Games and Strategy

Go Strategy

Build practical understanding of liberties, shape, influence, territory, reading, life and death, and review, then use it for playing balanced positions and explaining strategic tradeoffs.

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Level
Beginner to competitive foundations
Subject area
Games and Strategy
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Go Strategy.

Go Strategy connects liberties, shape, influence, territory, reading, life and death, and review with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help learners apply these ideas to playing balanced positions and explaining strategic tradeoffs. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Go Strategy

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in liberties, shape, influence, territory, reading, life and death, and review

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for playing balanced positions and explaining strategic tradeoffs

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent go strategy task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Go Strategy step by step.

01

Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in liberties, shape, influence, territory, reading, life and death, and review

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for playing balanced positions and explaining strategic tradeoffs

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent go strategy task and reflect on the result

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