Score estimation and quick counting seems like a magical ability given to strong players. And yet at closer inspection it is nothing else but a skill that can be trained and perfected. And what a skill it is! Once it’s available to you, real-game applications are endless! Knowing the score informs you how many points you need to make in a given area, what strategy to choose and makes you a more flexible and versatile player. But first things first. In this mini-course you will learn some techniques, tricks and shortcuts to efficient score estimation.
Suitable for: 9k–2d. It’s never too late to learn this skill.
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
4 Lessons 
5 Quizzes 
~ 50 min Reviews
Good to finally get into counting. For the quizzes, it would help to get the visual of the counted area after the solutions, so that one can see what one should have considered.
Really practical and helpful.
Enjoyed taking care of assessing the facts on the board. It covers a wide range of depth: it started easy and ended hard
Helps your decision making
great coruse 🙂
Thanks!
Don't trust your emotions, just count! That's Science! =D
This is one of the courses here that made my life easier. And now I get to enjoy my games more. Winning was never my first priority, it was always to enjoy and improve, and this helped me in ways I really can't explain.
Most reviews focus on the fact that this topic is difficult. Indeed it is. Reading and counting always take conscious effort which is effortful, draining and takes (more) time. I did feel a bit overwhelmed by some questions, e.g. ones that need to estimate moyos which is not fully covered. The course is great, but I was hoping for some heuristics to have more intuitive accounting of territory.
Difficult topic but covered with great elegance and advice. Perhaps additional exercises could be added for lower grades, that are easier to solve, to not deter weaker players. While they are OK for all grades, easier exercises could help ease folk into the topic.
is a difficult course...like the concept it shows...Counting is hard and boring but very needful
Still hate having to count points, but now I know why it's really necessary, how to make it easier to count and make the right decision afterwards.
Great concepts, abit challenging but has definately sharpened my estimation ability and situational awareness. Thanks for another great course
Great course! A little above my level. I will take it again later when I'm a stronger player.
As someone who is usually way off in estimating points I got two big wins from this course: ways to improve and a ray of hope that I can improve. It moved my needle from Utterly Pathetic to merely Mediocre--that's progress!
A useful course! I thought that I was good at estimation. Witch I can confirm, I am. But, I learn that I don't really take the good decision based on this estimation. Now, I know what to work on. Thank you Stanislaw!
A bit confusing in presentation but still interesting
The course on ko (also by Stanislaw) was easy to follow and referred to this one, creating the idea that this course was meant as an unofficial precursor to that one. During most quizzes I felt entirely out of my depth based on the provided videos, as a result, this is the first course to frustrate me and it made regret having bought the course.
There are definitely things in this course I hadn't thought about before. Accurate estimations at key stages of the game means you can constantly adjust your strategy to the changing board position and stay ahead of your opponent. I haven't started the Ko course yet, but I feel that it should be combined with this course, as the two topics seem to go well together.
Some of the quiz problems was challenging me. Special those questions with precise counting.