Graded Go Problems for Beginners. Volume Three. Intermediate Problems Problems. 20-Kyu to 15-Kyu

Graded Go Problems for Beginners

by Kano Yoshinori, Richard Bozulich (Translator)

Graded Go Problems For Beginners are the ideal books for players who have just learned the rules of Go, bridging the gap between a beginner’s book and some of the more ‘advanced’ elementary books. The almost 1,500 problems these four volumes contain thoroughly drill the reader in the fundamentals of the game. Once you have finished studying these four books, you will have mastered the elements of capturing and defending stones, the life and death of groups, elementary tactics, the opening, and the endgame, thus laying a solid foundation for your future progress. Volume 1: Introductory Problems (30-kyu to 25-kyu) Volume 2: Elementary Problems (25-kyu to 20-kyu) Volume 3: Intermediate Problems (20-kyu to 15-kyu) Volume 4: Advanced Problems (15-kyu to 5-kyu)

Genres: Go, Games

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1987

About the author

From Sensei's Library:

Kano Yoshinori (加納 嘉徳 Kanō Yoshinori, April 14, 1928-1999) was a Nihon Ki-in 9-dan professional Go player.

Kano was born April 14, 1928 in Kyoto, Japan. At the age of nine, he become a student of Suzuki Hideko 5-dan in Tokyo. In 1943 he attained the rank of professional 1 dan, and was promoted to 9 dan in 1968. He has won the 1948 Young Professional Cup?, the 1955 top section of the Oteai, and the 1961 Prime Minister's Cup. He played in the 14th, 20th, 25th, and 26th Honinbo leagues.

As an author, known as an endgame expert, and for the Graded Go Problems For Beginners series. He is the author of an endgame dictionary.

His pupils were O Rissei and Yun Ki-hyeon.

Reviews

[Chloe Moon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of Go problems! It says 20-15k, but I worked through this as 12-9k or so...it was just about right! I carried it around in my purse and worked through the problems cover to cover over a month or so.

I also read the next in the set, Volume 4 – Advanced Problems, and it was just as fantastic!

[Jason]

Going back to the library for now, it's just too advanced for me. Need to get some games under my belt, methinks.

[it me · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still useful at my 1kyu level. I've read through it a few times already. The '20-kyu to 15-kyu' on the cover is confusing, and in fact they contradict this by stating it's 12-kyu to 6-kyu in the blurb.

Read your tsumego books until you've worn them to bits, no matter how easy they are, that's the advice I got. You want to know the answer the moment you see the problem, but still verify it each time by reading out the variations.

[Tanakorn Leesatapornwongsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

หนังสือรวมโจทย์หมากล้อม หน้าปกเขียนว่าสำหรับ 20 - 15 kyu แต่ส่วนตัวรู้สึกว่ามันยากกว่านั้นมากในเล่มสามนี้ปัญหาทั้งหมดเป็นปัญหาหมากเป็นหมากตาย (tsumego) ไม่เหมือนเล่มสองที่มีปัญหาการเล่นในช่วงเปิดเกมด้วย ก็เป็นหนังสือแนะนำอีกเล่มสำหรับคนที่ศึกษาหมากล้อม

[Matthew McClintock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaaaand I'll be starting over from the beginning, because repetition seems to be key.

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old but still good collection of go problems for beginning go players. Volume 3 of 4; each volume is harder than the preceding one. Which is a good thing. To a point.

[Cynthia Cho · Rating 5 out of 5]

I took a brief sample view and it was rather a good way to improve. I think I will do it more fully now.