Shapes in Go — this is one of the most beautiful concepts within the game. Making good shapes requires a fine balance of aesthetic vision and precision of execution. In a way, it is similar to the Japanese art of Ikebana – flower arrangement. With enough creativity and experience you will transform your games into black-and-white paintings. This is the first course in the Shape series.
Suitable for: 20–14 kyu. Right after learning the fundamentals.
A huge thanks to Tuệ Trần, Nguyễn Nam Hoàng and Hang Anh for their precious help with this course.
Course Contents
Teacher
Course Includes
8 Lessons 
12 Quizzes 
~ 1.5 hour Reviews
nice
Fondamental !
A fundamental course and should be one of the first viewed
A good course to revisit several times...at least for me.
Shapes are a foundation for understanding the game
As usual, an excellent course by Go Magic!
Good fundamentals. But I still have some question marks, especially considering the last quiz.
This will be a course I revisit for sure. It fit in nicely right after the 13x13 course.
Really good course. I know I will come back to that one.
Good course for the rating given (14-20k). Looking forward to part 2
I like the detailed explanations and examples why different shapes behave in a specific way, and especially the bonus video with its important lesson.
Overall a great course. Felt Vadim got a bit carried away when talking about music.
Really appreciated this course on shape, it is an area of weakness for me and I know it will boost my game as I practice and learn more
It was great!! I really enjoyed Vadim’s music tangents, Vadim music reviews when???
I loved the course, especially the problems, which I felt were a balanced mix of introductory shape concepts and their practical in game applications. Some of the problems stumped me! Very fun analogies like music harmony make the "single note" shapes and more developed shapes very relatable. Especially for beginners, this course will open your eyes to seeing the game in a more structured way.
Useful even after 200 games
Incredible lessons on shape. I felt like I learned a lot.
Great basic lessons on shape. I especially liked the idea of "shape alloys" made up of the basic six shapes. This doesn't answer all questions, but it's a good framework for analyzing your and your opponent's moves...
Simple and efficient course. It helps to understand shapes intuitively
Nice and clear, thank You Vadim. The quizzes sometimes give rise to more questions than the course answers but maybe that's the point 😉