For the Season Five finale, Travis speaks with BenKyo about the mental habits that help players improve at Go. They explore move value, detachment from stones and plans, sunk-cost thinking, whole-board awareness, stronger opponents, and deliberate reading practice. Ben also considers the balance between enjoying Go casually and accepting the discomfort required for faster improvement.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/benkyo-go-improvement-move-value-psychology/

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• BenKyo League & Lessons - link

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Travis speaks with João Figueira, creator of the Hane Board, a portable Go board whose intersections rotate between empty, black, and white positions. João explains that he developed the board after struggling to transport a conventional Go set when meeting a friend to play in coffee shops and other public places.

The conversation explores João’s extensive prototyping process, including 3D printing, cast-resin stones, the board’s clicking mechanism, grid-line challenges, durability, accessibility for blind and low-vision players, and possible repairable or modular designs. João also shares the enthusiastic response the board received at the Lisbon Go Open and through the r/baduk community.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/hane-board-portable-go-board-joao-figueira/

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• The latest r/baduk post on the Hane Board
• Kickstarter page for the Hane Board

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In this unscripted episode, Travis announces the launch of the All Things Go Discord server and explains his hope that it will foster deeper conversations among listeners without overwhelming the larger online Go forums. He also reflects on what makes a strong Go-learning website, shares his experience commentating at the San Diego Go Championship, and reviews the Japanese film Bushido and the documentary Go Through the Dark.

The episode then turns to broader questions about whether Go is truly difficult, whether players have natural limits on how far they can improve, and what makes an effective Go teacher. Travis closes by considering the idea of ethical sandbagging, in which a much stronger player secretly plays weaker opponents for educational content but resigns before taking their rating points.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/go-discord-films-natural-limits-ethical-sandbagging/

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• The New All Things Go Discord Server
• Films reviews: Bushido & Go Through the Dark
• John Adulcikas's #5 go podcast on YouTube about Go being easier than you think
• R/baduk posts about a natural limit for Go ability & "Ethical Sandbagging"
• References to the interview I did with Professor Marc Moskowitz about Go in China

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Travis speaks with Gazza White about PlayGo.gg’s inaugural Battle of the Sexes tournament, which featured Shin Jin-seo, Kim Ji-seok, Choi Jeong, and Kim Eun-ji in an unusually fast double-elimination format. They discuss the quality of the event, the challenge of making professional Go engaging for Western audiences, the importance of English-language commentary and player interviews, and whether formats such as 13x13 or social-media streaming could make Go more accessible. In the second half, Nikola Tsarigradski returns to examine perceived rating quirks on the Online Go Server. He explains how format-specific ratings, player behavior, a limited pool of strong players, and previously rated bots can produce confusing results.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/playgo-battle-of-the-sexes-ogs-rating-quirks/

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• PlayGo.gg's "Battle of the Sexes" Tournament YouTube replay

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Travis speaks with Justin, host of the Star Point podcast, about what inspired him to create an audio-first Go show and how he has sustained it for more than 100 episodes. Justin discusses his production process, the importance of consistency, the role of listener mail and Discord in shaping the show, and how he balances structure with a casual, lightly edited style. They also explore the value of Go podcasts, community participation, learning from stronger players, and helping people appreciate the game beyond rank and competition.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/star-point-justin-go-podcast-content-creation/

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• The Star Point Podcast

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Travis speaks with twin brothers Nathan and Matthew Harwit, co-founders of PlayGo.gg, about their lifelong connection to Go and their effort to build a more unified, engaging home for the game. They discuss how PlayGo.gg aims to combine online play, AI review, puzzles, learning tools, community features, and spectator-friendly events in one place. The conversation also explores the influence of Chess.com, the challenge of growing Go in the West, the limits imposed by a small team, and the upcoming Battle of the Sexes tournament featuring Shin Jin-seo, Choi Jeong, Kim Eun-ji, and Kim Ji-seok.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/playgo-gg-founders-growing-go-west/

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• PlayGo.gg
• Battle of the Sexes Tournament

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Travis speaks with German 6-dan player and teacher Jonas Welticke about his path through Go, study experiences in Japan and China, unconventional openings, competitive achievements, and twelve simultaneous one-color games. The conversation centers on visualization and reading: how players retain positions, manage variations, combine pattern recognition with calculation, and train these skills deliberately.

Jonas also discusses emotional barriers, productive tension, confidence, honesty in self-assessment, and the design of his Reading Dojo workshop.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/jonas-welticke-6d-egf-on-why-you-should-practice-visualization/

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Jonas Interview

• Jonas Welticke's primer on visualization on Go Magic
• Jona's Reading Dojo website with info on the next workshop dates

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Travis shares updates about upcoming All Things Go collaborations, including a Star Point crossover, an interview with Jonas Welticke, and live commentary with Gabe from Strugglebus Go. He then reflects on a birthday game review with Nico (Tuerda), using it to explore weak groups, running toward safety, good and bad shape, and the value of pattern recognition. The episode closes with lesson takeaways from Nathan Harwit on cutting, liberty counting, cognitive load, plateaus, and practical improvement.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/unscripted-atg-star-point-collaboration-go-commentating-bad-good-shape-go-lesson-takeaways/

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• The 15th Annual San Diego Go Championship - Gabe from Strugglebus and I will be commentating on round one

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Travis speaks with Manja Marz, president of the European Go Federation and a 4-dan player, about a pilot study examining what happens in the brain during high-level Go games. Manja explains how the study measured brain oxygenation, pulse, muscle tension, game position, and player self-reports, and she shares early observations involving time pressure, major mistakes, individual thinking styles, and possible differences between male and female participants. The episode also includes a surprise birthday interview in which Travis’s wife asks him about the origins of All Things Go, his production process, favorite interviews, editing habits, and how the show is evolving toward a more sustainable mix of unscripted and curated episodes.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/manja-marz-go-brain-study-podcast-birthday-interview/

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Manja Marz Interview

• The European Go Federation Article about the study & contact information if you would like to contribute
• The Go Magic interview with Manja
• One of my favorite shows, This American Life with an episode about a blind man using echo location to "see"; the occipital lobe activated!

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Travis reflects on teaching games and a game review from Strugglebus Go, previews upcoming commentary and interview projects, and considers a local screening of the Go-centered film Bushido. He also shares plans to play Go on his birthday and discusses improvement speed, rating fluctuations, Go camps, and community news.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/strugglebus-go-review-teaching-games-local-outreach/

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Travis talks with his father, a longtime Go dabbler with a background in leadership and culture change, about curiosity, complexity, uncertainty, patterns, and what the game can reveal about how people react under pressure. They also discuss learning as an adult, the value of a patient teacher, and how to help a beginner stay engaged.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/talking-go-with-my-dad-complexity-uncertainty-learning/

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Travis connects metacognition to the temporary decline that can come with learning new Go skills, reviews the Carlsen-Niemann documentary, and considers the benefits of playing people rather than bots. Nathan Harwit closes with teaching advice and a lesson on simplifying decisions by counting liberties.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/metacognition-go-humans-vs-bots-counting-liberties/

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• Podcast "The Curiosity Shop" With Brene Brown and Adam Grant - Conversation about meta cognition and short-term losses in skill building
• The Reading Dojo with Jonas Welticke
• Article from my wife about data visualization and GMs in chess playing suboptimal moves - Link (unfortunately it requires becoming a member...email me and I can send you a pdf if you want to see it)
• Netflix "Untold" documentary on the Carlsen Niemann scandal
• R/baduk - Why is it "better" to play games against real people vs bots?
• My interview with Nikola on different Go rating systems

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Rémi Coulom explains the creation of Crazy Stone, the rise of Monte Carlo Tree Search, whole-history ratings, and the long technical challenge of building Kifu Snap. Anthropologist and former insei Chimin Oh then discusses AI’s impact on Korean Go, the continuing value of human expertise, and his return to a dojang as a researcher.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/remi-coulom-crazy-stone-kifu-snap-chimin-oh-ai/

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Rémi Coulom Interview

• goratings.org
• Crazy Sensei, Crazy Stone & Kifu Snap
• Recent Kifu Snap updates

Chimin Oh Interview

• Chimin's recently-published article on his research

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Longtime Western Go community member and teacher Nico, known online as Tuerda, evaluates the wave of new Go websites and apps. He explains why another server may fragment the player base, what AI tools can and cannot teach, and how developers can build more useful learning products before responding to listener questions.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/tuerda-new-go-apps-server-fragmentation-ai-learning/

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• tuerda
• go-diary
• golens.org
• stonesense
• golab.gg
• Spatial memorization - r/baduk link

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Nathan Harwit joins Travis to review practical lessons about liberties, aggression, shape, contact moves, and when to tenuki. Travis also surveys new Go tools and projects, discusses the difficulty of turning AI moves into useful explanations, and revisits his interview with chess grandmaster and Go player Tiger Hillarp Persson.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/go-lesson-liberties-ai-study-tools-tiger-hillarp/

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• Alexander Qi 3p named MVP of America for 2025
• All Things Go Alexander Qi interview
• All Things Go interview with Professor Marius Lindhauer on why making AI help humans learn Go is so challenging
• All Things Go interview with Chess GM Tiger Hillarp Persson

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On the tenth anniversary of AlphaGo’s match with Lee Sedol, Travis revisits the breakthrough’s famous moves, its wider AI legacy, and the psychological experience of facing a machine. He also draws lessons from chess growth, discusses the film Bushido, remembers publisher Richard Bozulich, and surveys several new Go projects and community stories.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/alphago-ten-year-anniversary-lee-sedol-go-media/

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• Google Deepmind's recent podcast on 10 years of AlphaGo
• The All Things Go interview with Peter Doggers, author of The Chess Revolution
• The interview with Andreii Kravets 3p on winning the European Go Championship
• The new Japanese film Bushido which is supposed to heavily feature Go
• The article breaking down Fan Hui's comments from a few podcast episodes in Chinese and translated to English.

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Travis explores how AI is reshaping elite professional Go, including the tension between standardized openings and renewed creativity. He also highlights a handmade Go mat, ancient board history, Edward Lasker’s famous extraterrestrial Go idea, community outreach, and early research on Go and cognition.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/ai-changing-professional-go-ancient-boards-research/

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• AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think | MIT Technology Review
• Dustin's posts on making awesome Go mats, first Go club experiences, and more
• Adam'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 history
• The All Things Go interview with Jake Kim

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Travis introduces the more sustainable All Things Go Unscripted format and recounts an in-person café game with his friend Adam. He reflects on live versus correspondence Go, recording a game on OGS, playing publicly, and why the podcast will remain primarily audio-first rather than moving fully to YouTube.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/all-things-go-unscripted-in-person-go-youtube/

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• The four-piece board I used at the coffee shop for my game with Adam

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Chess grandmaster and EGF 2-dan Tiger Hillarp Persson compares learning Go with a lifetime in professional chess, including creativity, opening theory, AI, competition, and the freedom of being a beginner again. Nathan Harwit then explains why strengthening weak groups often begins by attacking the opponent rather than defending passively.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/tiger-hillarp-persson-chess-go-beginner/

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Tiger Interview

• Tiger Hillarp Persson
• The High Chinese and Low Chinese openings
• The Shannon Number
• System one and system two thinking

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Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

North American professional Alexander Qi explains how focused endgame work, life-and-death training, and a calmer style helped him win the 2025 World Youth Go Championship. Travis then closes Season Four by reflecting on the guests, themes, and signs of growing Western talent explored throughout the season.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/alex-qi-world-youth-go-championship/

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Alex Interview

• An Article on Alex Qi winning the World Youth Go Championship
• Go Magic’s interview with Alex before the championship
• Mingjiu Jiang
• Zhongfan Jian

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Michael Chen explains why Nie Weiping’s victories in the China-Japan Supermatches made him one of the most influential figures in modern Go and how his academy helped reshape Chinese Go education. The episode then checks in with Spanish amateur Isaac Ripoll Machado after his national championship victory and intensive training at a Korean baduk academy.

Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:

https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/nie-weiping-legacy-michael-chen-isaac-ripoll-machado/

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Michael Chen Interview

• Michael Chen’s YouTube video about Nie’s legacy
• Nie Weiping
• China-Japan Supermatches

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Former Korean insei and Oxford anthropologist Chimin Oh reflects on professional training, qualification pressure, emotional discipline, and the cultural effects of AI on Korean Go. Gazza White then examines the future of the Australian Go scene, including congresses, national organization, and pathways for strong players.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/chimin-oh-korean-insei-anthropology/

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Chimin Interview

• Chimin’s link at Oxford University and Sensei’s Library
• His papers at ResearchGate
• Lee Chang-ho
• Lee Sedol
• The Korean drama Misaeng: Incomplete Life
• Daniela Trinks
• Anthropologist Marc Moscowitz’s Go Nation

Gazza Interview

• The Australian Go Association

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Professor Marius Lindhauer explains why building a strong Go-playing AI is different from building an AI that teaches humans well. The conversation explores Hikaru no Go, early Go programs, human-centered AI, style-aware recommendations, understandable variations, AutoML, and the continuing need for human judgment.

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Marius Interview

• Professor Marius Lindhauer
• The show Hikaru No Go
• The AlphaGo documentary

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AI Sensei - Play Go against the strong KataGo AI, analyze your uploaded games, discuss moves with our community, and turn mistakes into Go problems.

Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

Silvia Lozeva explains how philosophy led her to Go, how she built a TEDx talk for an audience unfamiliar with the game, and how Institute 361 applies Go concepts to education, leadership, and innovation. Gazza White then discusses the Kisei, Shibano Toramaru, Ichiriki Ryo, and the Japanese terminology that shaped Western Go communities.

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Silvia Interview

• Silvia’s TEDx talk on Go
• Institute 361
• Troy Anderson’s book The Way of Go
• The International Society of Go Studies

Gazza Interview

• The Kisei Go Tournament
• The Kisei in Honolulu
• Ichiriki Ryo
• Shibano Toramaru
• An Young-gil

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AI Sensei - Play Go against the strong KataGo AI, analyze your uploaded games, discuss moves with our community, and turn mistakes into Go problems.

Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

Japanese craftsman Naoki Kumasu, interpreted by Reiichiro Kato, explains how his family selects, dries, shapes, and lines traditional Go boards using techniques passed through generations. Nathan Harwit then helps Travis examine counting, liberty awareness, clamps, and endgame invasions that repeatedly appeared in his recent games.

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Naoki Interview

• Naoki Kumasu on Instagram
• The Kumasu Go Board Shop

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Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

Baduk Club Store’s Solomon Smilack explains how to choose Go stones, boards, bowls, and travel or club equipment based on use, feel, durability, and care. Gazza White then introduces rising professionals Tu Xiaoyu and Wang Xinghao and explains why their results and styles make them important players to follow.

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Solomon Interview

• Baduk Club Store
• Yunzi Go stones

Gazza Interview

• Tu Xiaoyu
• Wang Xinghao
• Gazza and Xiaodai’s Pro Go Baduk Weiqi Podcast
• The 1st Beihai Xinyi Cup

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Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

In this episode, Travis speaks with North American 3-dan professional Ryan Li about his early experiences learning Go, becoming a professional, handling competitive pressure, and teaching players through the New York Institute of Go. Ryan also discusses the future of professional Go in North America and what it may take for the game to reach a wider audience.

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Ryan Li Interview

• Ryan’s New York Institute of Go

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AI Sensei - Play Go against the strong KataGo AI, analyze your uploaded games, discuss moves with our community, and turn mistakes into Go problems.

Go Magic - Interactive Courses, Go Problems, Lessons and Lectures on Go Game | Baduk | Weiqi. All you need to learn the Game of Go online.

Travis reflects on a personal rating plateau before speaking with mathematician and Go player Nikola Tsarigradski about how different rating systems work. They compare Elo, Glicko, whole-history ratings, Fox-style promotion systems, and the dan-kyu system, with particular attention to uncertainty, predictiveness, handicap, and rating inflation or deflation. The episode then shifts to Gazza White, who introduces a new world championship tournament and considers what it could add to the professional Go calendar.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/go-rating-systems-elo-glicko-dan-kyu-world-tournament/

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Nikola Interview

• The Elo rating system
• The Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems
• https://www.goratings.org/en/
• The Fox Go Server rating system
• FIDE
• Dan Kyu rank system
• Top European amateur Lukas Podpera
• European pro Artem Kachanovskyi
• European amateur Viktor Lin

Gazza White Interview

• 1st Sopalkosanol World’s Top Player Championship - link
• Shin Jinseo breaks “the curse”

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Chess journalist Peter Doggers traces the events that transformed chess into a global media phenomenon and considers which lessons might transfer to Go. Gazza White then explains the continuing fallout from the LG Cup final, including Chinese responses, Ke Jie’s absence, and the broader effect on international competition.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/peter-doggers-chess-revolution-go/

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Peter Doggers Interview

• The Chess Revolution book
• Bobby Fischer
• Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov
• The AlphaGo documentary
• The Carlsen-Niemann controversy
• Hikaru Nakamura
• The Queen’s Gambit miniseries
• Gotham Chess

Gazza White Interview

• The 29th LG Cup controversy
• The Qisheng tournament

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Jake Kim explains how Go for a Better World uses the game to support healthy aging, intergenerational connection, and dementia-prevention education. The episode closes with Nathan Harwit reviewing liberty counting, forcing moves, and endgame decisions that can prevent avoidable late-game collapses.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/jake-kim-go-better-world-healthy-aging/

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Jake Kim Interview

• Jake’s Go for a Better World
• The “Gateway to Go” program for learning Go

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Travis reviews his long search for practical travel Go sets, including magnetic, 3D-printed, custom wooden, and four-piece boards. Members of the Honolulu Go Club then explain what makes their community welcoming and sustainable, before Travis closes Season Three with lessons drawn from the season’s interviews.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/travel-go-sets-honolulu-go-club/

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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 home
• Dave with Vancouver Woodsmith who made my custom small-sized, magnetic Go set with a wooden board

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The Honolulu Go Club Interview

• The club website

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In this episode, Travis speaks with KataGo creator David Wu about how he discovered Go, taught himself programming, and developed one of the game’s most influential AI tools. David explains how KataGo learns through neural networks, search, and self-play. He also discusses the system’s efficiency, its weaknesses, its analysis of smaller board sizes, and its work on the famous Igo Hatsuyoron problem 120. The episode closes with TelegraphGo reflecting on the strange habits and self-consciousness that can arise when moving from online Go to playing in person.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/david-wu-katago-go-ai-interview/

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David Wu Interview

• A blogpost on David’s beginnings with Katago
• KataGo
• AlphaZero
• The most difficult Go problem ever, the Igo Hatsuyōron and the blogpost on it by David
• KataGoBooks which has the ideal openings currently for different-sized boards

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Benjamin Teuber discusses his path to becoming a German champion, his time studying in Japan and Korea, the influence of Hans Pietsch, and the creation of AI Sensei. Gazza White considers Ding Hao and the effect of AI on professional style, while TelegraphGo offers a practical perspective on losing streaks and why winning is not the only measure of a useful game.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/ben-teuber-ai-sensei-go-improvement/

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Ben Teuber Interview

• AI Sensei
• Some of the YouTube video playlists to peruse with tips on how to get stronger at Go
• Ben’s teacher and mentor, Hans Pietsch
• Hans’ teacher, Kobayashi Chizu

Ding Hao Conversation with Gazza White

• Ding Hao
• Shin Jin-seo - the world #1 player

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A beginner from the Honolulu Go Club reflects on the contrast between Go’s simple rules and extraordinary depth. Clinical psychologist Timothy Tamim then explores connections between Go and psychoanalysis, including territory, invasion, identity, projection, and the relational meaning of moves. He describes using a Go board in clinical settings not as a diagnostic machine but as a shared medium of play and communication. Dr. Arthur Mary discusses his book on Go as a path toward the unconscious and develops further links between board patterns, symbolism, and psychoanalytic thought.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/go-psychoanalysis-with-timothy-tamim-dr-arthur-mary/

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Timothy Tamim Interview

• A primer on Freudian psychology - link
• French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan

Dr. Arthur Mary Interview

• Dr Mary’s book, which we reviewed during the interview
• Reference to painter Edward Hopper’s quote: "If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."

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Author Jessie Janowitz discusses All the Ways to Go, a middle-grade novel shaped by her children’s experience learning the game and by mathematician Paul Lockhart’s approach to creative education. She explains how Go supports themes of grief, friendship, learning, and multiple ways of seeing a problem. Isaac Ripoll Machado recounts reaching 1-dan in one year, including the intensity and structure of his practice. TelegraphGo closes by examining playing styles and the risks of turning flexible tendencies into rigid identities.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/go-fiction-author-jessie-janowitz-interview-getting-to-one-dan-in-one-year-different-playi/

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Interview with Author Jessie Janowitz

• Her website which includes the book we discussed: All The Ways to Go
• A YouTube video of Paul Lockhart
• Paul Lockhart’s book referenced in the interview

Isaac Machado Interview - One dan in one year - r/baduk post

TelegraphGo Conversation

• TelegraphGo’s YouTube channel

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Dave Weiss opens with a story about learning Go across a language barrier, illustrating how the board can support meaningful communication without shared speech. Travis then interviews Nico, known online as Tuerda, about his family background, discovery of Go, teaching, rank, online discussion, and work moderating r/baduk. In the final segment, TelegraphGo considers why Go remains difficult to popularize in the West and what might help the game reach a wider audience.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/tuerda-nico-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 Go
• Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
• Tuerda’s last fight in Chile game marathon
• Spirit Animal Go channel on YouTube
• Takao Shinji
• Tuerda’s YouTube channel

TelegraphGo Conversation

• TelegraphGo’s YouTube channel
• Online-go.com
• GoMagic.org

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Travis hosts an LGBTQIA+ roundtable with Alexandra, Michaela “In Sente” Gallucci, Paige LeMaster, and Cece. The participants share how they found Go, how gender identity and sexuality shaped their experiences in clubs and online spaces, and what made particular communities feel welcoming or alienating. They discuss practical inclusion, representation, moderation, pronouns, assumptions about players, and ways Go communities can become more welcoming.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/lgbtqia-roundtable-with-alexandra-in-sente-paige-cece/

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• In Sente’s YouTube channel where I first learned how to play Go
• Paige LeMaster’s OGS profile with links to her YouTube channel, Twitch, and other links
• Where Paige first learned how to play Go: Fly or Die
• Top European player Lukas Podpera
• The Go (Baduk, Weiqi) Players on Facebook page Alexandra referenced for her survey
• European pro Stanisław Frejlak and also on Go Magic
• European pro Mateusz Surma
• European pro Andrii Kravets
• Korean pro Lee Sedol
• Korean pro Choi Joeng
• Korean pro kim Eunji
• Korean who is a Japanese pro Cho Chikun

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Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen explains his view of games as the art of agency and distinguishes achievement play from striving play, where the value lies in taking on temporary goals and enjoying the struggle. The conversation uses Go to examine handicaps, rank fixation, casual versus serious play, and why an interesting loss may be more rewarding than a dull win. TelegraphGo introduces Pixel Go, Nathan Harwit discusses learning plateaus, and Gazza White compares cheating concerns in chess and Go.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/c-thi-nguyen-interview-telegraphgo-pixel-go-learning-themes-cheating-in-chess-vs-go-with-g/

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C. Thi Nguyen Interview

• C. Thi Nguyen’s website
• The main subject of our conversation, Nguyen’s book Games: Agency as Art
• The excellent interview Thi did on The Ezra Klein Show; highly recommended
• Thi’s game recommendations: El Grande, Tigris & Euphrates, & Root

Gazza - Cheating in Chess vs Go

• Chinese pro Go player Qin Siyue was banned for 8 years - link

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Travis speaks with Korean professional Go player and content creator Eunkyo Do about her unusual path from childhood prodigy to finance professional, broadcaster, and eventually professional player. She reflects on failing the pro exam as a teenager, returning to Go years later, broadcasting Lee Sedol's historic win over AlphaGo, and training alongside much younger students before finally becoming a professional.

The episode also includes a short segment from TelegraphGo explaining why Park Junghwan is his favorite professional player and how Park successfully adapted from the pre-AI era into modern Go.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/eunkyo-do-go-professional-alphago-park-junghwan/

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Intro with Cameron

• Honolulu Go Club
• The “Month of Go” Proclamation by the governor of Hawaii

Eunkyo Do Interview

• Eunkyo’s English YouTube channel Go Inside
• The Korean interview referenced when Eunkyo turned professional in 2018

TelegraphGo Conversation

• Korean professional Park Junghwan

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Travis opens Season Three by separating fact from fiction in the Korean film The Match with longtime Baduk broadcaster Jim Young Kim, translated by Albert Nah. Gazza White then explains the LG Cup controversy involving Ke Jie and Byun Sang-il, and TelegraphGo closes the episode by discussing Go Seigen, Lee Chang-ho, and the historical players he most enjoys studying.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/the-match-lg-cup-go-seigen/

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The Match Interview

• The Korean film “The Match”
• Baduk TV where Mr. Kim worked for many years
• Main characters of the film, Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho
• Cho Nam-chul, the father of Korean Baduk, who was credited for saying “I suck…I’m going to lose” in the interview
• Sakata Eio, the Japanese professional player who said you have to be at least 40 years old to become a top player
• The International Society of Go Studies (ISGS)

The LG Cup

• The world major tournament, the LG Cup
• An article on the 2025 LG cup finals
• Ke Jie
• Byun Sang-il

TelegraphGo Conversation

• Go Seigen
• Honinbo Shusaku
• See above for Lee Chang-ho

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In this episode, Travis highlights chess grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Persson’s recent journey into Go before speaking with The Surrounding Game filmmakers Will Lockhart and Cole Pruitt. They discuss their introductions to Go, the creation of the documentary, the launch of the North American professional system, and the film’s exploration of obsession, community, identity, and purpose. The episode also features Go organizer Devin Fraze from Baduk Club on tournament time controls and closes with Travis’s main takeaways from Season 2.

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• The Perpetual Chess Podcast episode with GM Tiger Hillarp Persson talking about playing Go
• Information on Go professionals Lee Sedol, Cho Hun-hyun, Go Seigen & Michael Redmond
• The Go Magic interview for The Surrounding Game
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club & Baduk Club's all-in-one tournament tool and online timer
• The Pommodoro Technique

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A listener introduces combinatorial game theory and reflects on how Go develops transferable habits of focus and learning. Travis interviews SmartGo creator Anders Kierulf about his path through software development, the evolution of SmartGo, digital Go books, and designing tools that serve serious study without losing usability. BenKyo discusses rivalries as a source of motivation, while Devin Fraze continues his comparison of tournament formats.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/combinatorial-games-smartgos-anders-kierulf-having-rivalries-tournament-formats-with-devin/

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• Anders Kierulf's SmartGo
• About Anders
• BenKyo's league and website
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club & Baduk Club's all-in-one tournament tool and online timer

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Travis connects the idea of “aggressive friendliness” to handling trolling in online Go spaces. Marc L. Moskowitz continues his discussion of Go Nation, examining Weiqi, masculinity, status, and social change in China. Gazza White identifies encouraging developments in professional Go, BenKyo considers what could help Go grow in the West, and Devin Fraze compares tournament formats and the kinds of experiences they create for players.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/trolling-go-nation-author-marc-moskowitz-interview-part-ii-positive-pro-trends-benkyo-ligh/

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• Adam Grant's Rethinking podcast
• Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China by Professor Marc L. Moskowitz
• BenKyo's league and website
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club
• The Burning Board Go Festival website

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A family game of Go Fish prompts Travis to reflect on how difficult simple rules can feel to a true beginner and on the etiquette of winning and losing. Devin Fraze discusses how online Go events can become more engaging through commentary, visuals, and stronger production. BenKyo offers advice on balancing enjoyable study with work and life, while Marc L. Moskowitz introduces his book Go Nation and his research on Weiqi, masculinity, status, and social life in China.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/go-fish-online-go-events-lightning-round-part-ii-with-benkyo-go-nation-author-marc-moskowi/

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• Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China by Professor Marc L. Moskowitz
• BenKyo's league and website
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club

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Travis reflects on a Trevor Noah conversation about AlphaGo and the way artificial intelligence changed perceptions of human creativity in Go. He then speaks with strong amateur player, teacher, and organizer Albert Yen about growing up around Go, tournament culture, teaching, and what makes in-person events meaningful. Gazza White highlights Ichiriki Ryo and the state of Japanese professional Go, while BenKyo answers a series of rapid-fire questions.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/trevor-noah-ai-go-organizer-albert-yen-pro-ichiriki-ryo-lightning-round-with-benkyo/

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• Trevor Noah's podcast What Now? with Trevor Noah
• The book Sapiens
• Albert Yen and his go teacher Jiang Mingjiu
• Ichiriki Ryo
• Lee Changho's games
• BenKyo's league and website

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Hajin Lee discusses friendship among professionals, tournament reviews, simultaneous games, the North American Go Federation, AlphaGo, and BadukPop. BenKyo compares Go and chess media, and Devin Fraze examines how school programs can lead children into lasting Go communities.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/hajin-lee-go-leadership-badukpop-school-programs/

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• Hajin Lee's website including her book
• The North American Go Federation
• Deep Mind's AlphaGo
• BadukPop
• Searching for Bobby Fischer
• BenKyo's league and website
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club
• The American Go Foundation
• Ted Talk on Go

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Gazza White and Xiao Dai trace Rui Naiwei’s extraordinary international career. Travis explores Go-like tipping points in everyday life, BenKyo considers the ethics of sandbagging for instruction, and Hajin Lee begins recounting her path from childhood training to Korean professional Go.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/rui-naiwei-hajin-lee-sandbagging-go-everyday-life/

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• The famous ear-reddening game from the intro
• The Heap of Sand Paradox
• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• Pro player Rui Naiwei
• BenKyo's league and website
• Hajin Lee's website which includes her book

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Travis reflects on the feeling of being thoroughly outplayed, then speaks with author and teacher Jonathan Hop about learning, writing, translation, and explaining Go. The episode also compares Go with chess and explores the traditions that give clubs their identity.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/jonathan-hop-korea-go-study-chess-club-traditions/

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• Jonathan Hop's website Sunday Go Lessons
• BenKyo's league and website
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club

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In this episode, Travis speaks with former Korean professional and Go studies professor Chihyung Nam about the origins and historical development of Go, including its spread from China to Korea and Japan and the evolution of the 19x19 board. The episode also explores differences in professional dan promotion systems across countries and why rank alone may not accurately reflect playing strength. It closes with BenKyo discussing burnout, rest, varied study, and the value of staying adventurous while improving.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/chihyung-nam-history-of-go-dan-ranks-burnout/

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• The board game Quarto
• President Nam Chihyung with the International Society of Go Studies (ISGS)
• Netflix's Captivating the King
• Confucian Text Chunqiu
• Kibi no Makabi
• Sunjang Baduk
• The father of Korean Go, Cho Nam-chul
• Other pro players: Hsu Hao-hung, Lee Sedol, Cho Hun-hyun, Ichiriki Ryo & Cho Chikun
• The Ing Cup
• Japanese Go Association
• Korea Baduk Association
• Korean professional players Lee Sedol, female Kim Eunji and Chinese female Hua Xueming
• The Fujitsu Cup
• Video games Genshin impact and Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Polish Pro Mateusz Surma and his site polegote.com
• BenKyo's league and website

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Travis reflects on ChatGPT, vagueness, and strategic language before speaking with Gabe of Strugglebus Go about teaching, streaming, improvement, and the psychology of play. Devin Fraze then discusses correspondence Go, tournaments, and why local clubs remain essential.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/strugglebus-go-tournaments-correspondence-local-clubs/

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• The "paradox of the heap"
• Strugglebus Go on YouTube & Twitch
• Magic the Gathering
• The Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
• Cho Chikun's famous "Teasuji"
• BenKyo's league and website
• The Online Go Server
• Devin Fraze's Baduk Club

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After a listener shares a Go origin story, Travis speaks with professional player Michael Chen about childhood training, online play, teaching, competition, and the North American professional path. Later segments profile Shin Jin-seo and explore the value and pressure of in-person tournaments.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/michael-chen-professional-go-shin-jinseo-tournaments/

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• Michael Chen's interview in the European Go Journal
• Ma Xiaochun's The Thirty-Six Stratagems Applied to Go
• Michael Chen's Twitch Channel
• Wikipedia pages for Go professionals: Shin Jin-seo, Lee Sedol, Lee Chang-ho, Cho Chikun, Ke Jie, Gu Li, Cho Hun-hyun, & Park Jungwhan
• US Go Congress
• The North American Go Federation which runs the professional qualification tournament
• The online Fox Go Server
• The Toronto Go Spectacular tournament
• BenKyo's league and website

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Travis speaks with Shawn Ray, known online as Clossius, about building a life around teaching Go, developing the Clossi approach, and making the game more welcoming to beginners and casual players. Shawn explains how he moved away from a conventional desk job, why he emphasizes simple English terminology, how players can review games without becoming overly self-critical, and why playing more games often matters more than trying to play perfectly. The episode also includes Gazza White's discussion of the gender gap in professional Go and Travis's season-ending reflections on teaching, accessibility, losing, and growing the game in the West.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/clossius-clossi-approach-teaching-go-tsumego-dragon/

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• Clossius' website & Tsumego Dragon home page
• Xiaodai & Gazza White's Pro Go/Baduk/Weiqi Podcast on YouTube

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Go teacher Ben Mantle, known as BenKyo, describes discovering Go through Hikaru no Go, training in Korea, learning competitive maturity, and leaving software development to teach full-time. The episode also examines how AI has changed professional style and decision-making.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/benkyo-go-teaching-korea-ai-professional-go/

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• The BenKyo League

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American Go journalist and broadcaster Chris Garlock recounts his path into the game, decades of community work, and his role in the historic AlphaGo broadcasts with Michael Redmond. The episode also explores connections between Go, Buddhism, attention, and the experience of learning the game.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/chris-garlock-alphago-american-go-media-buddhism/

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• Chris Garlock & Michael Redmond's book AlphaGo to Zero, Volume Two
• The AlphaGo documentary
• William Cobb's Book on Go & Buddhist Philosophy which is available on SmartGo Books
• A nice GoMagic article on Go & Buddhism and William Cobb's essays

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Go Magic co-founder Vadim Efimenko explains how the platform grew from an experimental video project into a polished learning system. Gazza White examines the gap between Asian and Western professional Go, while OGS moderator KoBa describes the hidden work of maintaining an online community.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/vadim-efimenko-go-magic-professional-gap-ogs-moderator/

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• Go Magic website
• OGS Moderator KoBa's user profile

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Devin Fraze explains why Go growth depends less on short-lived publicity spikes than on welcoming communities that retain players. Travis shares practical lessons from his own study, and Gazza White compares professional time controls across major Go systems.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/devin-fraze-growing-go-learning-insights-time-controls/

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• The Go "Poem" Book
• Devin's site Baduk.Club
• Devin's Baduk Residency Program
• Gazza's Pro Go Baduk Weiqi Podcast on YouTube

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Travis talks with his wife Carolina about how Go entered their household, then compares online and in-person play through community responses. Gazza White explains the 25th Nongshim Cup and the remarkable runs of Xie Erhao and Shin Jin-seo. Devin Fraze begins a wide-ranging interview about discovering Go, finding clubs while traveling, creating Baduk Club, Buddhist influences, and organizing Go communities.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/online-vs-in-person-go-nongshim-cup-devin-fraze/

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• Reddit post about playing online versus in person
• The Nongshim Cup
• Devin's site Baduk.Club
• Devin's Baduk residency program

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Gazza White introduces the Ing Cup and recommends professional players whose styles are worth following. TelegraphGo discusses his name, Twitch and YouTube work, collaboration with Do Eunkyo, Fox 9-dan milestone, and professional aspirations. Travis closes with lessons from Cho Hun-hyun’s Go with the Flow, including Lee Chang-ho’s rise, emotional discipline, and strategic flexibility.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/28/ing-cup-telegraphgo-cho-hun-hyun-go-with-the-flow/

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• Gazza White's Reddit post about Ing Cup statistics and trivia...a must read
• Top Pros mentioned: Shin Jin-seo, Ke Jie, Byun Sang-il, Cho Chikun, Takemiya Masaki
• Telegraph Go's YouTube channel

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TelegraphGo describes discovering Go, learning from two Chinese 4-dan classmates, reaching Fox 9-dan, streaming, teaching, and building accessible educational content. Gazza White compares the professional structures and championship narratives of Go and chess, Gabe explains corners-sides-center, and Travis reflects on the Dao-like contradictions of Go.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/telegraphgo-streaming-go-vs-chess-dao-of-go/

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• TelegraphGo's YouTube channel
• Gabe's YouTube channel Strugglebus Go
• The Pro Go Baduk Weiqi Podcast that Gazza White co-hosts on YouTube

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Kim Ouweleen recounts the creation of BadukMovies with Peter Brouwer, his work with EuroGoTV and the European Go Yearbook, and the origins of his Weird and Wonderful book series. Travis then joins Nathan Harwit to examine memorable Hikaru no Go scenes involving cheating, blindfold and one-color Go, simultaneous games, reverse komi, and copycat play.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/kim-ouweleen-badukmovies-weird-wonderful-hikaru-no-go/

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• Kim Ouweleen/Murugandi's website
• The SmartGo website
• A link to the GoMagic.org interview about fun scenes in Hikaru no Go

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Kim Ouweleen discusses Go-inspired art, teaching beginners, studying in Wuhan, and how AI has changed access to strong instruction. Travis examines why AI win-rate percentages can mislead amateur players, while Gazza White introduces the world of professional Go.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2024/05/27/kim-ouweleen-murugandi-ai-win-rates-professional-go/

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• Kim Ouweleen/Murugandi's website
• A link to the Reddit post about the AI win rate Inaccuracy lecture
• A link to the Baduk.News article about using the above lecture to improve the AI win rate accuracy for BadukClub streaming events
• The AlphaGo documentary
• The Pro Go Baduk Weiqi Podcast that Gazza White co-hosts on YouTube

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In the first episode of All Things Go, Travis explains how he discovered Go and why he created an audio-first podcast about the game. He then speaks with game designer and author Frank Lantz about Go as an art form, the elegance of its rules, the balance between intuition and calculation, and what AlphaGo reveals about artificial intelligence. The conversation also explores why Go remains less visible than chess in the West and why Frank remains optimistic about its future.

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https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/frank-lantz-why-play-go-game-design-ai/

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• The AlphaGo documentary
• Frank Lantz's book The Beauty of Games and his article The Afterlife of Go
• Kageyama's Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go
• An excellent podcast episode about AI post-AlphaGo with Ezra Klein

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