New Publications
The Road Map to Shodan
by Rob van Zeijst and Richard Bozulich
The Road Map to Shodan is a new series of go books whose aim
is to provide the novice player with the strategic principles and tactical skills
to rise to the level of an expert player (shodan or 1-dan).
Strategic knowledge and tactical skills are of equal importance in go.
Since brute-force analysis (or reading) is next to impossible in the opening,
strategic principles are emphasized. The fastest way to improve one's opening
skills is to learn how to build thick positions, then to turn the influence of
these positions into territory. This may seem paradoxical to the beginner,
as go is a territorial game, but go is also a strategic game and influence
is an overriding concern.
Reading and analytic skills are developed in the life-and-death (K84) and endgame
(K15 and K57) books, while one can develop their intuitive powers through the study of tesuji (K85). Click the code number for a more detailed description of each book.
All the above books are now available.
Other volumes in this series are in preparation.
Payment can also be made through PayPal.
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The 2014 Ten-Game Match
between Lee Sedol and Gu Li
by Rob van Zeijst and Michael Redmond 9-dan (Part Two)
List of Kiseido Books Currently in Print
Learning the rules
by Cho Chikun
After learning the rules
Graded Go Problems for Beginners
by Kano Yoshinori 9-dan
The Elementary Go Series
For those who want to become dan-level players, the Elementary Go Series
is must reading. In these seven volumes every aspect of the game is covered.
Considered by many to be a masterpiece of go writing.
Graded Go Problems for Dan Players
This new series of books is a translation of a popular Nihon Ki-in collection
for aspiring dan players. It is designed to provide low-kyu and low-dan players with the
essential grounding in the basics of life-and-death, tesuji, the opening, joseki, and the
middle game needed
to develop deep and accurate reading and the intuition to compete
as dan players. The level of the problems starts at around 5-kyu and, through the whole series, works up to 7-dan.
Volume Six: 300 Joseki Problems, 3-dan to 7-dan will be published on July 15, 2016.
Mastering the Basics Series
Along with playing games, practice is essential for mastering go technique, namely, practice in analyzing positions and reading out all their variations. However, the practice players get from their games is limited, whereas problem books can give the amateur go player a vast variety of positions that might occur in their games. Practice also keeps the mind sharp and in top form. This is the reason professionals are always solving problems.
Practice must also include repetition if it is to be effective. If you have to find the same kind of tesuji in similar patterns over and over again,
spotting that tesuji in a game will become second nature.
It is the purpose of this series to provide a vast number and a large variety of problems -- in every phase of go, from the opening to the endgame -- for amateur players to practice their go technique. To accommodate so many problems, the explanations are minimal and limited to either illustrating a fundamental principle or a tesuji.
The problems are not hard; they range from very easy to moderately difficult. A dan player should be able to solve them within a minute, sometimes on sight, but it may take a bit longer for kyu-level players. But even if you are a dan player, solving these problem will keep your go sharp and give you the competive edge needed to win your games.
K71:
Volume One: 501 Opening Problems US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K72:
Volume Two: 1001 Life-and-Death Problems
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K73:
Volume Three: Making Good Shape US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K74:
Volume Four: 501 Tesuji Problems US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K75:
Volume Five: The Basics of Go Strategy
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K76:
Volume Six: All About Ko
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K77:
Volume Seven: Attacking and Defending Moyos
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K78:
Volume Eight: Fight Like a Pro -- The Secrets of Kiai
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K79:
Volume Nine: An Encyclopedia of Go Principles
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
K80:
Volume Ten: Close Encounters with the Middle Game
US$27;
25.00; 
¥2,700
Problem books to make you an expert player
The Get Strong at Go Series
Written, compiled, and edited by Richard Bozulich
These problem books cover every phase of the game from the opening to the endgame. Each contains more than 170 problems ranging in difficulty from elementary to advanced, so they can be used by players from 25-kyu to dan level. By studying go in this problem format, you will not only learn the basic principles as to why moves are made, but you will also train yourself in thinking through and analyzing the positions that arise in your games. Diligent study of this series will lay the foundation for becoming a strong player.
K51:
Get Strong at the Opening
US$21;
19.50;
¥2,100
K52:
Get Strong at Joseki, Volume 1 US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K53:
Get Strong at Joseki, Volume 2 US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K54:
Get Strong at Joseki, Volume 3 US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K55:
Get Strong at Invading
US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K56:
Get Strong at Tesuji US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K57:
Get Strong at the Endgame
US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K58:
Get Strong at Life and Death US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K59:
Get Strong at Handicap Go US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
K60:
Get Strong at Attacking US$21;
19.50; 
¥2,100
Refining your go technique
Joseki and Fuseki Dictionaries
Game Collections
Everything you want to know about go
Go World back issues
Go World was a quarterly magazine covering the international go scene,
with 129 issues published from November 1977 to February 2013.
Each issue contained comprehensive news coverage of all major go events
in the world, in depth commentaries of games from international
and national tournaments, and instructional articles.
All back issues from #72 and some earlier ones are currently available.
GWA:
Go World #72-#129
US$8.00 each;
¥800 each.
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