[gustavpaul]

Hmm - well I still feel relatively n00b as a 3k. For me the most prominent ones were

15/16k: I think that's the moment I started evaluating different moves instead of just playing what looked best and hoping I pick better ones than my opponent.

12k: discover first bits of wholeboard thinking

9k: discover first vague ideas around direction of play

6k: discover tenuki / sacrificing locally for global benefit, leaning attacks

6k-4k: reading, basic haengma (moving with shape and speed)

4k-3k: life&death, reading

3k-: I'm approaching 2k mainly by making my group strong before attacking, attacking to push around not kill

[hairui]

ya pretty similar progression for me -- I remember leaning attacks being pretty eye-opening