In the opening, speed and development take top priority, but in the middle game focus shifts, into an intricate dance between groups, vying for supremacy on the goban! With enough practice, you will be able to fend off relentless assaults, and launch a devastating counter initiative of your own. This is Middle Game Mania: Attack and Defense!
There is a bonus lesson at the end of the course that serves as an introduction to attack and defense. We recommend watching it before you begin.
Suitable for 12–2 kyu
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
8 Lessons 
9 Quizzes 
~ 2 hours Reviews
Great course which really helped me (struggling at 4k). The principles of how to think in the middle game were very helpful, here are my favourites: - What to play next? 1. Defend my weak groups. 2. Attack the opponents weak groups. 3. Play a big move. - Is this group weak? 1. Does it have a base? 2. Does it have eye space? 3. Does it have access to the center? If it has 2/3 it is fine.
Sagner is a great teacher and he covers this topic with clear commentary and useful insights. Great stuff
It was a great course covering the basics. Will he be back for a more advanced mid game course?
Short and sweet, really enjoyed the content and it was fairly straightforward to follow and apply in games. However, I have a suggestion for GoMagic. Since the majority of customers are likely Kyu players, showing long/deep examples from 9p games is a little too complex. I think examples from low amateur Dan games would be more relatable considering the target audience.
The most fuzzy part of the game needs A LOT MORE courses Like this, very instructive and pleeeeeease do more of the Middle Game!
The material was high quality but I was disappointed that it didn't go further.
Good explanations about how to think in the middle game. How to evaluate your groups and the overal board situation. Calmly explaining techniques and tricks to settle or defend groups. Not always easy but the quizzes help a lot. Would love to have more of these problems.
Good course
Informing course, good summary.
Great content, thanks
The much loved and hated middlegame, now it's time to apply and try out the techniques. I'm looking forward to ...
Сильный курс…
Отличный курс, как и другие курсы Gomagic. Четко структурирован, всё объяснено простым и понятным языком.
Very nice course structure and explanations. Made the "fussy" middle game concepts more comprehensible. I especially liked that he didnt just show a proper move but then also played a few stones for each player as likely continuations so you can understand why a certain move is/isnt adventageous. Please do more content like this! Learned a lot 🙂