Nie Weiping On Go- The Art of Positional Judgment (Wei Qi, Weiqi, Baduk, Paduk, Igo)
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Nie Weiping On Go
- The Art of Positional Judgment - Item PAY03
Written by (once) the strongest and most famous player in China, this
work is also the first Chinese go book ever translated into English. In
the biographical sectio, Nie's arduous struggle to become one of the finest
players in the world is recounted, as well as his hardships during the
Cultural Revolution and the stirring account of his challenge of the Japanese
domination of the Go scene.
Using positions from his own games, Nie shows how a grasp of full board
principles is essential to effective play. This book is divided into eight
chapters: The Opening, Positional Judgment, Timeliness of Initiating Battles,
Finesse and Trade-off Decisions, Forcing
Moves, Utilizing Thickness,
Defending Weak Stones, and Applications in fully Annotated Games.
All of these themes are woven together by Nie and given a masterful
interpretation that will help every go player in analyzing the demands
of a position
Supplemented with an index. 197 pages.
Table of Contents
A biography of how Nie Weiping became a stronger player against the
other famous Go Players.
Chapter 1 The Opening Fuseki
- The Chinese Opening
- Countering the Chinese Opening
- Effectiveness of Stones
- Taking the Initative
Chapter 2 Positional Judgment
- Analyzing the Full Board Situation
- Initiating a Fight
- An Example of A Well-Planned Strategy Based on Positional Judgment
- Avoid Greed Regarding Small Local Profits/Stabiliting Groups
Chapter 3 Timelines in Initiating Battles
- Initiating an Attack When One is Behind
- Basing Attacking Plans on Careful Positional Judgment
Chapter 4 Finesse and Trade-Off Decisions
- Sacrificing Stones to Take the Initiative and Forcing an Attack
- An Example of Large Scale Attack Initiated by Sacrificing Stones
Chapter 5 Forcing Moves
- Two-Pronged Attack
- Taking the Initiative and Consistency in Attack
Chapter 8 Applications Shown in Fully Annotated Games
- Mutual Disruption
- Weighing Pulses and Minuses
- Inevitable Developments
- An Alert and Exquisite Move
- A Slack Move
- A Stubborn Invasion
- Initiating a Battle
- A Ko Fight
- Competing in the Endgame
- Defending Weak Stones
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