Black to Play series

The Game of Go is one of the most fascinating games ever. Despite the fact that Go can be regarded as a complex and mysterious game, its rules are nevertheless very simple. Learning the basic rules requires only a few minutes. The simple and non-restrictive rules provide freedom of choice, and allow a wide range of possibilities and combinations.

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The Game of Go is one of the most fascinating games ever. Despite the fact that Go can be regarded as a complex and mysterious game, its rules are nevertheless very simple. Learning the basic rules requires only a few minutes. The simple and non-restrictive rules provide freedom of choice, and allow a wide range of possibilities and combinations.

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This workbook is dedicated to players who have taken the first hurdles and now want to step into the game seriously. The exercises cover almost all important topics: starting with capturing stones and semeai, via tesuji, life and death, and finally the endgame. This book provides you with exercises to train your focus on local positions and to improve your strength.

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This workbook is dedicated to players who would like deepen their understanding of the game. The exercises are limited to the most important topic: opening, capturing races, Life and Death, tesuji, invasions and endgame. You will train your perception of local positions and improve your skills for actual games accordingly.

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This workbook is dedicated to players who would like deepen their understanding of the game. The exercises are limited to the most important topic: opening, capturing races, Life and Death, tesuji, invasions and endgame. You will train your perception of local positions and improve your skills for actual games accordingly.

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This book is the last in the series "Black to Play", which will accompany you on the way to Shodan, the first master rank. The level of difficulty of the problems is accordingly challenging. In addition, there is now a larger proportion of problems that involve the entire board of the game. Hence you do not train solving local problems only, but also apply various topics such as life, capturing races etc. in exemplary game situations.

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