This book is written for players who have acquired an understanding of the rules of go and some of its most elementary tactics and strategies by having ...

The fastest way to become strong at go is to constantly study tesuji and life-and-death problems. But they also advise you not to study difficult problems. ...

The techniques of attacking, along with tesuji and life-and-death, are part of the middle game, but, whereas you will find an abundance of literature ...

Tesujis are skillful moves that accomplish some clear tactical objective, such as capturing stones or a group, rescuing one of your own groups, linking ...

How do you win a won game? How do you win a lost game? Study the endgame! More specifically, study this book and you will really get strong at the ...

Opening and Middle Game Go Problems for Kyu Players presents 200 problems of positions that regularly arise in the opening and middle game. It is intended ...

Go is played on a very large board, consisting of 361 playing points. During the opening phase, there will be perhaps 50 to 100 candidates for a plausible ...

Along with playing games, practice is essential for mastering go technique; namely, practice in analyzing positions and reading out all their variations. ...

In life-and-death situations and during the sharp skirmishes that arise in the middle game, brute-force analysis is usually required. However, intuition ...

During the opening stages of the game the players stake out positions and more or less divide the board. Normally each player wants to win and take just ...