Perceiving the Direction of Play
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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Book Description:
Determining the direction of play is a critical component of the game of go. If one does not understand the key factors that affect the upcoming flow of play one can easily flounder in the variations that develop. It can turn into a nightmare for beginners and experts alike.
Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan is a former Kisei titleholder and an acknowledged master of positional play. He presents situations for the reader to analyze and then breaks down the relevant components to explain matters in an easily understood manner.
All of the positions are taken from actual games. In Chapter 1 he uses those of the earliest Japanese masters to illustrate the fundamentals of finding the direction of play while offering a fascinating account of the evolution of the art and how those players of the 16th century groped to come up with lucid theories about it. In subsequent chapters Kobayashi 9 dan uses his own games as examples for problem positions to examine the direction of play in joseki, the fuseki (opening) and in fighting.
“In the present work, I have focused on the ‘direction of play of the stones’. Particularly in the opening, that is the starting point for coming up with ideas for determining the direction of play for the stones. I have taken positions from actual games that I have played, and reflecting fully on what happened, have analyzed them here. While understanding that there are many parts where fundamental principles are not thoroughly worked out, the theme of this book is cultivating perception through actual examples.”
— Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan (author)
This book is Volume 1 of the Heart of Go Discovery Series.
- Level:
- Advanced
- Author:
- Kobayashi Satoru
- Translator:
- Robert Terry
- Publisher:
- Hinoki Press
- Series:
- Heart of Go Discovery Series
- Pages:
- 225
- ISBN10:
- 0-9788874-2-5
- ISBN13:
- 978-0-9788874-2-1
- Dimensions (mm):
- 210 x 137
- Dimensions (inches):
- 8.3 x 5.4
