Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume One
Introductory Problems, 30-kyu to 25-kyu
Published on 10. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-4-906574-46-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first volume of a four-volume collection of problems and is intended for players who are learning the rules of go. The nearly1500 problems this set contains cover all phases of the game, from the opening to the endgame. It is assumed that the reader is studying a good and comprehensive beginner’s book on go, such as Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game by Cho Chikun. For reference, however, we have included a brief summary of the rules.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-4-906574-46-9 (9784906574469)
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Yoshinori Kano was born on April 28, 1928 in Kyoto, Japan. He went to Tokyo at the age of nine ad became a disciple of Hideko Suzuki, 5-dan. He became 1-dan in 1943 and in 1968 he attained the top rank of 9-dan. In1948 he won the Young Professional's Championship, in 1955 he won the top section of the Oteai, and in 1961 he won the 5th Prime Minister's Cup. He has played in the 14th, 20th, 25th, and 16th Honinbo leagues. He graduated from the Japanese Literature Department of Japan Uniersity, making him one of the few professional go players to have graduated from university.