Tesuji - the book

Tesuji is volume 3 in the Elementary Go Series published by Ishi Press (and republished now by Kiseido). This one is by James Davies, the author of Life and Death (which is volume 4).

Tesuji consists of 16 chapters, each focused on a particular goal and the tesuji that may be used to achieve that goal. After each tesuji is introduced with examples, a couple of problems using that method are presented. At the end of each chapter, there are about one dozen problems using the methods from the chapter. The book contains a total of 264 problems.

Errata.

Table of Contents

• Reading
• Capture the Cutting Stones
• Amputate the Cutting Stones
• Ko
• When Liberties Count
• Linking Groups Together
• Cutting Groups Apart
• Into Enemy Territory
• Escape
• Sacrifice to Gain Tempo
• Tesuji for Attack
• How to Connect
• Making Shape
• Ignore the Atari
• Double-Threat Tesuji
• Challenge Problems

Other languages

• The book is availaible in German since 2018, see Brett und Stein Verlag

Sample Problems

to be added

See Also: BQM 404