aren't you very harsh on the lessons in the fundamentals in go? i believe a beginner should focus on basic ideas like tenuki, getting ahead, keeping connected vs. being cut, ... and playing games and much less on portioned knowledge of the type "in the 3-4 joseki high approach the usual answer is..." which is much more difficult to keep track of. and this is what the lessons contain.

btw, i am 1 dan at kgs and i haven't yet finished the 1001 problem collection (ok i am not proud of this), but do you really believe they are suited for 15-10 kyus (the 5 move problems). can you solve them routinely?

cheers tapir

When I read the "Fundamentals" for the first time, I was around 5 stones weaker than now. At that time I really couldn't get much out of it though it was fun to read. Obviously it is quite controversial whether you can get something out of it. Some people think it's the best go book at all, whereas others think it's just a good read without being able to get some real go knowledge out of it. It seems I am rather in the second group. However currently I am rereading it and we'll see what I can get out of it.

As for 1001 L&D problems you're probably right. As KGS-8k I could solve about half of these problems. When I created the list, the strength indicators did not focus on being able to solve the problems routinely, but to understand and hardwire them. For the latter you need less skills than for the former. To avoid frustrations for potential readers, I will update the list.