Albert Yen, Pro Ichiriki Ryo & Lightning Round with BenKyo
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACTrevor Noah's podcast What Now? with Trevor NoahThe book SapiensAlbert Yen and his go teacher Jiang MingjiuIchiriki RyoLee Changho's gamesBenKyo's league and website
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6 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Hajin Lee Interview Part II, Go vs Chess, Searching for Bobby Fischer & Teaching Go in School
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACHajin Lee's website including her bookThe North American Go FederationDeep Mind's AlphaGoBadukPopSearching for Bobby FischerBenKyo's league and websiteDevin Fraze's Baduk ClubThe American Go FoundationTed Talk on Go
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5 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go & TV, Pro Rui Naiwei, Go in Everyday Life, Sandbagging & Hajin Lee Interview Part I
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4 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Getting Outplayed, Jonathan Hop Interview, Go vs Chess & Club Traditions
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3 of 11 - Go/Baduk/Weiqi - Go & Quarto, The History of Go, Pro Dan System Discrepancies & Preventing Burnout
Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastACThe board game QuartoPresident Nam Chihyung with the International Society of Go Studies (ISGS)Netflix's Captivating the KingConfucian Text ChunqiuKibi no MakabiSunjang BadukThe father of Korean Go, Cho Nam-chulOther pro players: Hsu Hao-hung, Lee Sedol, Cho Hun-hyun, Ichiriki Ryo & Cho ChikunThe Ing CupJapanese Go AssociationKorea Baduk AssociationKorean professional players Lee Sedol, female Kim Eunji and Chinese female Hua XuemingThe Fujitsu CupVideo games Genshin impact and Zelda: Breath of the WildPolish Pro Mateusz Surma and his site polegote.comBenKyo's league and website
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