The Book of Go Portable Go Set Included
by Cobb, William S.Format: Spiral Bound
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): Sterling
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Summary
No batteries required, and strategy rules! The ancient Asian game remains so popular that we've created a deluxe package of how-to book along with a 2-sided, perforated game board and pieces so that you'll learn to play and win multiple levels of this centuries-old, obsessive game. Know when to attack, defend, and how to anticipate your opponent's moves.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| First-Capture Go | p. 9 |
| Initial Strategy and Tactics for First-Capture Go | p. 19 |
| Further Strategy and Tactics for First-Capture Go: Building Forts | p. 26 |
| Handicapping | p. 40 |
| Full-Fledged Go | p. 45 |
| Connections | p. 55 |
| Life and Death in Go | p. 60 |
| Basic Strategy in Go | p. 67 |
| Basic Tactics in Go | p. 81 |
| Ladders and Nets | p. 81 |
| The Snap-Back | p. 83 |
| The Throw-In Sacrifice | p. 85 |
| Go Proverbs | p. 91 |
| Recommended Go Books | p. 96 |
| Go on the Internet | p. 98 |
| Study Problems | p. 99 |
| Index | p. 125 |
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