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Includes the name: Richard Bozulich

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Works by Richard Bozulich

Get Strong at Invading (1998) 45 copies
Get Strong at Tesuji (1998) 38 copies
Get Strong at Joseki 1 (1998) 38 copies
Get Strong at Opening (1998) 34 copies
Get Strong at Joseki 3 (1998) 30 copies
Get Strong at the Endgame (1998) 27 copies
Get Strong at Joseki 2 (1998) 25 copies
Get Strong at Attacking (2018) 23 copies

Associated Works

Graded Go Problems for Beginners, 30 Kyu to 25 Kyu (1989) — Translator, some editions — 176 copies
Graded Go Problems for Beginners: Vol. 4 (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) (1990) — Translator, some editions — 70 copies
Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Vol. 3: Intermediate Problems (1987) — Translator, some editions — 68 copies
The Middle Game of Go (2007) — Editor — 28 copies

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I'd recommend this to other Go players in the 10 to 15 kyu range, since I found the problems challenging but not outside my modest skills. There were a couple of problems where I found an alternate solution that wasn't covered, but I think that's an inevitable issue with Go problems.
 
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wishanem | May 27, 2021 |
The dawn of tournament Go
 
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aadego | Aug 1, 2015 |
The "first book of go" would be the rules. For someone just starting out, I would put this one 3rd in line of must-read books.1. Janice Kim's "Learn to Play Go: Volume 1" (which includes the rules)2. Janice Kim's "Learn to Play Go: Volume 2" (which includes the rules)3. The Second Book of GoThe Kim books will give you a basis for understanding what this book is talking about."The Second Book of Go" dives right in, with a shallow overview of many topics. Each chapter is a survey of a particular topic like the opening, the endgame, liberties, counting, tesuji, joseki, shape and ko fighting. Giving on several pages to each topic, it's very shallow in it's coverage. However, a player who just learned the rules is still going to have to work hard to absorb this information. I read some chapters in here upwards of 10 times as I progressed, and still picked up new information each time.Of of the key concepts in this book, which will help any new player, comes in the handicap chapter. The premise is that since you're awful, you'll be playing black a lot and usually with a high handicap. It gives you some strategies to practice to exploit your extra starting material, stressing an attacking style. The authors don't suggest a reckless style, but instead want you to put pressure on your opponent right from the start.This book is required reading for all beginners.… (more)
 
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jdludlow | 1 other review | Nov 30, 2010 |
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the basic concepts of go for the advanced beginner: openings, handicap strategy, josekis, attacking, tesuji, life and death, capturing races, good shape, endgame, and ko fighting. The book covered these topics in greatly varying lengths. It treats capturing races in two chapters—probably exhausting the subject—while ko fighting only gets five pages. I had trouble following some of the examples; I think the author expected more expertise from the reader and therefore left much unsaid. I enjoyed that many of the chapters suggest books for further study, a welcome guide to the bewildering number of available go books.

Despite its title, I found it an excellent third book, and it definitely required more than a simple knowledge of the rules, despite its subtitle. I'll be digesting the contents of this book for quite a while.
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