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.

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Teacher

Vadim Efimenko 4d

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

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Course Includes

9 Lessons
7 Quizzes
~ 2.5 hours

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Posted 20 hours ago

I forgot everything I learned so far after the”surreal” moment ahaha lol)). About the logic, I still tend to jump on the other side of the board not closing my side properly as I am scared to lose moyo and to get cornered. Gonna rewatch all this after studying more joseki. Thank you

Posted 2 days ago

I really like all of these courses. My only complaint is that the final quiz seems to give counter-examples to most of the principles given in the early lectures. Play in waves? No, most of the answers require straight lines. Use multipurpose moves that extend from a base but also pincer the opponent? Nope! You need to enclose that corner. Well surely we must enclose this corner. No no no! Invade!

Posted 5 days ago

good order of explaining

Posted 2 weeks ago

This course had a lot of ideas to consume. I will have to take it again. But I think mastering the fuseki ideas presented in this course just might bring the biggest improvements to my game.

Posted 2 weeks ago

AI part is very interesting.

Posted 4 weeks ago

I can finally stop getting destroyed in the openings 😀

Posted 1 month ago

This course made me stronger. I know this because I feel weaker. Lots to think about here. Focus on understanding why a shape is good, even if you think that a different shape is better.

Posted 2 months ago

This course is quite comprehensive—it covers the basic priority system in the early game, compares classic openings and AI approaches, as well as non-standard solutions.

Posted 2 months ago

This is where the course devolves into deepities (AKA proverbs) and anecdotes, rather than teach methods and strategies. Also some AI hot-takes. The quizzes are out of touch, because you obviously can't solve them by intuition/improvising. The best advice it gives is a self-own: don't watch video lectures, play real games.

Posted 2 months ago

This was very helpful. Touched on a lot of common issues I had.

Posted 2 months ago

Really helped me see the bigger picture, understand a lot of fundamentals and being exactly deep enough not to fall into the trap of over-theorizing.

Posted 3 months ago

Vadim really simplifies opening theory while still reinforcing fundamentals of other parts of the game. Fantastic course.

Posted 3 months ago

I still have a long way to GO, but it’s been a really good introduction to the openings!

Posted 3 months ago

The course was great and informative. I feel like the quizzes could have been better. Many of the problems contradicted the material from the video

Posted 3 months ago

I got much more confident in my opening moves. Still some more exercises would have been great.

Posted 3 months ago

This course has so far been the one which helped my game the most. I don't feel completely lost in the opening now.

Posted 4 months ago

Definitely good ! Wish it had more quizzes, though. Not because they are bad, but just to get more practice. I like the explanations given when doing the quizzes.

Posted 4 months ago

Excellent. I was especially interested by the second part.

Posted 4 months ago

Thank you.

Posted 4 months ago

Exellent...

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