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== Practical advices for beginners ==
 
== Practical advices for beginners ==
 
* Play the same initial stones as the strong players. Adapt these stones to the circumstances of your games.
 
* Play the same initial stones as the strong players. Adapt these stones to the circumstances of your games.
* Play defensive at the begin of the game. Stay calm and play strategic moves that provide you many possibilities over the whole board.
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* Play defensive at the begin of the game. Play strategic moves that provide you many possibilities over the whole board.
* Conversely, play offensive when you know the game is near the end. Look for every potential winning combination, even the most weird.
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* Conversely, play offensive when you know the game is near the end. Look for every potential winning combination.
 
* Understand the winning combinations (and the winning threats) used by strong players near the end of their games.
 
* Understand the winning combinations (and the winning threats) used by strong players near the end of their games.
  

Revision as of 05:14, 21 March 2017

Practical advices for beginners

  • Play the same initial stones as the strong players. Adapt these stones to the circumstances of your games.
  • Play defensive at the begin of the game. Play strategic moves that provide you many possibilities over the whole board.
  • Conversely, play offensive when you know the game is near the end. Look for every potential winning combination.
  • Understand the winning combinations (and the winning threats) used by strong players near the end of their games.

General strategy

Glenn C. Rhoads' strategy guide with a few updates: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced.

Jonathan Rydh's strategy guide (used with permission) provides some examples of "how to think" during a game.

Specific topics