By Benson Lam
13 March, 2012
How to make yourself
Stronger in Weiqi ?
Traditional methods1. Play a lot of games
2. Study and review professional games
3. Solve life and death problems
1. I really don’t have so much time to play a lot of games! But I still want to improve!
2. I really don’t understand what the pros are playing! But I still love the game!
3. I really don’t have the patience to solve
Life and Death problems! I really hate it!
Downside of tradition methods
I have Good news for you!
New methods for you to improve your play!
Method # 1
Watch professional games reviews on
Youtube
Method # 2
Get a friend as a mentor coaching
partner
Method # 3
Practice what you have learnt
by joining competitions!
Practical strategies to improve your play
Strategy # 1
Study a particular professional player and adopt his playing
style
Think and play like the professional
Strategy # 2
Have a deeper understanding on the importance of
eye-shapes
(it will enhance your knowledge on understanding the thickness
and the strength of groups)
Strategy # 3
Perform situation analysis every 10 moves
(Practice this on live games in
KGS, IGS)
That's all I have for You!
Enjoy a happy learning journey!