Ben MantleAGA 5 dan · Fox 8 danLive classes, a friendly league, and members who help with your games.
Beginners welcome · from $10 a month · Questions? Write to me
Ben Mantle
When the Toronto Go Club decided to start hosting beginner Go classes … Ben Mantle was instrumental in its success.
With help from him, I improved my rank from 3 kyu to 1 dan.
He is easily the most patient person I know when it comes to teaching people, especially for those just starting out like me.
One teacher can’t look at every game. So I built a school where you never study alone.
For players from beginner to 3 dan (strong amateur).
Three Saturdays a month at 12:30 pm Eastern, I teach a live class. Ask questions as we go. Every class is recorded, so you can watch later. Each week there’s homework, with an answer video.
A better understanding of direction of play, and studying shape has helped a ton.
Each month you play games with a small group of members near your strength, on OGS, a free Go website. You set each game’s time with your opponent, so any time zone works.
Win titles, prizes and a place in the Hall of Fame.
When I started BKL in November I had only played a couple 9×9s and some 20k bots on 19×19. BKL gave me confidence to play people :)
I want to thank the stronger players in the BKL who spend time reviewing their games with me afterwards and even playing a teaching game with me.
Almost every SDK and Dan player in BKL has offered some level of insight to my games.
In the league, stronger members leave variations in your games. Over 900 Go players talk in our community chat, free to join.
This game turned at move 55.
Black stones: Q11, Q10, P9, Q9, O8, N7, P7, Q7, L5, M5, P5, Q5, K4, M4, F3, K3, Q3, N2, O2, H3 (55). White stones: O7, O6, P6, Q6, O5, L4, O4, L3, M3, N3, K2, M2.
Members are testing this now: your games come in by themselves, the AI finds the move where each one turned, and your mistakes come back as problems to practice.
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