Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Attack and Defense (Elementary Go, Vol 5)

Humor & Entertainment

Ishida, Akira

James, Davies

Puzzles & Games

Kiseido

Positional Judgment: High-Speed Game Analysis

Chikun, Cho

Killing isolated groups or finding a way to make two eyes for them is an important technique that every go player must acquire. Positions in which you must determine whether a group is alive or dead occur in almost every game, and the player whose skill at killing a group or finding the moves that will give his own group two eyes stands the better chance of staging an upset. In fact, life and death is regarded as so important that apprentices studying to become go professionals are required to spend many hours each day solving life-and-death problems in order to improve their analytical abilities. Solving a life-and-death problem requires the reading out of the solution as well as the numerous variations and moves that the opponent may respond with. This often requires reading more than six moves deep and keeping a picture in your mind of the resulting positions of all variations. Such activity can be likened to mental weight training. Although this is first and foremost a problem book (containing 230 problems), the explanations of the main topics make it useful as an introduction to life and death and it should be accessible to players who have read an introductory go book and played a few games. Divided into three parts, the first systematically covers the basics of life and death, starting with the fundamental concept of eye space. Next, the three essential tesujis used to kill groups are introduced: the hane, the placement, and the throw-in. In another section the reader is shown when it is appropriate to expand his eye space and when he should fall back and play on a vital point. Also included are a complete explanation of the status of the bent-four-in-the-corner shape and ten-thousand-year ko. The last two sections of this part present a thorough analysis of the comb formation and the carpenter's square.

Get Strong at Life and Death (Get Strong at Go)

Bozulich, Richard

300 Life and Death Probplems: 5-kyu to 3-dan (Graded Go Problems for Dan Players, Volume 1)

Masaru Aoki

All About Ko

Van Zeijst, Rob

Knowing the basic principles of go is the key to being able to find the best move in the opening and the middle game. The way to internalize these principles is by seeing how they are applied by pros in their games and by contemplating a large number of problems in which these principles are used. Attacking and Defending Moyos starts out by laying down 13 basic principles of moyos (frameworks of potential territories) with examples from the games of Takemiya Masaki, Yi Ch'ang-ho, Sakata Eio, Go Seigen, Rin Kaiho, Ishida Yoshio, among others. The second chapter presents detailed analyses of games played by top pros, showing how they build and defend moyos and how they attack them. Included are two masterpieces by Kitani Minoru, as well as games by Cho Chikun (the master of invading moyos), Hane Naoki, and Sonoda Yuichi (famous for his hyper-cosmic go). The final chapter presents 151 whole-board problems in which the ideas presented in the first two chapters can be applied. Attacking and Defending Moyos is an essential book even for those who like to play a tight territorial game, for they will undoubtedly often meet opponents who build moyos. It is also an essential book for those who like to build moyos but may be unsure of how to defend them against an attack.

Attacking and Defending Moyos (Mastering the Basics, Volume 7)

Rob van Zei­jst

Of the three main stages in a game of go, the middle game is the most exciting. This is where most of the action of a game occurs: stones are attacked and defended or captured; potential territories are invaded or erased; nerve-wracking ko fights and kill-or-be-killed capturing races that can decide the outcome of the game take place. In contrast, the opening stage is a necessary preliminary before coming to grips with the opponent, and professionals regard it as the most important stage of the game. This is where the foundation is laid for the fighting that will take place in the middle game. The wisdom of your opening strategy will determine whether you start the middle game with an advantage over the opponent or whether you have an inferior position that places you at a disadvantage. Many players are happy to rely on their fighting strength to make up for a bad start, but if your opponent is an equally strong fighter, it may be the relative skill at the opening that will be decisive. This book is unique in the English go literature. It analyses contemporary opening strategy in depth, focusing on the new patterns recently developed by the Korean players who dominate the international go scene. Typically, it analyses the first 30 moves or so of the most important patterns; it is the first book that makes it possible for amateurs to play a professional-level opening.

A dictionary of modern fuseki: the Korean style

Reference

Fuseki Revolution: How AI Has Changed Go

Education & Teaching

Shibano, Toramaru

Studying & Workbooks

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