1. Play lots of 9x9 games against a stronger opponent: http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html 2. Study tsumego (life an

1. Play lots of 9x9 games against a stronger opponent: http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html 2. Study tsumego (life and death) problems. By study, I mean keep replaying the same positions until you can identify the sequence to live (or to kill) immediately. Study problems slightly more difficult than your own rank (maybe 1 or 2 stones). Do this for 15 minutes every day for 6 months and you will be quite strong. http://tsumego.tasuki.org/?page=tsumego http://tsumego.tasuki.org/?page=tsumego http://senseis.xmp.net/?BenjaminTeuber%2FGuideToBecomeStrong http://senseis.xmp.net/?BenjaminTeuber%2FGuideToBecomeStrong 3. Replay master games. Don't merely click through games on the computer. Get a board. Get stones. Feel the stones in your hand and think about where you would place each move. Try to discover, for yourself, why the master played the move. http://www.kiseido.com/Game.htm http://www.kiseido.com/Game.htm 4. Study fuseki theory and master fuseki player games: http://senseis.xmp.net/?TakagawaKaku http://senseis.xmp.net/?TakagawaKaku