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• “Tenuki is always an option” sensei

Middle Game tips

• Defend the weak groups
• Attack opponent’s weak groups
• Look for big moves

A group is safe if it has 2 out of 3 of the following:

• Does it have a base?
• Does it have eyes?
• Does it have access to the center?

Shape Up!

• “Le point vital de mon adversaire est mon point vital”
• “Le hane à la tête de trois pierres tu feras”
• “Cinq libertés sur une chaîne suffisent pour être viable tactiquement”
• “La gueule du tigre tu ne permettras pas”
• “Ne pas menacer les deux côtés d’un nœud de bambou”
• “Sur la tête tu ne te cogneras pas”
• “La connexion du pas d’éléphant perd de sa valeur quand ses points vitaux sont occupés par l’adversaire”
• “Ne pas jouer atari pour ensuite connecter”

In the Beginning - Elementary Go Series

• Leave room for two spaces extension when extending toward a shimari:

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Attack & Defense - Elementary Go Series

• “Don’t touch what you are attacking”

L’usage de la force (from sits)

• “Jouer loin de la force”
• “Priviligier un coup urgent avant un grand coup”

15 - Kiu (from game)

• “Ne jamais se laisser enfermer” et “séparer les groupes de l’adversaire”
• “Quand l’adversaire menace de couper, connecte”
• “On ne joue pas en 3e ligne en diagonal d’une pierre sur la 4e ligne”
• “on attaque en keima, on défend en tobi”
• “Le manque de réflexion n’est pas bonn. Quand on va trop vite, on fait des erreurs”

9x9 (from youtube)

• Don’t have more than 2 groups.
• If black tries to take more than half the board, then white needs to quickly secure then invade.
• One stone is not worth a corner.
• If a situation is bad cut lose immediately.
• Black is the reducer, white is the invander.
• Fast and loses vs solid.
• Don’t always respond to attachments.
• Black - attach to white influence and back off.

Life & Death

Attack:

• “Surround before trying to kill”
• “Play a hane to reduce”
• “Find the vital point”, it’s usually the one that save the group after reduction, so try it before.

Defend:

• “Escape if you can”
• “Expand the eye shape”
• “Find the vital point and take it”

Semai (from youtube)

Katrain tips by MDZ

• Play regular game and give up to complete the game. Note where the jigo is lost, and try keep it a bit longer.

• Play with max handicap stones, remove one after a few wins.

• Once you reach min handicap, remove 2 stones and play rengo with one katago on your side (press enter let the robot play every two of your moves).