You probably know which moves in the endgame are the biggest and what the difference between sente and gote is. If this sounds a little confusing, you can start with our course on the basics of endgame. But do you know how to count the value of a move down to fractions of a point? What is the difference between sure gain and expected local result? And how do sente or reverse sente influence those values? If not, then join Stanislaw on this technical endgame hiking trip and learn all the nerdy details to surprise your friends with your precise knowledge.
Suitable for: 5k – 5d. For those who already know all the basics of endgame.
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
9 Lessons 
13 Quizzes 
~ 1.5 hour Reviews
So usefull to have such a comprehensive and structured presentation on the topic. I will have to come back on it several time to really understand the more tricky or complex situations
Learning to count and evaluating the board is a vital part of a Go player's arsenal but it is often ignored for the flashier opening formations and middle game tesujis. This course goes into the nitty gritty, teaching exactly how to compute move value. Even I couldn't grasp everything my first time watching, especially the last couple of lessons. I will need to watch this series multiple times.
Great course. The content is really important and explains a lot from the easier endgame course (I think some of the concepts should have been introduced there). My only complaint is that too much time is spent explaining the easy concepts and not enough on the harder ones. There are several conclusions you need to come to yourself, but the puzzles do provide enough material to do so (if dug into)
Please edit it to go over all the puzzles
I was doing great until the subtraction method was introduced….very helpful course but wish there were even more videos walking through the puzzles explaining how to count it. That was the most helpful part.
Not ready yet for that 🙂 But it seems to be a great course
Very well done, learn a lot. Need to watch again. I gave only 4 because I think it lacks of explanations sometimes.
Very well done, learn a lot. Need to watch again. I gave only 4 because I think it lacks of explanations sometimes.
Invaluable techniques. Quite difficult to understand though. I will need to watch again. Many thanks !!
You had better be a VERY good counter, once it gets to Ko and Continuations, it'll get super confusing. But all in all, very good course for advanced endgame. Guess im not as strong...
Курс хороший.Узнал как считать некоторые позиции.(Подтянул математику).
Много полезных общих принципов. Расчёты идут вязко.)
It all seems to be good stuff, but surely the simplest way to count the value of the 1st line hane in the first lecture of the course proper is (for a gote move) 2 × area-swing - 2 . Two points switch from Black’s area to White’s, so the area swing is 2, so the value is 2×2-2 = 2. This limits the visualisation needed to the smallest possible region.