213.246.144.91: Commented Kyu Games (2009-08-16 13:44) [#6311]

A common question I hear asked (often because I myself am also asking it!) amongst weaker players like me is

"Where can we study fully commented 5kyu-1kyu games? There are hundreds of commented Pro games, but they're waaaaaay too deep for me - I haven't a clue what's going on in them!"

I used to assume there just plain weren't any, but the amount of people who agree with me leads me to post this question here. Is there any collection of these? Can anyone help?

Tarka

ZenGarden: Commented games (2009-08-16 22:13) [#6314]

Hi

I've just bought a new book (self-published by one of the British Go Association organisers, Neil Moffatt) called "Games of Go: a dozen fully commented games of go". It comments move by move, games played on the KGS, ranging from 18 K vs 20 K to 8 dan vs 7 dan. It's available on Amazon at a reasonable price and is nicely produced.

I am relatively new to the game, about 10-9k currently, and have found it a useful commentary. Sometime the comments can be rather obvious (e.g. where he is commenting move by move in a forced sequence) but overall it is a nice book to have around while travelling as the one diagram per move format avoids the need to carry a Goban.

Otherwise you might subscribe to Go World which is the best resource I know of on contemporary Go.

Have fun!