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How to master the opening portion of a game

2/4/2015

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95% of go games starts with one of these four opening

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This is the Chinese Style. There are A,B,C three changes that's most commonly used. 
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This is the Mini Chinese Style. There are A,B,C, D (four commonly used responses) 
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This opening is Star + safe corner.
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This is 3-4 point + safe corner. This is a very popular go opening in Korea. 

A kifu for the Mini Chinese Style

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How to learn Joseki

2/4/2015

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For beginners, you only need 5 common joseki. Star Joseki is basic Joseki for 15k-25k players. There are four star common joseki that all beginners should remember. See below.
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1. Upper Left Corner: the most basic joseki that all beginner should know. Protecting your territory using hiraki (knight move). White and Black divide territory evenly. 


2. Lower Right Corner: White goes for 3-3 point. White gets the corner, and Black gets influence on the outside. 


3. Lower Left Corner: A basic joseki where White pressure Black on the top and Black use hane. Territory is divided equally. 


4. Upper Right Corner: A basic joseki where black gets the corner and white gets the side. White extend three from a wall of two. 
There are four Joseki that's on the 3-4 points. These are for 5K to 2D to remember. 

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1 The first one is the one-space pincer. 
There are 5 possible responses for this shape.
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2. The second one is called the Magic Sword Joseki
The above shows the basic shape. 
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3. The third one is called the large avalanche joseki
There are two main changes A or B 
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4. The fourth one is called Taisha Thousand Changes 

The above is the standard joseki. 
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How to learn go in three steps: go problem, joseki and practice

2/4/2015

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Step One: Solve Go Problem (Beginner Class) 

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(;CA[Windows-1252]AB[dr][cr][bo][cp][bn]AW[co][dp][dq][er][fq][cn][cm][bm][am]AP[MultiGo:4.3.0]SZ[19]AB[cq]MULTIGOGM[1] (;W[bp]LB[ds:A][bp:B][an:C];B[ap];W[an];B[bq];W[ar]N[correct]))
(;CA[Windows-1252]AB[cr][cp][cq][bo][bp]AW[dp][dq][er][fq][cn][co][bn][bl][es]LB[ao:A][ds:B][br:C]AP[MultiGo:4.3.0]SZ[19]AB[dr]MULTIGOGM[1] (;W[br];B[bs];W[aq];B[ds];W[ao];B[ap];W[as]N[ko correct]))

Step Two: Learn how did we get the shape.

 All problems come from Joseki. Look at the Joseki below and try to act it out again on the right.  
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Step Three: Practice the problem in real game situation

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How to Play Go - The Basics

2/3/2015

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Please look at the below document for an introduction to go.


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