how to become stronger in weiqi

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!