Fuseki

Fuseki, my biggest struggle of the game itself.

I once pulled up the records of my games...

I rarely go into yose. Because I always end up fighting hard, and winning by a hard kill, or getting insane profit in middle game.

Why do I fight so hard? The answer lies in opening stages of the game. My fuseki is so terrible that I typically get behind to the point that I need to step up and start fighting hard in middle game. In fact, fighting while behind is what I know.

So I borrowed a book, "A Dictionary of Modern Fuseki: Korean Style" from a player at club. I took time to play out many and many different variations.

Gradually, I'm starting to understand how stones are supposed to flow. A lot of little things just start to fall in place. Now I feel as if I can play better fuseki. I have tons of learning left to do. Funny consequence of improving fuseki is that the middle game is much more controlled. But funny thing, since I have little experience with that, I really need to learn how to do good yose with good fuseki. It is rare for me to play a middle game without a fighting. That just means that I must start to pick up on yose while working on fuseki. At least, I finally get to work on yose. All it takes is a good opening to set a good pace for the game.