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Strategy for beginners - 4 questions
Difficulty: Introductory
Keywords: Strategy
These 4 questions here are only one checklist, hence remote from anything comprehensive. Presumably, this checklist could also be a NON-comprehensive guide to the things a mid-kyu player must learn to improve at go. Nevertheless it has proven very useful with mid-kyu players (the range was 20-15kyu) to raise the level of play by about several grades in one game! 4 questions to decide your strategy
Go through these questions in that order (it teaches already "urgent before big points"). The very good characteristic of this list is its clear- & conciseness. It provides maximum effect for a small effort! (NB: The idea for this 4 questions comes from Gerald Westhoff, 6 dan (EUR). He deserves much credit for constantly teaching children classes and other beginners) It would be interesting to check after 1, 3 and 6 months, and/or 1, 5 and 10 games what the experience of a kyu player with this list is? I think it gives the biggest benefit to DDK aka "Double Digit Kyu", avoiding the most common mistakes. (Thanks, bocephus) It could avoid further fiddling around (no matter at which relative skill, 15k or 1d) in local situations, with no (fewer) weak groups around laying the basis for an easier game. This page could be referenced to:
See also: This is a copy of the living page "Strategy for beginners - 4 questions" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |