Go Books
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Get Strong at Life and Death
$20.99
Out of all the different aspects of Go, life and death is the most important. Even at the professional level, the top players are always the ones who are most proficient in life and death. If you want to improve at Go and become a truly strong player, this is a great place to start.
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Get Strong at the Opening
$20.99
This book contains 175 problems designed to enhance your skill in the opening. The solution to each problem provides a thorough explanation, which will help you grasp the main ideas to consider during the opening. If you're an intermediate player looking to gain a better understanding of the opening, this book will help you do that.
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Shuko: The Only Move - Fighting Middlegame Collection
$22.99
The late Fujisawa Shuko 9 dan was well known for his free thinking and creative approach to the game. Not only was he a top tournament player for decades, he was also a mentor to later generations of top players in Japan, China and Korea, where he was highly respected for his intuition and whole board vision. In this book, Fujisawa focuses on fighting during the middlegame. Reading it will sharpen your intuition for fighting and help you learn the proper timing for starting a fight.
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Otake's Secrets of Strategy
$21.99
Have you ever wondered whether famous strategy books like 'The Art of War' could be applied to Go? Well that's exactly what Otake Hideo 9 dan does in this book. He starts by illustrating 10 strategic principles, which you can immediately apply to your games. He continues by reviewing a series of amateur and professional games, with frequent pauses to pose questions and show you the best way to play. This book will help you improve your understanding of Go strategy and the flow of play in the middle game.
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Shuko: The Only Move - Joseki, Fuseki Collection
$22.99
The late Fujisawa Shuko 9 dan was well known for his free thinking and creative approach to the game. Not only was he a top tournament player for decades, he was also a mentor to later generations of top players in Japan, China and Korea, where he was highly respected for his intuition and whole board vision. In this book, Fujisawa focuses on fuseki (the opening game) and joseki (common patterns of play). Reading it will greatly expand your perception in the early stages of the game.
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Catching Scent of Victory
$21.99
It's often said that one of the best ways to improve your Go game is replaying the games of top professional players, but it can be confusing and frustrating to start with. This book changes that. In Catching Scent of Victory, O Rissei 9 dan discusses 20 of his own games, clearly explaining what he was thinking at each stage and why he chose the moves he did. He places considerable emphasis on improving your 'Go sense' and this book will help you sharpen your intuition for seizing the key points in the game.
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Get Strong at the Endgame
$20.99
You might have heard that you need to master the endgame to become a truly strong Go player, but how do you do that? There isn't a great deal of material around to help you get better at the endgame, but this book will help you do just that. With just under 300 detailed endgame problems, this book will take you from being someone who struggles with the endgame to someone who dominates it.
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Graded Go Problems for Beginners Volume 4
$20.99
One of the best ways to improve quickly at Go is to is to solve many different Go problems - small puzzles which focus on a specific position. This is book four of Graded Go Problems for Beginners. The final book in the series, this one is targeted more at intermediate level players. Like the previous books it provides a selection of different problems, with a large section focussed on life and death to help you quickly improve your game.
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Perceiving the Direction of Play
$21.99
Do you ever feel confused about where to play in the opening or middle game of Go? You're not alone. Of course we know that we should try to make all our stones work efficiently, but what's the best move to do that? Go players throughout the ages have struggled with this question and come up with a number of fundamental principles and techniques to guide us in the right direction. In this book Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan, analyzes the games of past and present masters from a theoretical perspective and helps you grasp important principles that you can use to find good moves in your own games.
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The Direction of Play
$17.99
There are so many points on the Go board and sometimes it's difficult to work out where to play, even for advanced players. The Direction of Play will teach you the principles you need to find the most important moves and strengthen your intuition considerably. Kajiwara's ideas are unique and this book is a classic.
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The Second Book of Go
$17.99
If you've finished learning the rules of Go and have played some games, then this is the book for you. It will take you from novice to intermediate level by introducing you to all the things you need to know to become stronger at Go. Give yourself a head start by reading this book today.
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The Way of Creating a Thick and Strong Game
$21.99
Many Go players strive to always play the strongest move, balancing each game on a razor's edge. But razors are sharp and don't leave any room for error. Hane Naoki 9 dan has another approach. In this book he talks about his style of aiming to consistently play what he calls the '80% move' instead of always striving for the '100% move'. In a collection of commentaries of his own games, Hane shows a solid and practical way of playing that you can apply to your own games.
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