The Theory and Practice of Go

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Summary: Do Not Buy this Book to Learn to Play Go
Review: Korschelt's book has some interest as an 18th century tract if you are interest in the West's discovery of go from a historical perspective. It is way overdue to go out of print. (hint to publisher). This book is nearly useless if you are looking for a book to learn about the game of go. Look under Janice Kim for her introductory books.

Rating:
Summary: Do Not Buy this Book to Learn to Play Go
Review: Korschelt's book has some interest as an 18th century tract if you are interest in the West's discovery of go from a historical perspective. It is way overdue to go out of print. (hint to publisher). This book is nearly useless if you are looking for a book to learn about the game of go. Look under Janice Kim for her introductory books.

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Summary: Semi-average Go book; not really for beginners
Review: This book is everything you'd expect a translated Go book from German writings of the 1800's to be. It's a bit dry, it's tough to read, it's not laid out too well, and there are certainly better choices out there. Still, it's interesting in its own historical way, and if your Go library already full of other books, this one provides an alternate facet.

Rating:
Summary: Semi-average Go book; not really for beginners
Review: This book is everything you'd expect a translated Go book from German writings of the 1800's to be. It's a bit dry, it's tough to read, it's not laid out too well, and there are certainly better choices out there. Still, it's interesting in its own historical way, and if your Go library already full of other books, this one provides an alternate facet.

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Summary: Simply awful.
Review: This is by far the worst book on Go I have ever seen. Korschelt's understanding of the game appears to have been rather limited, and the language and notation are close to unreadable.

In its time, it was one of the few English-language books on the game, but today there is no good reason for it to be in print. To anyone interested in learning about Go, I suggest Janice Kim's _Learn To Play Go, volume 1_ or Kaoru Iwamoto's _Go For Beginners_. To anyone already familiar with the game, there is nothing of value in this book.