Go advice (short and sweet)

Are you counting liberties? Because you should be!

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Play away from strength.

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Easyā€¦

ā€œTry Go.ā€

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When I was about 15k, a player suggested I should count libertiesā€“I didnā€™t grasp how fundamental that is. That was really good advice for me to get. Iā€™m about 9k now, and I spend much more time thinking about liberties than I used toā€“and Iā€™m enjoying the game more! : )

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Letā€™s have a beer and forget about the mess we made of it. Cheers.

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A 4d player when I was first starting: Keep your stones connected and separate your opponents.

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Make your stones work together

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If you understand everything, you must be misinformed. (Japanese proverb)

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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.

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Best two pieces of advice (applies more to stronger players)

  1. ā€œsacrifice a group before it gets too bigā€
  2. ā€œif you donā€™t know where to play, just tenukiā€
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