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      Invincible: The Games of Shusaku

      $49.99

      Invincible is arguably the best Go book ever published in English. It's a collection of commented games for one of the greatest Go players of all time, Shusaku. The book provides clear and thorough commentaries for 80 of Shusaku's best games and contains 143 games in total. Another Go legend, Go Seigen, gained much of his strength by studying Shusaku's games and many other players have since followed his example. Now you can too.

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      Breakthrough Attacking Power: Yamashita Style

      $21.99

      Do you enjoy fighting in Go? Then this is the book for you. The author, Yamashita Keigo 9 dan, is among the most aggressive professional Go players in the world and in 2011 he won both the Honinbo and Meijin titles. This book provides commentary and lessons based on Yamashita's games. You can learn the basics of attacking from problem books, but to really capture the essence of it you need to study the games of masters. This book will provide excellent study material if you want to develop a strong fighting style.

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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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      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.