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Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes Ref: 1-SL19 Advanced level - Explanatory. Concerns common joseki mistakes, why they are bad, and how to take advantage of them. Showing only the mistake is insufficient: an opponent of equal skill will often fail to take advantage; therefore, a thorough discussion of mistakes is necessary to truly learn its nature. A practical guide to learning joseki sequences and the ideas that govern them.(121 pages; 215 grams; 14 x 21.5 cms) Price: £15.00 Quantity:

Think Like a Pro, Volume 1 - Haengma Ref: 1-OR26 Advanced level - Problems. Why are jungsuk (joseki) changing, when they were once considered correct? It is because the advantage point system has changed. It follows therefore that black seeks more in the opening and that the old jungsuk have had to be re-analysed.The old jungsuk and haengma (shapes) are being transformed and are subject to ongoing changes. This deals with popular shapes often seen in real games and in recent matches. If you want to learn the basic shapes, then analysing real games is a tremendous help. (192 pages; 305 grams, Price: £28.00 Quantity:

Tournament Go 1992 Ref: 1-KPP1 Advanced level - Games Analysis. Best selling book at the 1996 European Go congress, outselling the 2nd placed by nearly 3 to 1. Why so popular? It is a unique overview of a whole year of pro Go. Background info about every title match is brought clearly into the limelight. Described as a 'mouth-watering book, you are extolled to 'save up your money and buy it'. (265 pages; 550 grams; 18 x 25.5 grams) Price: £36.50 Quantity:

Jungsuk ('Joseki') In Our Time Ref: 1-ZHK1 Advanced level - Dictionary. It's more difficult to choose a single appropriate joseki for your situation than to memorise countless joseki. This book tries to select the most appropriate joseki for the context of each move, but a good rule of thumb to follow when you are studying is not to memorize them, but to learn how to think about and deal with your particular situation. (351 pages: 500 grams; 15 x 22 cms) Price: £16.00 Quantity:

A Journey In Search of the Origins of Go Ref: 1-Y43 Advanced level - Dictionary. Its purpose is to help you learn the basic language and elements of Go; understand what is happening on the grid and develop your analytical reading ability by studying and learning the historical development of basic Star Point Fuseki that equally divides a grid. NEW - MARCH 2006 Price: £24.00 Quantity:

Yang Yilun's Life and Death Puzzles; Vol 1 Ref: 1-Y14 Advanced level - Problems. Some 200 life-and-death problems designed and developed by Yang Yilun. Studying these wonderful and intriguing puzzles, will greatly improve reading and fighting abilities, and also develop an appreciation for the beauty of the game. Moreover, you get the opportunity to learn from one of the greatest and most well respected masters. (223 pages; 330 grams; 11 x 14 cms) Price: £18.00 Quantity:

Yang Yilun's Life and Death Puzzles; Vol 2 Ref: 1-Y15 Advanced level - Problems. Some 200 life-and-death problems designed and developed by Yang Yilun. Studying these wonderful and intriguing puzzles, will greatly improve reading and fighting abilities, and also develop an appreciation for the beauty of the game. Moreover, you get the opportunity to learn from one of the greatest and most well respected masters. (214 pages; 320 grams; 11 x 14 cms) Price: £18.00 Quantity:

Yang's Go Puzzles; Vol 1 - Life and Death by Numbers Ref: 1-SL21 Advanced level - Problems. This pocketsize book of life and death problems has an unusual and delightful characteristic - each one is based upon the shape of a number, starting with 1, then 2, 3, etc. Although these patterns will never occur in actual games, the tactics used to deal with them are the same as in all fighting. Solutions, variations and failure diagrams for each problem are provided. (96 pages; 90 grams; 11 x 14 cms) Price: £10.00 Quantity:

Yang's Go Puzzles; Vol 2 - Life & Death in Chinese Characters Ref: 1-SL22 Advanced level - Problems. This pocketsize book of life and death problems has an unusual and delightful characteristic - each one is based upon the shape of a Chinese character. Although these patterns will never occur in actual games, the tactics used to deal with them are the same as in all fighting. Solutions, variations and failure diagrams for each problem are provided. (103 pages; 90 grams; 11 x 14 cms) Price: £10.00 Quantity:

Train Like A Pro, Vol 1 Ref: 1-OR01 Advanced level - Problems. It is said that this book is made for students who aspire to be Baduk (Go) professionals in Korea. The degree of difficulty is high. You must study these problems to be a higher level player. Author Sung-Rae Kim Published 2005 in English/Korean (190 pages; 280 grams; 15 x 22 cms) Price: £19.00 Quantity:

Train Like A Pro, Vol 2 Ref: 1-OR02 Advanced level - Problems. It is said that this book (Volume 2) is made for students who aspire to be Baduk (Go) professional players in Korea. The degree of difficulty is high. You must study these problems to be a higher level player. Author Sung-Rae Kim Published 2005 in English/Korean 190 pages; 285 grams; 15 x 22 cms) Price: £19.00 Quantity:

Train Like A Pro, Vols 1/2 Answers Ref: 1-OR03 Advanced level - Problems. The answers to problems in both volumes 1 and 2 can be found in this booklet. (61 pages; 135 grams; 19 x 26 cms). Price: £3.50 Quantity:

Train Like A Pro Set - Vols 1/2 and Answers Ref: 1-OR0X Advanced level - Problems. It is said that this set of two books with answers is made for students who aspire to be Baduk (Go) professionals in Korea. The degree of difficulty is high. You must study these problems to be a higher level player. Author Sung-Rae Kim Published 2005 in English/Korean (718g) Price: £41.50 Quantity:

Igo Hatsuyo-ron; Vol 1 - Classic Life and Death Problems Ref: 1-Y16 Advanced level - Problems. Hailed as the highest authority on life and death problems. In order to accommodate the amateur at the intermediate level, you are guided from failure to correct solution with increased complexity. At the same time, you can also experience and appreciate the method and procedure pros use to tackle problems. (196 pages; 270 grams: 14 x 21.5 cms) Price: £18.00 Quantity:

Vital Points and Skilful Finesse for Sabaki Ref: 1-H01 Sabaki is an intriguing technique of go, likened to pure sorcery, as the stones dance to life. The opponents' forces can end up ineffective, overconcentrated and misdirected, according to Yoda Norimoto's 2006 book, which uses a question and answer format to explore a variety of the aspects of go regarding sabaki from each player's point of view. (231 pages; 282g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £23.00 Quantity:

Takao's Astute Use of Brute Force Ref: 1-H02 Takao Shinji published this book in 2006 to help amateur players to improve, by explaining his thoughts as play progresses, to avoid embarking on complicated variations and impossibly difficult fights. He holds that by eliminating one's own weaknesses and by building thick and strong positions, using pure and simple play, one will not be easdily defeated. Four chapters are entitled: Building up power, Releasing power, Playing Simply and Taking the Hononbo Title. (220 pages; 270g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £23.00 Quantity:

Perceiving the Direction of Play Ref: 1-H03 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 1: Perceiving the Direction of Play, author Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan shows how to analyse the various situations that arise to determine the correct direction of play for the stones, using board positions from his own games. (225 pages; 274g;13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Catching Scent of Victory Ref: 1-H04 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 2: Catching the Scent of Victory, author O Rissei 9 Dan examines relentlessly pursuing victory from multiple perspectives. (270 pages; 320g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Otake's Secrets of Strategy Ref: 1-H05 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 3: Otake's Secrets of Strategy, author Hideo Otake 9 Dan details"Ten Principles of Fighting Strategically and Tactically," showing board positions which reveal the author's secrets. He points out specefic features from amateur games and explains professional masterpieces. (254 pages; 300g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Changing Ones Conceptions Ref: 1-H06 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 4: Changing One's Conceptions: Awaji's Aphorisms, author Awaji Shuzo 9 Dan shows why he is renowned in the go world for his unparalled fighting strength. He explains key points regarding attack and defense simply, using his own go proverbs. (262 pages; 314g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Creating a Thick and Strong Game Ref: 1-H07 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 5: The Way of Creating a Thick and Strong Game, Naoki Hane 9 Dan retraces his go journey, when he received teaching games from his father. He uses 22 games to fully explain his style of building thick and strong positions and how to use them effectively. He shows how even second-best continuations and only adequate fighting can secure victory! (254 pages; 298g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Zone Press Park Ref: 1-H08 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 6: Zone Press Park, O Meien 9 Dan mixes humour with philosophical thoughts to "guarantee a startling increase in playing strength, accompanied by a ten-fold increase in one's enjoyment of the game." Stimulating subject matter illustrates an idiosyncratic style not to be found in any other work! (254 pages; 302g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

Breakthrough Attacking Power Ref: 1-H09 The Heart of Go Discovery Series of seven volumes produced by the Nihon Ki-in. In Volume 7: Breakthrough Attacking Power Yamashita-Style, the author Keigo Yamashita 9 Dan states that "in attacking it is important to correctly time the redirection of forces," and interweaves highlights from positions in ten of his games in his analysis. In addition, his teacher, Kikuchi Yasuro, examines one aspect of the Yamashita style. (279 pages; 328g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £25.00 Quantity:

The Only Move - Vol 1 - Joseki / Fuseki Collection Ref: 1-H11 This book by author Fujisawa Shuko, Honorary Kisei, was produced in 2008. In this, the first of two books, eighty board positions are evaluated in detail in a study/review format. The focus is to evaluate alternatives for the next play at a critical juncture in games from a wide variety of players.The moves before and after each "problem" also come under discussion. (212 pages; 252g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £26.00 Quantity:

The Only Move - Vol 2 - Fighting Middlegame Collection Ref: 1-H12 This book by author Fujisawa Shuko, Honorary Kisei, was produced in 2008. In this, the second of two books, eighty board positions are evaluated in detail in a study/review format. The focus is to evaluate alternatives for the next play at a critical juncture in games from a wide variety of players.The moves before and after each "problem" also come under discussion. (212 pages; 252g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £26.00 Quantity:

This is Go the Natural Way! Ref: 1-H10 This is Go the Natural Way! are the watchwords that the author Takemiya Masaki takes as his philosophy of play in this unique volume.The 12 parts are Takemiya articles illustrating top level go match play, together with thoughts of Akiyama Kenjia and Ishida Yoshio. This is Go the Natural Way was originally published more than 25 years ago, then published in English in 2008. (171 pages; 208g; 13.5x21cm) Price: £23.00 Quantity:

100 Challenging Go Problems for 100 days of Study Ref: 1-Y05 This book by Nihon Kiin contains a selection of challenging problems and solutions taken from Kido magazine's "Challenge Corner," testing the reader on every aspect of the game. Divided into eight sections: The Opening, The Middlegame, INtuition, Sabaki (Fancy Footwork), Reading, Race to capture (Semeai), Life and Death, and The Endgame. (210 pages; 354g; 17x21cm) Price: £18.00 Quantity:

21st Century New Openings Vol 1 Ref: 1-Y45 Kim Sung-rae, 4 Dan, analyzes in detail many of the modern josekis, with emphasis on the reasons why the crucial moves are made. The book's three parts cover joseki, joseki and its relationship to the fuseki, then a summary of the new patterns currently being played by professionals in the beginning of the game. Every pattern is shown as it occurred in some recent professional game, to help the reader hoping to become a professional player. (380 pages; 502g; 15x21cm) Price: £28.00 Quantity:

Magic of Placements Ref: 1-Y47 Making a placement - plunging into the centre of your opponent's area to destroy eye space or shape or to reduce territory - is full of excitement. In some cases, it will decide who wins the game. On the other hand, the side against which the placement was played will panic and start to get scared. What exactly is my opponent aiming at? A surprising intrusion like this can easily make you lose your cool. This book takes a broad look at the power of placement techniques and their countermeasures, from joseki to the endgame. Considering the practical and psychological effects of placements, the destructive power of these moves can on,ly be attributed to magic rather than physical power! Nihon Ki-in's book, published in 2009, is the first of the Magic of Go series. (328 pages; 456g; 15x21cm) Price: £33.00 Quantity:

Top European Players Training Ref: 1-ZEPT Catalin Taranu's (5 Dan pro) book features games played between himself, Cristian Gabriel Pop, Csaba Mero, Jan Hora, Ondrej Silt and Radek Nechanicky. He includes not only game commentaries and analyses of good and bad moves, but reveals the players' ways of thinking about the game while they are playing. Go techniques on a quite high level discussed here are, with players' general approach towards games, and what should be taken into account before a crucial decision is made about the next flow of the game. However the author feels the book is applicable for players of all strengths. (68 pages; 118g,14.5x20.5cm) Price: £19.00 Quantity:

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