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How And What To Study
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There is plenty of good go material out there (including Sensei's Library ;-), so how do you determine what books, websites, professional games, ... are suited for your level and what kind of study habits are most effective?

A proposal for a path to follow by aspiring insei has been started at Teaching Paths. If you're looking for a guide to self-study, you want to read the Beginner Study Section.

Here are some links to individual homepages; these links will point you to the advice of some very strong players.:

I would point out, however, that you don't need a 5 dan to guide you when you're 25 kyu. I see many beginners asking shodans for guidance, when they could probably get just as much help from a 15k. Think of it this way -- a 6 year old doesn't need a PhD in computational algebra to teach her fractions. Sometimes we can learn most from the folks just above us. -- Scartol

David Mechner

David is an American 6 dan who studied for a year and a half as an insei (professional in training) in Japan. So he must have done some things right in his go study, as he points out himself :-)

[ext] David's Pages


Robert Jasiek

Robert is a German 5 dan and an expert on rules and rulesets.

[ext] Robert's Pages


Sorin Gherman

Sorin Gherman is a Romanian 6 dan who also studied as an insei. His pages describe how insei train and contains some advice on what to do and not to do to get stronger.

[ext] Sorin's Pages


Authors:

--Dieter --Stefan



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