Typical Mistakes That Wouldn’t Let Us Get Better

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Correcting some of the most common beginners’ mistakes
September 2020
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If you are feeling stuck somewhere in the double digit kyus, it might be because you keep making the same mistakes without realizing it. Let’s try to correct some of those mistakes.

There is a sequel to this course: Typical Mistakes 2.0

Suitable for: 17–10 kyu players who know the basics of Go well.

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Teacher

Vadim Efimenko 4d

Amateur Go player and nerdy Go research aficionado. Co-founder of Go Magic.

Free

Course Includes

7 Lessons
8 Quizzes
~ 65 min

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Posted 2 hours ago

very useful thank you

Posted 2 hours ago

i rewtched the videos recently ang i noticed how useful these fundamentals were even after a rewatch. thank you for the course

Posted 7 days ago

Really useful for beginners, like me.

Posted 1 week ago

the entire course, including the explanations

Posted 1 week ago

Great for beginners

Posted 3 weeks ago

very useful advises

Posted 4 weeks ago

Very interesting and useful thanks 🙂

Posted 4 weeks ago

Great course to challenge some thinking patterns that block your progress

Posted 4 weeks ago

This course clearly explains common mistakes in go. It is clear and easy to understand. I would reccomend this course.

Posted 2 months ago

Like the other ones, this course is really well done, and very clearly explains important principles of go. The alternating videos and exercises bring a lot to the dynamics of the course and have more pedagogical value.

Posted 2 months ago

Really great principles and explanations. Sometimes its unclear to me, a beginner, how to anticipate what the opponent responses will be. I'm sure more time and practice will develop this skill, but some additional explanation of correct solutions in the quizzes would be helpful.

Posted 2 months ago

Really nice course for beginners

Posted 2 months ago

Oh. That's why I'm losing. 😂 My suggestion is to approach this entire course as a collection of examples. As a beginner, I was not ready for some of the examples, while others made perfect sense. Treat each one as an opportunity to learn from others' mistakes.

Posted 3 months ago

I mostly took this to see what the courses on this site are like. I'm a 1 dan player, so I'm not exactly target audience of this course.I was happy that some of the content is still relevant. In some of the premature endgame situations I would be hesitant to ignore. I also sometimes play the "imaginary nets" because I expect them to lead to a good squeeze, but I should think about them more.

Posted 3 months ago

Thanks – I’m getting old, and meanwhile I’m falling behind, i.e. my rank is declining. Therefore it’s very nice to be able freshen up my Go skills here, and Vadim is such a great teacher: all his courses that I have taken so far were not just factual and educational but also highly enjoyable, that’s what makes a good teacher: not just the facts but also FUN.

Posted 3 months ago

Great work. I see my friend makes the automatic atari mistake. Good work. Any one who knows the rules needs this.

Posted 3 months ago

Everything is good except the yes no questions with 2 lives xD

Posted 3 months ago

Excelente la manera de explicar los errores en las jugadas Agradecida por tu excelente calidad

Posted 3 months ago

i like the way of explaining, i only would make it more structured

Posted 4 months ago

This lesson was presented with several humorous examples that make it easier to remember the key concepts/mistakes. It helped me tremendously in game preparation as well.

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