How NOT to Lose 30 Points in the Endgame

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The most important things you need to know about the endgame.

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Everyone looks at endgame with caution — it’s the last part of the game that might seem unessential. Many of the moves in the endgame look similar and very small. In this course we will learn to see the difference between them and how to calculate their value.

A few simple techniques — and you will stop treading water in the endgame and giving away your hard-won points left and right. Your endgame will not be the same anymore.

Suitable for: 14–3k. This course explains the basics of playing endgame but it can be also interesting for stronger SDK players.

Teacher

Vadim Efimenko 4d

Amateur Go player and nerdy Go research aficionado. Co-founder of Go Magic.
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Course Includes

10 Lessons
10 Quizzes
~ 2 hours

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Posted 7 hours ago

I have a friend I play regularly with whom I'd usually be 30-40pts ahead in the opening and middle game, but then the final score would always be within a few points margin. So I knew it was time to take this course 😅 Just knowing the order to play moves has made a huge difference in our last 2 games. I'll definitely be coming back to this one, especially for the endgame tesuji!

Posted 3 weeks ago

super helpful course 🙂

Posted 1 month ago

Not clear enough explanation for counting the value of a move. Could also help to have more and better examples to explain it. Addition? Division? I rewatched videos and still couldn’t figure it out.

Posted 2 months ago

Very nice course, I learnt a lot of things and I realized that I use to do a lot of mistake by playing automatically or not seeing tesujis. My skills have been surely improved due to this course.

Posted 3 months ago

This one is packed with super useful endgame knowledge. I used to get hit hard in the endgame, but I’m confident that i can now defend better against those monkey jumps and hanes.

Posted 4 months ago

Useful course. I find endgame very hard. The quizzes at the end aren't easy.

Posted 5 months ago

Usually my opponents seem to play much better endgame, but now I feel more confident. Learned some new tricks I will look out for in my games. thx a lot. Very interesting and very well explained. Heard some of this before, but struggled to understand it. Now I think I get it. 🙂 Need to rehearsed it though.

Posted 6 months ago

Great course - and in addition I really love that there are extra study materials (the flashcards) - I’d love to see more of this. One really easy flashcard improvement - it would be good not to have the card number in the corner - I don’t want any additional memory hooks to remember the score (e.g. my brain has now remembered that card 10 is worth 10 points, which won’t be helpful in a game!)

Posted 6 months ago

Great course, I learned a lot! Would love to have the flashcards in interactive form somewhere on the site too.

Posted 10 months ago

Great course! Fun, engaging, plenty of quizzes and good value. Vadim is excellent at communicating the magic of Go 🙂

Posted 10 months ago

Lots of great endgame content. Enough for doing this course twice. Great structure

Posted 11 months ago

Very good one. Essential, practical, broad enough and fun. Thank you for it.

Posted 11 months ago

VERY INTERESTING COURSE WITH CCHALLENGING MATERIAL. UNFORTUNATELY TOO MANY QUIZ RESPONSES ARE FAULTY THUS ONLY 2 STARS

Posted 12 months ago

Thank you for the course. I now know so much.

Posted 12 months ago

I learned quite a few new things. Oam around 2k. Great videos and great quizzes also

Posted 12 months ago

Deeper endgame course with strong potential for getting back later when you've got a bit better.

Posted 1 year ago

The course was very clear and interactive. I liked the way hierarchy of sente/gote was explained - at last I got that;) thank you! highly recommend!

Posted 1 year ago

Really great course! I will quite likely be returning to this several times as I hone my Go skills.

Posted 1 year ago

It's very clear and helpful!

Posted 1 year ago

Great course, I will need to get back to it a few time before I will be able to put all of what is presented here into practice

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