Go Basics -- Concepts And Strategies for New Players

   

An introductory book by Peter Shotwell, published by Tuttle. This book explains the game not by the usual method of stating the rules first, but by taking players through a professional 9x9 game with very detailed (approx 100 pages) annotations. The book also includes a CD-rom with igowin, some (unspecified?) macintosh software, and some HTML pages.


xela: I saw a copy in a local bookshop (an amazing thing--go books in a mainstream bookshop!) I found the approach intriguing, and it may even be interesting for more experienced players to see some commented professional 9x9 games (I was tempted to buy a copy, but not tempted enough), but I'd worry that it would be mystifying to a complete beginner. The rules of the game aren't clearly stated all together in one place, so a newcomer would have to read almost the whole book before actually being able to play a complete game of go. Also, it bothers me that the players of the 9x9 games featured in the book aren't (as far as I could tell) named anywhere. On the other hand, it's refreshing to see an approach that's so different from any of the other beginner books I know of, and there's a lot of interesting material here.


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