Go Basics -- Concepts And Strategies for New Players

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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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