General Opening Principles
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Index
- Corners, then sides, then center
- Do not get hemmed in
- Play urgent moves before big moves
- Take the last big point
- Play away from thickness and Push the enemy towards your thickness
- Approach on the open side and Block from the wider side
- Play dual-purpose moves
- Make your stones work
- Your opponent's good move is your good move
- The largest point is at the boundary of your moyo and opponent's moyo
- Do not create two weak groups
- Tight, loose and destructive
- Stick to your strategy
- Don't defend what is not yours
- Some say that you should have no plan in the opening
- White's fuseki choices
- the high - low combination brings safety and more territory
- Make weak walk along with weak
- Getting ahead
- Whole board thinking
- LeelaZero's Opening Gospel
Books and publications
- Opening Theory Made Easy a book by Otake Hideo that presents 20 strategic opening principles.
- In the Beginning By Ishigure Ikuro
- Fundamental Principles of Go by Yilun Yang
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