The Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go, #2)

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The Way of the Moving Horse is the second volume of the award winning Learn to Play Go series Covers fundamentals of good play, including opening theory, enclosures and approaches, bases and extensions, invasion and reduction, attack and defense, capturing races, ko, life and death, contact fighting, and endgame Shows the Korean school s strength vs speed model to choose between six basic moves Includes self test and Internet Go section. Best Read [ The Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go, #2) ] Author [ Janice Kim ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr So first of all my go game really sucks I say that I play go and that I learned to play a long time ago, but it s been this occasional thing that I get interested in every now and then, and then stop playing for years and years Like writing, martial arts, and various other activities I have pursued off and on for many years, it depresses me sometimes when I consider how good I d be if I had actually stuck with it way back when I first got interested, and how unlikely I am to ever really be So first of all my go game really sucks I say that I play go and that I learned to play a long time ago, but it s been this occasional thing that I get interested in every now and then, and then stop playing for years and years Like writing, martial arts, and various other activities I have pursued off and on for many years, it depresses me sometimes when I consider how good I d be if I had actually stuck with it way back when I first got interested, and how unlikely I am to ever really be good now Okay, enough whining So, aging, past my prime me has decided I want to actually become a halfway decent go player Maybe I ll resume chess too The Way of the Moving Horse is the second volume in Hyun and Kim s...This is my favourite of the series so far I already knew most of the content in Book 1, but here Kim covers the haengma standard moves , ko fights and threats, capturing races, life and death throw ins, vital points , endgame plays, and myriad tactics in attack and defence pincers, capping, shoulder hits, pinning, invasion, reduction, passing under, iron pillars, ladder breakers, peeps, spikes.These are the building block tactics that strengthen your game immensely, preventing you from bein This is my favourite of the series so far I already knew most of the content in Book 1, but here Kim covers the haengma standard moves , ko fights and threats, capturing races, life and death throw ins, vital points , endgame plays, and myriad tact...I bought the entire series of Learn to Play Go a few years ago This was the last book in the series that I managed to read The books are well written, and helpful to beginning and intermediate Go players Unfortunately, I realized that I do have enough time to ma...A worthy successor to the first installment, this volume expands upon previous concepts while also building upon that foundation with additional topics anddetailed examples There is also a twenty five question exam at the end of the book to see how much the reader is really retaining I scored halfway between average and good , which is honestly a bit worse than I thought I would perform emphasizing how important it is to augment these books with actual gameplay, problems, and other p A worthy successor to the first installment, this volume expands upon previous concepts while also building upon that foundation with additional topics anddetailed examples There is also a twenty five question exam at the end of the book to see how...Very instructionalVery good continuation to Volume 1.In this volume the authors focus on expanding a bit on the basic concepts presented in the previous book They continue to do so in a clear fashion and with plenty of diagrams so we can follow along without need of a board First they talk about the opening strategy and give clear rules as to how to approach this face of the game These concepts should help guide the beginner, but as s...As a Go player who knew the rules and not much else before opening this book, I found Kim s work extremely valuable I came out with a working understanding of the purpose and structure of Go s opening, midgame, and endgame, as well as what kind of moves achieve the objectives of each phase Especially helpful was the titular Way of the Moving Horse thinking about positions in terms of the connections ...Think this is my second or third time reading this book I think it is starting to sink in Easy to follow, not as easy as book 1 in the series, but really book 1 is just a glossed over how to play go with just a bitthan the basic rules I wonder if the fact that they are just slowly expanding the vocabulary of go terms will h...Volumn two of Janice Kim s series on learning Go is her best book She takes the lessons she taught in her first book and delves deeper into the game She talks about different types of moves, and their strengths and weaknesses, such as the Knigh...This book is easy to read, there are lots of diagrams, and some cool pictures My main problem with it is that its overall level is quite simple and so it isn t likely to remain useful to the reader for very long It s kind of ...

The Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go, #2)
  • English
  • 27 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 166 pages
  • 0964479621
  • Janice Kim
  • The Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go, #2)