PATH 03 · LEARN A STARTING PLAN
Openers
Learn the opening. Understand the way out.
An opener is a short plan for a piece order, not a script for the whole game. Study both the setup and the board it leaves.
Bring with you
You can use Hold and follow the visible queue.
Work towards
Choose a workable route for the opening bags and identify your next midgame decision.
The learning path
Start at the beginning or choose the skill you need.
- 01Read guide
Why openers?
What the first bags give you, and what an opener cannot promise.
- 02Read guide
TKI
Compare common routes and the piece orders they need.
- 03Read guide
DT Cannon
Read the setup, its dependencies and its continuation.
- 04Read guide
Perfect Clear Opener
Understand the base and the idea of a solution tree.
- 05Read guide
MS2 and Gamushiro
Explore two openings with Perfect Clear continuations.
- 06Read guide
Transitioning out
Decide what to build after the memorised part ends.
A little vocabulary helps.
Revisit these definitions as you work through the lessons.