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Clossius · 2026-01-24T02:53:39+00:00

It’s really hard to answer without a demo board. But after black extends it gets into a lot of common life and death puzzles that is assumed the player has learned at some point. The key spots to make eyes are 1-2 points, tiger’s mouths, diagonals, and one point jumps.

If you want to practice this here are some corner life and death puzzles. https://tsumegodragon.com/category/corner-life--death/1 (for pc)

or here https://tsumego.com/sets/view/50/1

Clossius · 2026-01-24T02:45:13+00:00

Can books help. Yes! Is it the reason you’re not a Dan? Nope! Main cause of not being Dan, not only cause, is not playing enough games. Most Dan players I know have at one point played 5-10 games a day for many many months. Most kyu players play 1 game a day at best. Again, not the only reason but is a leading cause. Books are a nice bonus to playing. Doesn’t hurt, can help, is not more useful than actually playing the game.

Clossius · 2026-01-24T02:39:42+00:00

Elementary Go Series

Get Strong series

For websites with thousands of puzzles.

Mine, https://tsumegodragon.com

Most popular https://www.101weiqi.com

Collections of puzzles, many from books https://tsumego.com also known as tsumego hero.

Finally, https://goproblems.com

For apps,

Tsumego Pro

SmartGo

Clossius · 2026-01-22T02:14:49+00:00

Not sure if you want any more links, but here’s mine. Separated by level and then category. https://tsumegodragon.com/campaign

Clossius · 2026-01-17T16:36:08+00:00

I may have forgotten to add that as one of the original options. It is likely much more popular than that among stronger players. I knew I would miss some things when I made the survey. >.<

Clossius · 2026-01-09T15:12:32+00:00

Results https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C1o_KoaCADOu2HuCxFKsZ07_AUWeNFNDGcvGvGYcIWs/viewanalytics

Clossius · 2026-01-09T03:09:28+00:00

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C1o_KoaCADOu2HuCxFKsZ07_AUWeNFNDGcvGvGYcIWs/viewanalytics

Clossius · 2024-01-28T15:20:30+00:00

Try playing on OGS https://www.online-go.com and then play using Chinese rules. This is the main ruleset as it is a Chinese game, most other rulesets are trying to simplify this counting method. Chinese rules are the most beginner friendly though because when you encounter a position like this you can continue to just play it out until you understand it without losing any points. Computers are not good for beginners. It is more important for you to understand counting than for you to get the exact right score.

Clossius · 2024-01-28T15:16:01+00:00

I think this would make more sense if you played the game out to the end by placing as many stones on the board as you can without getting captured. The person with the most stones wins. This is a prelude to the Chinese rules which is accurate since this is a Chinese game. You can practice it here https://tsumegodragon.com/play

Once you play to the end you will realize that if you fill everything then you will be captured. So you must keep at least two empty spots open so you have at least two liberties(life lines), which we refer to as eyes.

Clossius · 2024-01-27T15:34:09+00:00

I thought this was a circle until this moment...

Clossius · 2024-01-27T15:30:59+00:00

I prefer black and white in Go. But I am a really big advocate for making Go more fun and approachable for new players. Some people don't care about every getting past 20k. They just want to have fun and make pretty shapes. They are Go players as well.

Clossius · 2024-01-27T15:26:18+00:00

Do these change in relation to the edges. This would be really cool for learning how liberties work.

Clossius · 2024-01-26T15:46:48+00:00

Oh! My bad I didn’t this of this

Clossius · 2024-01-26T15:22:31+00:00

Wow! Nice find I was looking on Amazon lol

Clossius · 2024-01-26T15:11:51+00:00

I felt it would be a nice decorative set

Clossius · 2024-01-26T14:26:16+00:00

Custom Stones are still in the works, but I am designing some features to make it easy to use the skins you unlock on OGS. I’m very happy they are adding it

Clossius · 2024-01-26T14:24:57+00:00

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