Carefully make preparatory moves from the first move to place a stone in the corner. While preparation moves may involve different techniques for each player, the general approach is to start placing pieces without exceeding the central 16 squares. ; after placing stones in these squares, the most important thing to do to not give the corners to the opponent is to put as little stone as possible in the squares next to the corner squares. The game continues by placing stones on the squares outside the neighboring squares of corner squares. ;