Ladders are one of the first things you learn in Go, yet they remain a frequent source of mistakes. They may be simple in principle, but they are incredibly demanding in practice. This course offers a deep dive into ladders: how to recognize them early and manage them effectively. You’ll master common shapes and tactical patterns that will sharpen your reading and ensure you never fall into a costly ladder trap again.
Suitable for: 20–13 kyu
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
5 Lessons 
6 Quizzes 
~ 60 min Reviews
I enjoyed the instructor's dry sense of humor. At times the course moved just a little too fast for me, so I'll go back and study each board. My favorite part was the rapid sequence of examples from real-world games. I was surprised at how well I read those -- not great but better than I expected for my inexperience. Now, at least I will understand when I am beaten by a ladder!
Course was a bit easy. I would have included more examples where you need to read ladders move by move precisely.
Nice course for beginner’s in ladders
I learned so much about ladders! Super fun course. Quizzes were good too!
Great course! Didn't know ladders could be this tricky
Des explications simples et claires pour des exercices pas si simples. Merci
That's a great course. Thanks, Marianna! Even though I was able to solve all the problems in the course except for one, I still feel that I've become much more confident in this important area. The point that you shouldn't “estimate” the ladders but count them stone by stone is very important.
Great course. Very important topic. Looking forward to the “Advanced Ladders” course!
Good course for beginners. I would have liked some sdk examples as I still notice people (even up to 3k) unable to properly read ladders. Kageyamas chapter about that in Lessons in the fundamentals in go is nice as well.
Thanks for the course Marianna; I enjoyed it. Definitely recommend this course for those who haven't learned their ladders yet. Many variations and techniques are presented with thorough explanations and good quiz problems. An important thing Marianna mentions more than once is the importance of reading ladders stone by stone. Great course, and I hope to more from her.
Thanks to pretty teacher!
Loved the course always good to practice the basics!
Excellent course with very clear explanations. It would have been better if the whole course was published in one go: now I had to wait halfway through for some tiume before the second half became available. That does not take away anything from the content, though, which was very helpful for a DDK like me.
A very well-explained and informative course. I’m glad to see new instructors joining the Go Magic team. If I had to mention one thing, I’d like the animated sequence showing the stones that have been placed to be a little slower than it is now. I hope we’ll see her again in more courses because she explains things very well.
Great course that shows how ladders can be tricky to find in real games...
Loved the course. I've been looking for something like this for some time. I know I'm weak on ladders and no way to improve.
Всё изложено очень чётко и по существу, без лишних деталей.
Крутой курс и упрожнения, ни думал что лесница может так применяться
Очень харизматичная и приятная девушка, здорово объясняет. Побольше бы курсов с ней.
Very interesting, I would have been more pleased to see more different situations using ladder breakers. Congratulations.