Weiqi Education Practice Workbook

Weiqi Education Practice Workbooks (围棋教学习题册 wei2qi2 jiao4xue2 xi2 ti2ce4) published by Shanxi Peoples Publishing Company 山西人民出版社 consists of two volumes:

1. Introductory and Beginner Levels (入门，初级), ISBN 7-203-04147-6
2. Middle and Upper Levels (中级，高级) , 147 pages, ISBN 7-203-04163-8.

Introductory and Beginner Levels

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Middle and Upper Levels

The paperback books contains 544 problems about killing groups, 261 problem for making life and 117 tesuji problems. As many as sixteen problems appear on a single page. The answers are all located in the back of the book, so there is no danger of accidently seeing an answer when working the problems. Many, if not most of the answers, contain two diagrams, occasionally more.

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Table of Contents

Introductory and Beginner Levels ISBN 7-203-04147-6 (173 pages) 入门, 初级

• Introductory Level
  • Foundational Knowledge
    • Goban and Stones (9 questions)
    • Life and Death of Stones (13 problems)
    • Cutting and Connecting (7 problems)
    • Capturing Methods (103 problems)
    • Foundations of Life and Death (131 problems)
    • Ko (5 problems)
  • Fuseki (53 problems)
  • Middlegame
    • Capture Races (96 problems)
    • Contact Fights (70 problems)
  • Endgame (42 problems)
• Beginner Level
  • Fuseki (144 problems)
  • Middle Game
    • Foundation
      • Capturing Technique (150 problems)
      • Ko (154 problems)
      • Capture Race (297 problems)
      • Cutting and Connecting (91 problems)
    • Middlegame Tactics (782 problems)
      • Multiple Choice Questions (14 problems)
      • Middlegame Attacking (54 problems)
      • Invasion (41 problems)
      • Sacrifice (100 problems)
  • Endgame Plays
    • Types and Size of Endgame Plays (160 problems)
    • Endgame Techniques (106 problems)
• Answers

Intermediate and Advanced Levels ISBN 7-203-04163-8 (147 pages) 中级, 高级

• Life and Death Section
  • Killing Groups (544 problems)
  • Making Life (261 problems)
• Tesuji Section (117 problems)
• Answers

Sample Problems

Killing groups problem 245, Black to play  

Killing groups problem 245, Solution  

Solution (continued)  

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Killing groups problem 245, Failure  

Allowing White to make a ko misses the killing sequence.