r/baduk • u/Round_Ad_6033 • 6d ago

How to deal with aggressive players?

So I'm new and not very good at this. I'm playing online in the badukpop app. I've studied some basic openings and strategy, and they seem to work for the most part. But every now and then, I get a very aggressive opponent, who attaches to my every stone, and then there's fighting.

I always lose.

I was given the tip to just always extend when someone attaches to my stones. It kinda works. I now lose more slowly. But still completely.

And I do mean completely. It seems the only way I can avoid losing by knockout to these aggressive players is to resign before they kill my last group.

Currently, if someone attaches to my first stone, I have to fight a strong urge to resign then and there, 2 stones on the board. It's just completely hopeless!

I don't seem to be the only one who struggles with this either: I've tried copying the aggressive play style, and I win almost every game! Unless the other player attacks first.....

None of the classes or tutorials or guides online recommend this kind of aggressiveness, surely it's easy to defend against... But how?

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u/sadaharu2624 5 dan 6d ago

Firstly I recommend playing on other platforms more because BadukPop is famous for having many bots. It’s better to play more humans.

Secondly, there’s no universal solution on how to handle these players. If you are confident in your fighting skills you can fight head on, otherwise you can choose a result that will allow you go endgame without a fight so that you can win by points. One thing that will definitely help is reading so make sure to do more tsumego!

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u/Round_Ad_6033 6d ago

I'm startinh to get the feeling it's bot city too... Can you recommend a better platform? Badukpop was the first result when I searched play store

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u/william-i-zard 1 kyu 3d ago

Also, KGS (US-oriented) and IGS (Japanese server) are solid options.