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The Second Book of Go
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The Second Book of Go, by Richard Bozulich. The first edition was published by The Ishi Press. A new edition, with several differences, was published by Kiseido in 1998.
See also This is a book for those who have just learned the rules and now start to want to know more about the game. The first edition is divided into four parts: The Basics(Eyes and living groups, capturing races, tesujis, life and death, shape) The OpeningThe Middle GameThe Endgame and Ko-FightsI found this book extremely helpful, interesting and fun to read. It brought me from nothing to 22k* on IGS. Jan: The contents above refer to the first edition. The second edition's contents are:
Part One: Strategy
Part Two: Tactics
Chapter 6 and the last three chapters are a bit short, in my opinion. But the rest is excellent! Dieter: Chapters 7 & 8 are the famous articles by Richard Hunter, one of the most helpful and self-contained treatments of an aspect of the game. The book is certainly worth buying for these chapters alone. Jan: Yes, those chapters were one of the reasons I bought this book over a year ago. However, I still don't have the theory memorized :-) All I know is: 'Count! Read! Count! Read! Count! Read!' (and be aware of eyes and approach moves). That's good enough at my level - perhaps even better? In retrospect, those two chapters stand out from the rest of the book: in thoroughness as well as in level. I think they would have merited a 'Workshop'-like book, a la Monkey Jump Workshop. Dieter: The author agrees with that: see Richard Hunter. Jan: Great minds think alike! I probably got the idea from SL anyway :-) TaoVegan: This is a great book! It's well organized and the material is presented in an interesting and applicable manner. It is, as stated above, perfect for the beginner who is moving on from the basics and looking for that first taste of detailed Go instruction. It's a great overview of strategy, tactics, and concepts to be read many times over, learning something new each time. juhtolv: IMNSHO you'd better skip those chapters 7 and 8 and get a book called "Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races" instead, if possible. In that book those chapters are in extended form. This is a copy of the living page "The Second Book of Go" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |