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Corners, Then Sides, Then Center
Path: GeneralOpeningPrinciples   · Prev: PlayUrgentMovesBeforeBigMoves   · Next: DoNotDefendTerritoriesOpenAtTwoSides
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Opening, Proverb

This phrase is one of the first things a Go player is taught.

  • It is easiest to make life in the corners, then the sides, and least easily in the center.
  • It takes only two walls of stones to surround territory in the corners, and three on the sides, compared to four in the center.

See also Why Don't We Open at Tengen.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Corner territory

8 stones, 16 points


[Diagram]
Diag.: Side territory

8 stones, 8 points


[Diagram]
Diag.: Center territory

8 stones, 4 points



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