The Thirty-six Stratagems Applied to Go

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The Thirty-six Stratagems Applied to Go is a book by Ma Xiaochun, published by Yutopian. As the title suggests, it applies the 36 stratagems to go.

See [ext] David Carlton's review.


Comments by other readers

Dieter: First of all, I agree with the translator's preface that this is truly an original approach to the game. The stratagems themselves make the book a joy to read. The drawback obviously is that the immediate application to Go situations at times is far-fetched. The author nicely works around those difficulties though, and what remains is, in my opinion, a marvelous book. The 36 stratagems are not a set of guidelines that will prove helpful in many different situations. Rather this book has some messages:

Even if there is no direct impact on one's skill after reading this book, it is one of those books which remain interesting even at the x-th reading.


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