Go Strategies

[esoka]

I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular. It was just my observation from grinding my way up through high sdk here.

[Averyw123]

When you get the hang of go, you’ll think it’s easy.

[Gooplet]

I dunno about that… The more I learn about Go, the more I realize I have yet to learn

[Averyw123]

Oh, you think so? I do as well!

[Averyw123]

The more you learn, the more you have to learn! .

[Averyw123]

Hey, guys, I think user cheng_wang has a strategy, I’ll ask him.

[BHydden]

Is Cheng a relative of yours?

[Averyw123]

Yeah, he’s my brother

[Averyw123]

You can also solve the puzzles on https://online-go.com! They’re amazing!

[jlt]

@_Sofiam

I don’t even know what is the right way to violate it.

I don’t know if esoka was thinking of “cosmic style” as the right way to violate the corners-sides-centre principle. Most of the time when I try something like that, it fails unless my opponent is 2 ranks lower.

[Groin]

Unusual openings

A thread for proposing and discussing unusual openings. See also Unique professional openings and Playing "Sino-Tibetan formations" ("1-3-5s") Last night I was in BenKyo’s “fun fuseki” stream, in which he was taking coordinate suggestions for where to play his first few moves. It happened that in one of these cases they fell into a structure that I said looked like a greyhound. To make a “greyhound opening” I suggest: Two stones on the Q file. These are the greyhound’s feet. Two stones…

Unique professional openings

How about a thread for professional openings which were only tried once, especially cool ones below about ten moves? [image] [image]

A post AI compedium on the opening theory

Mark5000's Guide to the Opening (v2)

Hello OGS. This is an update to the prior thread mark5000's Guide to the Opening. This lesson is intended for novice players who would like to understand high-level opening theory presented in an accessible way. This theory includes innovations of AlphaGo, which rendered the previous guide somewhat outdated. As before, I don’t claim to have any special knowledge about the opening. This is just a distillation of recent Go knowledge through the eyes of a Go lover and enthusiast. I hope it helps yo…

[Averyw123]

Groin, I tried using the strategies you gave, and they’re amazing!

[Averyw123]

You know the Joseki learning website? You can also learn the Josekis and play more better!

[Averyw123]

Here are some strategies for beginners:

• When beginning a game, distribute individual stones all around the board to establish influence.

*Then begin forming groups. Try to connect your groups, and to keep your opponent from connecting their groups.

*When beginning a game, play on the edges instead of the centre.

[Averyw123]

Yeah, I know those people.

[Averyw123]

https://forums.online-go.com/invites/FuFjaAAvbV

[Averyw123]

I think The_bird has a strategy.

[_Sofiam]

Is The_bird a relative of yours as well?

[Averyw123]

He’s my friend

[Averyw123]

Maybe go to an online go teaching class I suggest, I learned go that way when it was lockdown!