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Summary: A good introduction
Review: Although sometimes not as easy to follow as "Learn to Play Go" (frequently refers to earlier diagrams), this book is a good introduction to the game. Discusses pretty much the same topics as "Learn ...", with a little more detail regarding connecting, and shows us an actual game with commentary, which was very helpful in getting a better sense of how the game is played. "Learn to Play Go" is also an excellent place to start.
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Summary: A good introduction
Review: Although sometimes not as easy to follow as "Learn to Play Go" (frequently refers to earlier diagrams), this book is a good introduction to the game. Discusses pretty much the same topics as "Learn ...", with a little more detail regarding connecting, and shows us an actual game with commentary, which was very helpful in getting a better sense of how the game is played. "Learn to Play Go" is also an excellent place to start.
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Summary: A practical book for the biginners and skilled players
Review: I have played GO for a long time.
Although this book is a introduction to the game, it is also a great help for skilled players.
It's usefull studying again the actual method and the meaning of the moves.
It is great fun reading the historical story of the Honnoji Temple affair related to the tripple ko.
Anyone of you might found it important to study the josekis and memorise them.
But I found it important to replay the actual games.
Learning all of the moves by heart, then repeat to put stones to the end of the game.
This book has an excellent example game, which was played between Cho Chikun and Kato Masao, who is a rival of Cho.
It's usefull studying and also worth learning all of the moves by heart.
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Summary: A great book for those just starting out.
Review: I'd recommend this book if you don't know much about the game yet. It covers the rules of the game and most of the basic tactics. After reading it, I felt I had a good foundation to build on. Although I still have a lot to learn.One thing especially nice about the book is that the chapters are separated by short articles describing a little of the history and culture of go and how it developed into it's current state. The only drawbacks were that the author went a little too fast once or twice and the book lacked any questions for the reader to solve his/herself. (Well, it had three.)
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Summary: A good introduction to the game of go
Review: Let's face it. You won't learn how to play go or even develop a style to playing the game from a book, any book. You'll learn it from playing the game.
But start here, just to learn the rules and learn what the game is all about.
After that, I do NOT recommend games against other people right away. The people you play will be so strong that you'll just get frustrated, or they'll be so weak that you won't learn much, win or lose. And the games will be slow and boring. Instead, get some go computer program (preferably one that lets you take back bad moves) and learn to smash the computer, first with 9x9 games, then with 13x13 games, and then with 19x19 games. Throw in some handicap stones, too!
Then read this book again. And maybe try Janice Kim's set of introductory books next, and some of the books of graded go problems. Then try your skills against some human opponents of about 8-kyu strength.
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