The Way of the Moving Horse
The Way of the Moving Horse is the second volume of the award-winning Learn to Play Go series. Covers fundamentals of good play, including opening theory, enclosures and approaches, bases and extensions, invasion and reduction, attack and defense, capturing races, ko, life and death, contact...
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The Way of the Moving Horse is the second volume of the award-winning Learn to Play Go series. Covers fundamentals of good play, including opening theory, enclosures and approaches, bases and extensions, invasion and reduction, attack and defense, capturing races, ko, life and death, contact fighting, and endgame. Shows the Korean school's strength vs. speed model to choose between six basic moves. Includes self-test and Internet Go section.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780964479623 (0964479621)
ASIN: 964479621
Publish date: June 21st 1995
Publisher: Ishi Press
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Series: Learn to Play Go (#2)
So first of all - my go game really sucks. I say that I "play go" and that I learned to play a long time ago, but it's been this occasional thing that I get interested in every now and then, and then stop playing for years and years. Like writing, martial arts, and various other activities I have pu...
This book is easy to read, there are lots of diagrams, and some cool pictures. My main problem with it is that its overall level is quite simple and so it isn't likely to remain useful to the reader for very long. It's kind of surpising in this way, because it is actually the second volume in a se...