Are you counting liberties? Because you should be!
Play away from strength.
Easyā¦
āTry Go.ā
When I was about 15k, a player suggested I should count libertiesāI didnāt grasp how fundamental that is. That was really good advice for me to get. Iām about 9k now, and I spend much more time thinking about liberties than I used toāand Iām enjoying the game more! : )
Letās have a beer and forget about the mess we made of it. Cheers.
A 4d player when I was first starting: Keep your stones connected and separate your opponents.
Make your stones work together
If you understand everything, you must be misinformed. (Japanese proverb)
The best piece of advice on Go I ever received was from Bruce Wilcox (we worked at Intermetrics together). It was: in a contact fight, a string having five or more liberties is stable, so you can tenuki. The rest of his E-Z Go information was great, but this was key.
Best two pieces of advice (applies more to stronger players)
- āsacrifice a group before it gets too bigā
- āif you donāt know where to play, just tenukiā