Following the general pattern of its predecessor 'Tesuji' this book organizes over two hundred life and death problems and examples into thirty six short chapters. Noteworthy features include: The status approach, which takes the reader through the same analysis that he should perform in actual play. The grouping of the problems around common tesujis - throw-in, placement, etc - and standard shapes - the one, two and three space notchers on the sides, the corner L groups, etc. A logical, step by step development, which makes Life and Death first an excellent text to learn from, then an invaluable reference work to come back to. This book is a part of the Elementary Go Series.