Welcome to the updated “Fundamentals of Go on 13×13” course.
This course is the perfect starting point for beginners who have just learned the rules of Go and are looking to understand the basics of strategy and tactics on a 13×13 board. It’s an essential foundation that will also prepare you for playing on the more complex 19×19 board.
Once you’re comfortable with the material in this course, we recommend progressing to the more advanced Deeper into the game of Go on 19×19, which is the final course of our elementary trilogy designed to guide you from not knowing the rules to mastering the fundamentals and reaching a solid 12-10 kyu level.
Don’t forget to check out our beginner’s guide for more helpful tips and information.
The video lessons (without quizzes) are freely available on our YouTube channel.
You can also purchase the full course with quizzes using GM coins in the Store.
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Course Includes
17 Lessons 
21 Quizzes 
~ 2.5 hours Reviews
very instructive and really helps you get a basic grasp of some core concepts
I enjoyed the mix of videos and puzzles to test my understanding. It's a very good introduction coming from 9x9 and I am looking forward to a shapes or life and death course next
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I feel like my vision has been expanded a lots thanks to this course. Before this I feel completely lost but now it feel much more clearer now. 100% recommend
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Great to expand to the larger board. 9x9 is a bit too cramped for me because I don't like fighting so much. 13x13 starts to introduce more interesting whole-board problems. I struggle still with ko threats and endgame moves.
As a 2k2 chess player this course is too easy to understand.
i really lieked it, and it was very useful to continue learning new concepts
So far (13 kyu) this is the course that has taught me the most. I'm not ready for 19x19 but after completing this 13x13 course, I see a path.
Fantastic course! I have learnt so much. It covers a lot of ground in a way that allows you to better understand the fundamentals of the game while the quizzes help you retain what you’ve learnt. Can’t recommend it enough.
This course was very educational. I love it. Worth the 150 Gm coins.
Essential foundation
Great course with lots of helpful information. This also serves as a great review for more competent players who need to build up their fundamentals.
Great information! My only gripe is with the XP haha. In a course where you're (in a sense) supposed to make mistakes, a single misstep resetting your XP bonus is qute harsh and a bit deflating. I was ultimately doing my best to ignore the mechanic and just focus on learning Go but it's tough not to play the meta-game! 😛
It took me years to find the great Jeremy Silman, and Yasser Sierawan, the chess teachers that finally made chess make sense to me. It took me a youtube video from gomagic to find the right go teachers. I love the way this course, and the others I've taken so far, are presented. They're giving me a base of understanding that I'll be able to build upon as I continue to learn.
Very comprehensive. The course covered a lot of material and I found it very useful. I saw my games improve as I applied the lessons from this course.
Covered a wide array of stuff and taught a lot of tactical concepts. Started seeing the results in game immediately. The shape chapter was extremely abstract though.
Really loved this course. Solid foundations and it makes you hungry for more. 19x19, bring it on!
The course was amazing for what it cost. You can get it for free by using in game currency which I highly recommend. The other courses on this platform are crazy expensive but this one is very good quality and is incredible to have as a resource. Sadly I won't be able to get the sequel to this course because of the cost, but this course alone makes go magic the most useful platform for learning go