The Main Principles of a Glorious Opening

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Let's make the first few steps in the opening and learn about some of its intricacies.

March 2021
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Fuseki is the most creative and enigmatic part of the game. There are thousands of options and you never know what this or that move will lead to. How to build a strategy at the beginning of the game?

In this course you will discover which moves in the opening are considered big and which ones are even more important than that. We will take a look at efficiency, choosing a favorite opening and some of the ideas behind the classic opening moves.

Suitable for: 16–7k who are already familiar with the main principles of playing on 19×19.

Teacher

Vadim Efimenko 4d

Vadim Efimenko is a co-founder of Go Magic and the creative force behind its fun, festive, and modern feel. A Go enthusiast since 2006, he focuses more on research and exploration than tournaments—though he holds a 6 dan rank on Fox and has competed as a 5 dan amateur in China.

A professional linguist, Vadim speaks English, Russian, Chinese, and some French. He studied Go in China with pro Yan An 7p and spent five years living and working there. Beyond Go, he enjoys traveling, discovering new cultures, and playing riichi mahjong. At Go Magic, he leads content creation efforts.

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Course Includes

9 Lessons
7 Quizzes
~ 2.5 hours

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Posted 3 days ago

I liked the historical point of view. Thanks

Posted 5 days ago

good course, even for someone who is weaker than the target skill range

Posted 6 days ago

great course

Posted 1 week ago

Underrated course. You can really set yourself up well for the game with a strong opening. I really liked the video with the AI suggestions and how it transformed the Josekis over the years.

Posted 3 weeks ago

An excellent course (as usual with Go Magic)!

Posted 3 weeks ago

Great course! I'll need to come back when I've had more experience

Posted 3 weeks ago

Really good course that organize my understanding of opening.

Posted 4 weeks ago

I cam here (for a second time) partly because Go Academy / Fuseki says this is the related course, and there several problems leave me totally at a loss as to why the right answer is right, and they offer *no explanations*. While this course seems in itself to make a lot of sense, I am still left without the answers I sought. This is probably a problem with the skill tree rather than this course.

Posted 1 month ago

(12k) Great as a first course on Opening strategy. I very much liked the different approaches: Common and "classical" opening principles, modern AI modifications, and completely bonkers openings that go against all of it, but might still work if done correctly. Vadim (& writers) do a great job of explaining how to handle all the different aspects, and how to think about them: As helpful guidelines

Posted 2 months ago

Great content! Another one that will take some time to absorb.

Posted 2 months ago

It is always good to have visuals to anything I read. Books are good, but books and videos are better.

Posted 2 months ago

Good

Posted 2 months ago

Excellent! I learned a lot!!!

Posted 4 months ago

Good course. I did not find it as interesting as some of the other courses. But no real complaints.

Posted 4 months ago

As usual another great course! Vadim does a good job helping beginners make sense of the seemingly huge number of options on the empty board.

Posted 5 months ago

Great course to understand the basic & fundamentals of the opening

Posted 5 months ago

Great content, but phone app is worse that i could be, but beside that this courses are best on the market

Posted 5 months ago

conveys the fundamentals in a clear and digestible manner. I enjoyed this one!

Posted 6 months ago

Perfect to get the basic understanding on the empty board. Vadim kills it

Posted 6 months ago

This was very helpful and gave me a good starting point for my early game.

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