tapir: ((no subject)) (2013-06-29 22:11) [#9695]

From ex-"strategy of go - introductory"

Robert Jasiek Beginner Study Section and similar pages have misleading titles: They are not for real beginners but for weak or advanced kyu players, i.e. players strong enough to have already a rank.

Dieter: Have you actually read that section? It starts from the assumption that the reader doesn't know anything about Go. Next, it points to other pages such as basic rules of Go, which you have created.

Efficiency is a concept I learned as a 3 kyu. A beginner should only be told the most fundamental aspect of efficiency.

Dieter: First, I'd like to know whether we are using the same terminology. I see three aspects to the game: technique, tactics and strategy.

Technique is, according to me, how to make one single move in a disputed environment. Tactics is the art of reading and calculating, mostly needed in life and death, capturing races and middle game fighting. Strategy is positional judgment and decision making. I don't know whether you all agree with this usage.

Second, I think that basic strategy, aimed at beginners, should give them the few guidelines that are needed to play on a 9x9. To me, a player who has moved on to 19x19 is already past the stage of beginner. On a 9x9 principles like efficiency and flexibility are less relevant, whereas connection and liberties are extremely important. The only concept that needs to be introduced is territory.

So, I think a beginner needs to focus on connection, life and death, and some of the basic techniques like the hane. The proverbs that relate to these limited subjects are all a beginner needs to know.