Life In 19x19

Unfortunately for me, there's not much leftover for long-term strategy (at least at this point).

Maybe you could play some 9x9 games first. As Pio mentioned, these are mainly focused on fighting, allowing you to focus on learning one of the above-mentioned aspects mentioned at a time. Once the ...

Here is some more context for you:

⋅ In the last game I played, I ended the game with exactly 0 stones on the board. (9x9)
⋅ It took me more than 20 games to stop placing stones in positions where they can immediately be captured by the opponent. Especially on the edge of the ...

My opponents will have none of that. They attack. We fight. I lose. It's as simple as that.

You seem to be missing an important step though! If you feel like you did it 'right', but your opponent still won the fight: you probably made a mistake in your response. So stop banging your head against ...

Dear dmpeyton,

I myself started to play not so long ago. What I noticed is that, as a new player, you need to grow brand new intuition. In my opinion, as a beginner you should split your time 50/50 between studying (first), and trying to apply the concepts you practiced during your study in games ...