Aji, kikashi, and sabaki are the most important oncepts of go. They imbue the game with strategic subtleties unmatched in any other game. Without and understnanding of these concepts, no go player can hope to attain a high level of skill. Besides these concepts, it is also necessary to understand the shape and distribution of stones and how they influence other parts of the boards, determining which stones are important and which stones can be sacrificed, and which stones must be strengthened before playing large-scale strategic moves.

With its eight expository chapters and 100 problems with in-depth solutions, this book will give the reader the true sense of go's strategic beauty.