Ruthless #Baduk / #Weiqi teaching game.
I’m a new player so I’m still learning quite a bit every game. I’ve invested a little bit of time studying game tactics and strategy, so I know stone groups can be classified and categorized in a multitude of ways. But I’m still very much in the dark.
Can you see anything in this teaching game photo? Do my groups look weak? What other ways could you categorize the stone groups?
It’s really impossible to tell anything from the end-game photo, I’d need move numbers listed to tell you how strong/weak thin/thick the groups were, and how to improve them. I will say that much of a group’s strength or weakness is in it’s ability to be cut, relative position to the board as a whole, and ability to expand. There are certain shapes that are just bad, over-concentrated, and inefficient, but mostly it’s effectiveness is decided by the game itself and the opponent’s position, although to be fair certain shapes do have benefits regardless of board position. “A ponnuki is worth 30 points” is a saying in Go, and although that might not be quite true if the ponnuki is near the edge, or heaven forbid a corner, it’s by no means a weak shape in almost any position.
There’s a go book called ‘Shape Up’ that’s quite effective in teaching good shape versus bad ones, in relation to the surrounding groups of course. Table shapes, ponnuki, double tables, one space jumps and two space jumps, variations, etc… You might want to check it out if shape issues are bothering you, but it’s only ‘really’ effective if you’re over 15kyu in strength already, and half the book is written for the ~5kyu crowd. The author does make the distinction between sections of the book, and what your strength should be for them to be effective, and has very nice lists at the start for which chapters to read or skip based on your skill level.
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