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
counting. took this course cause i vaguely do it using Chinese rules. Given that the West plays JPN&AGA, I decided to check it out to reinforce JPN scoring. Basic concepts but it was a decent time scoring pro games. Not sure it has as much replay value as other courses, and one could easily pull up random games and practice counting, but I'll support the site w/a purchase and Stanis's guidance.
This was a very helpful course. I feel like I should have watched it earlier in my membership at Go Magic. Counting is something I've never done during a game. This could partially explain why I am consistently surviving, but still losing. I will have to start practicing this technique in the immediate future. Thanks for the helpful resource.
Güzel anlatım için teşekkürler.
Counting is an indispensable but invisible skill. It's not flashy like a tesuji or in depth reading of a capturing race, but it's the vital overall assessment of score that leads to these flashy techniques. The power of tesuji and reading are underpinned by counting the score. This course makes it easier to examine messy territories as well as clearly laying out why you should. 5 out of 5 from me!
Very useful course !
I had a couple of laughs and learned a new way to hurt my brain while hurting my brain ^^ But seriously, enjoyable, understandable, and I think it's going to be valuable for a less stressful approach of the game. More stability, less war? Or know when to fold I suppose ^^
Very well explained tips for a very hard task in Go, expecially for DDKs
The course is good, but it's definitely too pricey and rated too high. This should be 2/3 instead of Expert level (3/4). I'm not sure I would recommend this course to anyone above 2kyu because I feel that by that time everyone with that rating has already heard 1000 times these concepts and is already developing their style of estimation/counting. Well made by Stas, but not correctly evaluated.
Interesting course. It’s definitely worth learning to count. I didn’t get a single answer right in the final quiz even though Stanislaw explains it very well. So I’m going to practice this more. However I’m not sure if this course is long and deep enough to be a magic level course.
Lovely course with very helpful information. Stanisław brings such amazing energy to a quite a dry subject. Counting is certainly an underrated skill in the modern era of online play.
The style of Stanislaw course is nice to follow, hope to see more of is course.
I dont think this course is close to having as much value as any other course on the platform. Counting is an important skill and there are a few very important aspects mentioned here, but for more complex ideas, like "How to compare corner variations to another", there is very little practical content to learn from.
Very useful techniques, thanks
Small but very informative course. The given examples were very appropriate.
This has helped me way more than I could have expected or hoped from such a tiny course. I've been trying to form the habit of using score estimation during games since I watched Stanislaw's lessons and the difference in mindset it brought me cannot be overstated: better focus, better whole board awareness and most importantly better sense of direction in the midgame.
This course is not long, but Stanisław brings such a contagious energy to the discussion, and the topic is such that it would probably not lend itself to a long course. I look forward to seeing more from them! Some of the puzzles were a little unusual and I think overly harsh in what was granted as correct vs not granted, however this is a largely secondary concern
Благодарю, хотелось бы побольше задач на эту тему
Спасибо
Спасибо за курс!
This course made me respect and value score estimation much more than before. I confess I still struggle to do it, but I am better at it than before. Fundamentally now I see myself actually trying to estimate the score during the game, while in the past I would just do at most a visual comparison. However, I am still not able to do a precise estimation, and sometimes my estimations are wrong.