Tsumego
Tsumego, a Japanese go term adopted into English, are problems mainly about life and death[2], but also about ko, capturing races, cutting, connecting, etc. As a rule they are local problems, but a few involve the whole board.
There are many published collections of tsumego, or life-and-death problems, many in Asian languages but increasingly many in Western languages. Some collections are available on the internet.
Most professional players and top amateur players agree that solving tsumego is the best way to improve. It is also important to know How to approach a life and death problem.
See also:
- Beginner's Guide to Tsumego
- Tsumego conventions
- Approach in TsumeGo
- What does main line in tsumego mean ?
- Take a bet on life and death - a tsumego tournament variant
- Standard Normal Form
- Smart Game Format / How to create Tsumego
- A New Approach to the Creation of Go Problems
- Yu Ping on Tsumego
Problem pages:
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[1] Simply 死活题, because 题 = 问题 = question/problem rather than Wéiqí = Go / sǐhuó = die/live / wèntí = problems => 围棋死活 and/or 死活问题
[2] In Japanese life-and-death is written 死活 and pronounced shikatsu