Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go

Posted on 03 December 2018 by Toshiro Kageyama

Many Go books promise to explains the fundamentals here is one that really keeps its promise Kageyama s subjects are connectivity, good and bad shape, the way stones should move , the difference between territory and spheres of influence, how to use thickness and walls, how to train yourself to read, where to start looking in a life and death problem matters so fundamental that other writers miss them completely He also points out the right way to study how to study joseki, for example What changed me from an amateur into a professional was getting a really firm grip on the fundamentals, writes Kageyama The essence of seven years of amateur and twenty two years of professional playing experience are distilled into these pages, and they are filled with advice that everyone will find practical. Download Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go By Toshiro Kageyama – kino-fada.fr Dia 2 Black blocks at 1, of course There is no need for him to wonder what White may do afterward Given a chance like this, only a feeble minded player would be uncertain where to play not this point, not here either, perhaps I should leave the position as it is Black s hand should be trembling with eagerness to play 1 He should be overcome with emotion Toshiro Kageyama doesn t mince words Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go may be visualized as Kageyama sensei leaning over your go bo Dia 2 Black blocks at 1, of course There is no need for him to wonder what White may do afterward Given a chance like this, only a feeble minded player would be uncertain where to play not this point, not here either, perhaps I should leave the position as it is Black s hand should be trembling with eagerness to play 1 He should be overcome with emotion Toshiro Kageyama doesn t mince words Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go may be visualized as Kageyama...Likely the only book on improving at Go which can also be enjoyably read by someone who doesn t care about the game This is far from just a collection of diagrams and technical explanations Using his Japan of the 1970s for analogies, Kageyama shows you the importance of fundamentals in all areas of the game He admonished you for being such a scrub and tries his best to open your amateurish mind to the beauty of professional class moves It s an often very funny book that deserves its fame in Likely the only book on improving at Go which can also be enjoyably read by someone who doesn t care about the game This is far from just a collection of diagrams and technical explanations Using his Japan of the 1970s for analogies, Kageyama shows you the importance of fundamentals in all areas of the...Many of the finer points of this book went over my head I can t quite see when a two space extension and a three space extension are totally different moves But Kageyama puts it best when he says Experts can finesse their way out, bunglers can bungle their way out, but everybody should break through white s enclosure somehow This book covers the fundamental concepts that will help you think about Go, even if details and specific applications still elude you, and it does an excellent job Wh Many of the finer points of this book went over my head I can t quite see when a two space extension...This and Ishigure s In the Beginning were my first Go books I read this as a 15 20k It was far beyond my ability to understand, but I did learn from it It s a very entertaining read Kageyama has a great attitude about him, and hops from topic to topic in a lightfooted manner.I ve reread it around 1...Of all the books on Go I ve ever come across, I ve learnedfrom Kageyama than I have from any other source I ve read this book three or four times now and each time I gain new understanding Absolutely invaluable source for anyone looking to get stronger.Kageyama was a crusty old man, but with a dry as toast sense of humor He s just about everything you expect and want from a Go teacher he rambles about baseball, squeezes in references to long dead samurai, and playfully badgers his pupils for being dumb enough to make bad moves.This is the perfect must read book on Go, except for one thing it sure ain t for beginners Kageyama himself explains his mildly wonky definition of who is a beginner He assumes you re already familiar with joseki, Kageyama was a crusty old man, but with a dry as toast sense of humor He s just about everything you expect and want from a Go teacher he rambles about baseball, squeezes in references to long dead samurai, and playfully badgers his pupils for being dumb enough to make bad moves.This is the perfect must read book on Go, except for one thing it sure ain t for beginners Kageyama himself e...Fantastic Written in a very personal style that is easy to identify with rather that scholarly or formal It even had me laughing out loud a couple of times.It takes the view that fundamentals are worth going over again and again, sort of like spring training in baseball No matter how long a player has been a pro, they always start with fundamentals All other skills proceed from them.I know that I will be reading this book again and again for my own spring training any time of the year Thi Fantastic Written in a very personal style that is easy to identify with rather that scholarly or formal It even had me laughing out loud a couple of times.It takes the view that fundamentals are worth going over again and again, sort of like spring training in baseball No matter how long a player has been a pro, they always start with fundamentals All other skills proceed from them.I know that I will be reading this book again and again for my own spring training any time of the ...Excellent book that I had bought many years ago and never took the time to read, because I preferred playing than studying the game.Made me want to play Go again, but unfortunately I won t find the time for that h...Great book that isn t all diagrams Kageyama actually gives good advice, resets your head.Regardless of what the title might suggest, this is not a beginner s flavored book If you still get vertigo at the sight of an empty 19x19 board, then you re better off with hell, I don t know This is the first book about Go I ve read, so I cannot suggest anything other than playing 100 games, or something, and pick this one up when you re above 15kyu, or something Kageyama is not teaching the fundamentals of Go, but rather the value and importance of such fundamentals He s preaching at al Regardless of what the title might suggest, this is not a beginner s...

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03 December 2018

Toshiro Kageyama