Graded Go Problems for Beginners. Volume Four. Advanced Problems Problems. 15-Kyu and Stronger

Graded Go Problems for Beginners

by Kano Yoshinori, Richard Bozulich (Translator)

This is the fourth and final volume of the series Graded Go Problems for Beginners and is aimed at players 10-kyu or stronger. The problems here are more difficult than the ones in Volume Three and, if your are able to solve problems of the same difficulty during your own games, your strength would be close to 1-kyu. The answers to many of these problems are a bit terse, but we are assuming that many of the elementary tactics covered in the first three volumes have been mastered by the reader. One reason for the brevity of the answers is to encourage the readers to think out all of the other possible variations and to assure themselves that the solutions presented do lead to the desired result. The reader should attempt to ‘refute’ the correct answer until he knows beyond a doubt that the correct answer does in fact work. By pondering each problem in this way, the reader will develop an instinct for finding the winning move in his games.

Genres: Go, Nonfiction, Games

238 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

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.