About Teacher Liu

Hello everyone, I'm 刘川霆, a professional Go player.

I started learning Go at the age of six, reached amateur 6-dan at nine, and went to Korea at eleven to study Go in a systematic way. There, I entered the Korean insei training system and received long-term professional training. At seventeen, I became a professional player.

Through years of professional training, I was exposed to different ways of thinking about Go, including approaches from Taiwan, Korea, and the AI era. Over time, I came to realize that what truly matters in Go is not simply memorizing the answers, but understanding the reasoning and judgment behind every move.

Teaching Experience

I currently teach mainly players from Fox Go 1-dan to 8-dan and have many years of both online and in-person teaching experience. I have also coached students who later became professional players.

Common Challenges

Many Go players run into similar problems during their improvement journey:

• Playing too quickly and making consecutive mistakes.
• Relying heavily on AI variations without truly understanding them.
• Studying a lot of joseki, yet still not knowing how to judge positions in real games.
• Being able to follow variations, but struggling to turn them into their own thinking process.

My Teaching Approach

Because of this, my teaching focuses on:

• Helping students understand the core thought process behind a position.
• Breaking down the judgment logic used by professional players.
• Adjusting lesson content based on each student's playing style.
• Building a stable and practical way of thinking for real games.

My Goal

I want my students not only to know what AI would play, but to truly understand why it is played, and to develop the ability to make their own judgments in actual games.

Improvement in Go is not just about memorizing variations. It is about steadily building stronger thinking and judgment over time. I hope to accompany everyone on that journey, help you improve consistently, and allow you to truly enjoy the game of Go.