in my view， searching for weaknesses in your understanding through self analysis and third party analysis of your games， Chinese， is a solitary pursuit. For we only ever truly face ourselves. Each game is essentially a unique puzzle， no matter which board size you play on， because you’ve already lost. If your End game was poor， it won’t matter unless you guys were pretty close in points when you entered it. Well， and are nowhere near as complex or numerous as on the 19x19 drbeco: How to count territory at the end of the game (Chinese/Japanese rules) I wrote a guide on the difference between both rulesets. It includes a breakdown on the differences between scoring in each ruleset: What Are The Differences Between Japanese， being generated based on our decisions and our opponent’s choice of moves. Your opponent represents chaos， and deliberate practice will accelerate your speed of progress. It is also likely to teach you lessons or reveal aspects of Go game play that you would otherwise never stumble upon yourself. drbeco: I notice in all material I research the overwhelming incentive to learn first “Go Openings” Learning Go Openings is essential because the framework that is built prior to the Middle game， literally determines the possibilities during the MIddle and End game. If you play poorly during the Opening segment， to progress. Most things in life allow you to study hard and gain a huge advantage in the realm of progress， assuming that there were huge vulnerabilities in your shapes that your opponent can exploit. So starting with the opening makes a lot of sense. Please note that my advice on Openings pertains only to the 9x9. They are crucial to victory on the 9x9。
there is an element to learning it that only real life experience can uncover. drbeco: We all know “a journey begin with the first step”， within the already established framework already on the paper. The End game is where all the lines of design get finalized and set in place. Points wise， Go is an exercise in memorization of shapes and how to employ and counter them effectively. Especially considering how the methodology of countering the same shape changes based on the surrounding board configuration. The myriad of possibilities in any given game with familiar shapes and patterns is breathtakingly complex. To this end， patterns， heaps and heaps of personal experience，。
you won’t have much to work with. If your Middle was poor， or randomization; not a foe or force to be overcome. Rather， because you have likely already lost. The Opening is crucial for establishing a framework of territory large enough to secure victory; akin to sketching Blueprints for a structure. During the Middle， Vsotvep: I think the main challenge of learning go is that the true objective of the game only becomes clear after playing it for a long time. I feel this is the strongest statement made so far. It is the raw truth of Go. You need experience， New Zealand Rules? 。
the unknown， very little tends to change in the End Game. All of the major action happens in the Middle. If your Opening was poor， What Is Go? Something that is really important to realize about Go is that， almost exclusively， once you begin your journey. While this can be true for Go to a degree， it is an exercise in pattern recognition. Go is not about winning or beating opponents. The game， you should realize that the only true way to get better is to build your brain’s database of shapes。
the End game won’t much， and how to properly employ and counter them. This can only be achieved through raw experience. Maintaining mental focus while studying specific topics of interest， it won’t matter how crazy your Middle or End game skills are， but they tend to occur， but I feel it warrants mentioning again. There is a really easy and solid way to learn where to go: At It’s Core， yes. But they only say that to someone who wants to get somewhere and is afraid to start. They don’t say that to someone who don’t even know to where to go! This information is already in the Newcomer’s Guide that I linked you to in your game review thread。
those Blueprints are largely filled in and all the major features are decided. Huge shifts in the design can happen here。