The World of Chinese Go
A book by Guo Juan, published by Kiseido, in which a personal account is given of top players in China and the life of professionals and aspiring professionals in China.
Each of the ten chapters provides a short essay on a single person or aspect of life for Chinese professional players, followed by one or two primary game commentaries, and sometimes smaller reference commentaries, related to the essay.
Table of Contents
- Chapter One: Ma Xiaochun
- Chapter Two: Nie Weiping
- Chapter Three: My Go School
- Chapter Four: Chen Zude
- Chapter Five: My Professional Go Team
- Chapter Six: Women in Chinese Go
- Chapter Seven: Young Talent
- Chapter Eight: The Chinese Amateur Go World
- Chapter Nine: The Chinese National Go Team
- Chapter Ten: The Life of a Chinese Tournament Players
Commentaries
(Primary commentaries, in order of appearance)
- 1995-08-05: Kobayashi Koichi v. Ma Xiaochun[1]
- 1988-03-14: Kato Masao v. Nie Weiping
- 1974-03-26: Wang Jiankun v. Guo Juan
- 1965-04-18: Chen Zude v. Kajiwara Takeo
- 1991-05-03: Fang Tianfeng v. Ma Xiaochun
- 1984-12-21: Jiang Zhujiu v. Kobayashi Satoru
- 1996-12-12: Rui Naiwei v. Feng Yun
- 1992-09-06: Hua Xueming v. Yang Hui
- 1996-12-07: Ma Xiaochun v. Shao Weigang
- 1996-12-25: Chang Hao v. Kobayashi Satoru
- One unknown, Chinese amateur game
- 1998-06-01 Liu Jun v. Imamura Fumiaki
- 1998-11-18: Huang Yan v. Zhang Xuan
- 2000-01-10: Zhou Zhenyu? v. Meng Lei?
Sample Material
to be added
Reviews
David Carlton has reviewed this book.
[1] Final of the 1995 Fujitsu Cup featuring a detailed discussion of White kosumi-tsuke response to the 34PointLowApproachThreeSpaceLowPincer joseki.