Tsumego Hero

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[ext] Tsumego Hero is an English language tsumego and tesuji problem site, active since at least 2018.

As of October 2021, it hosts about 6,100 problems.

Series were previously ranked in difficulty by a five star system, with more stars indicating a higher difficulty, as described in the table below. At some point since October, the rating system was changed, and is now a numerical range from 1 to 9, with 9 being the hardest.

Problems from Guanzi Pu, or, as they call it, Kanzufu, have been added.

Streamer and Youtuber DanielML? made a trilogy video series featuring the site:

New difficulty table

Series Difficulty Author(s)
Easy Capture, Life, Kill Capture - 1, Life & Kill - 2 various
Korean Problem Academy, 1-4 1. - 1, 2. - 2, 3. & 4. - 3 various
Life & Death - Elementary, 1st - 4th Pt. 1st - 2, 2nd & 3rd - 3, 4th - 2 various
Life & Death - Intermediate, 1st - 4th Pt. 1st - 4, 2nd & 3rd - 5, 4th - 6 various
Tsumego Dictionary, Vol. I-III I & II - 3, III - 4 various
The Rules of Capturing Races 2 Joshka Zimdars
Tesuji Training, Pt. 1 & 2 1. - 3, 2. - 4 various
Endgame Tesujis 5 various
Diabolical 8 David Mitchell
Gokyo Shumyo, Vol. I-IV I - 6, II-IV - 7, V - 5 Hayashi Genbi
In-seong's Lectures 5 In-seong Hwang
Problems from Professional Games 7 Alexandre Dinerchtein
Tesujis in Real Board Positions 7 various
Tsumego Master, Pt. 1 & 2 I - 6, II - 7 various
Tsumego of Fortitude 9 various

Old difficulty table

Series Difficulty Author(s)
Easy Capture, Life, Kill various
Korean Problem Academy, 1-4 1 ★★, 2 ★★★, 3 & 4 ★★★★ various
Life & Death - Elementary, 1st - 4th Pt. 1st ★★, 2nd - 4th ★★★ various
Life & Death - Intermediate, 1st - 4th Pt. 1st ★★★, 2nd - 4th ★★★★ various
Tsumego Dictionary, Vol. I-III I ★★, II ★★★, III ★★★★ various
The Rules of Capturing Races ★★★ Joshka Zimdars
Tesuji Training, Pt. 1 & 2 1 ★★★ 2 ★★★★ various
Endgame Tesujis ★★★★ various
Diabolical ★★★★★ David Mitchell
Gokyo Shumyo, Vol. I-IV ★★★★★ Hayashi Genbi
In-seong's Lectures ★★★★★ In-seong Hwang
Problems from Professional Games ★★★★★ Alexandre Dinerchtein
Tesujis in Real Board Positions ★★★★★ various
Tsumego Master, Pt. 1 & 2 ★★★★★ various
Tsumego of Fortitude ★★★★★ various

Tsumego Hero last edited by bugcat on April 20, 2022 - 18:38
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