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What Is Your Least Favorite Go Book
   

MortenPahle -- Yes, I know it's a good book, but it is the book I still dislike the most, mostly because of the dreadful introduction to endgame theory which takes too long and is at a level intended for players who already master the endgame. If you ever want to read [ext] 'The Endgame' in the elementary Go Series, do yourself a favour an skip the introduction until you are dan-level ;^)


DaveSigaty: Another vital book is [ext] Life and Death, by James Davies. I have owned it for about 25 years and from time to time I feel guilty enough about my poor study habits to dip into it. However, in all that time I have never been able to read it through. Either the delivery is too dry for me (it must by the book's fault, right?) or I just get too depressed about the simple shapes that I still don't remember properly! :-)


DieterVerhofstadt: 38 Basic Joseki, how noble its intentions may have been, sends the Go player on the doubtful path of pattern copying. All about thickness, by Ishida Yoshio, treats the subject somewhat "lightly" . And how refreshing some of the ideas in EzGo may be, it gives a strange feeling when the author speaks of himself as "the leading Go-theorist" and "the father of Computer Go".


AlainWettach: Nie Wei Ping on Go is a book I wouldn't advise to buy. It is written in a propagandist style which disturbed me. I never managed to read this book until the end.


Neal: My least favorite go book would have to be Go and Go Moku by Edward Lasker. Talk about an unclear book. This book begins to uncover a new and interesting topic, then it leads you into a complicated pattern which is useless in an everyday game. The diagrams are hard to follow and his methods of explanation are even more so. Hopefully it's clear that I don't recommend it.



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