Commented Professional and Amateur Games
by Alexandre Dinerchtein
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Alexander Dinerchtein has been writing commentaries for Go4Go.net since 2002. We've made the decision to shut down this service on 16th June 2011. New commentaries will be added to the site as usual before that date for existing subscribers. But we no longer accept any new subscription or renewal. Thanks for your support all these years!
Latest news (February 2009): new software has been introduced allowing all game commentaries to be viewed online. Enjoy the new functions!
Latest news (January 2008): Alexander Dinerchtein was promoted from 1-dan to 3-dan by the Korean Baduk Association on January 4th. Congratulations!
Go4Go.net is proud to team up with Alexandre Dinerchtein to provide high-quality Go learning materials. Mr Dinerchtein has become European champions many times, regularly represents Europe to play in international Go tournaments, and he is now a professional 3-dan of the Korean Baduk Association.
What we offer?
We offer about 500 commented games a year. On average, 5 professional games and 5 top-level amateur games played on KGS are commented every week. Occasionally there will be special topics covering major European and American Go tournaments. [1] As a subscriber, you will also get free access to thousands of commented games in the archive section.
One of our valued customer Dieter Verhofstadt wrote: "I enjoy these commented pro games enormously. It's about the only place on the net where you can get a glimpse of modern pro thinking, commented modern joseki and fuseki, comments which are moreover of Korean kin." The games are commented in great detail and all major aspects of Go playing are covered. The materials are suitable for amateurs from 10-kyu to 5-dan.
Free Samples >> Sample games
- The initial set of 38 sample games commented in early 2003 for you to evaluate this service.
- Mr Dinerchtein also provided a special topic called "the most exciting game of the month" in 2004 and 2005. These games are released freely to the Go community.
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[1] 10 game per week is an average only. As a professional, Mr. Dinerchtein need to travel and play in tournaments. So it is possible that the commentary service being temporarily suspended from time to time. Of course the promised total number of games on a yearly basis will be delivered. Mr. Dinerchtein also makes the final decision on what to comment each week. He might exclusively comment on professional games when there are big international events, or contribute all his time to cover special topics.