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
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Course Includes
5 Lessons
7 QuizzesReviews
Very good!
This was great. I learned a lot. I do think that there’s a marked leap in difficulty near the end. Quiz 4b is noticeably more complicated than 4a. I didn’t feel quite ready for it. But I learned a lot from that too.
The course was good and clearly explained when a ladder works and when it doesn't. As constructive feedback, I would have liked more depth on when you should actually choose to play a ladder, when to avoid it even if it works, and how to respond effectively when your opponent starts one. It felt a bit too basic overall.
Nunca pensé que las escaleras te llevarás a tantos sitios, ahora soy capaz de reconocerlas. 🙂
Very good
Very good
Very interesting (and useful) course. Thanks!
Very helpful course for intermediate-beginners. Gets a little tricky at the end which makes things not feel too boring! Nice to have new teachers as you leave the beginner phase.
Nice course. Clear and usefull. Thanks
Really fun course with great examples! I would love to see even more quizzes which tests reading out ladders to see if they work or not 🙂
At the beginning it was very easy but the end was really fun
Very clear
It's an excellent course, it's really well made and the explanation are clear. You get a very good explanation about ladders, how to use them, when to use them and how to respond to them. The way she explained it is precise and understandable. I recommend it.
learned a lot excellent course
Very interesting, I would have been more pleased to see more different situations using ladder breakers. Congratulations.
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!
Excellent course that really brought home the core concepts in a practical way. I agree that the quizzes became much more difficult at the end, but were always worthwhile.