James Davies
James Davies was born in 1945 in Philadelphia.
Davies graduated from Oberlin College in 1967 and entered graduate school at the University of Washington, only to have a mathematics professor interest him in the game of go. In 1970 he came to Japan, where his go playing has advanced to the amateur 5-dan level. Besides writing for the Ishi Press, he is a regular contributor to Go Review magazine. He now lives with his wife in the suburbs of Tokyo.
James Davies is author or co-author of a number of popular go books:
- Attack and Defense
- The Endgame
- Life and Death
- The 1971 Honinbo Tournament (by Iwamoto Kaoru in collaboration with Davies)
- Tesuji
- 38 Basic Joseki