Graded Go Problems For Beginners Volume I
By Kano Yoshinori 9d
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| Title | Graded Go Problems For Beginners Volume I |
|---|---|
| Author | Kano Yoshinori 9d |
| Translator | Richard Bozulich |
| Publishers | Ishi Press, Kiseido |
| Codes | h3, K46 |
| Date | 1985, 1997 |
| ISBN | 4-906574-47-7 |
| Pages | 212 |
| Dimensions | 8 1/4. x 5 3/4. - 210mm x 147mm |
| Series Info | Graded Go Problems For Beginners |
| Publishers's URL | http://kiseido.com/Begin.htm |
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are the ideal books for players who have just learned the rules of go, bridging the gap between a beginner's book and some of the more advanced elementary books.
The almost 1500 problems these four volumes contain thoroughly drill the reader in the fundamentals of the game. Once he has finished studying these four books, he will have mastered the elements of capturing and defending stones, life and death of groups, elementary tactics, the opening and the endgame, thus laying a solid foundation for his future progress in the game.
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| PREFACE | ...iv | |
| HOW TO PLAY GO | ...v | |
| GLOSSARY | ...xxv | |
| PART ONE: PROBLEMS | ...1 | |
| I | INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS | |
| LEVEL ONE | ...1 | |
| II | INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS | |
| LEVEL ONE | ...25 | |
| III | INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS | |
| LEVEL ONE | ...49 | |
| IV | INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS | |
| LEVEL ONE | ...74 | |
| PART TWO: ANSWERS | ...91 | |
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| Review Author | David Carlton | Reviewer Strength | 1 kyu |
| Author's Email | carlton@bactrian.org | website | http://www.bactrian.org/~carlton/ |
These are volumes of go problems, and they have the virtue that they start off at a much easier level than any other problem books out there. The volumes claim to be for 30-25 kyu, 25-20 kyu, 20-15 kyu, and 15 kyu and stronger, and the early problems really are suitable for complete novices - the first problems ask you to capture stones that are already in atari, for example. The last two volumes are more difficult - I'd place volume 3 at 15-10 kyu and a 10 kyu would find much of volume 4 to be quite challenging, but there's lots of good stuff in them. I'd recommend these books for anybody who's getting started: it's important to get hands-on practice with go concepts that you're learning about, and these books are a great way to do that. (Recent ads for these books have them at 30-25 kyu, 25-15 kyu, 15-8 kyu, and 8-3 kyu; that seems reasonable to me.)