Excellent continuation of Kim's first book in the "Learn to Play Go" series. Here, the fundamentals from the first book are elaborated on and certain principles of sound play are reinforced.

The more I learn about Go the more I realize it is a game like no other I've played. Janice Kim refers to it as a martial art and I think that's appropriate. It certainly has a spiritual aspect like none I've seen before in a board game. ( )

Excellent continuation of Kim's first book in the "Learn to Play Go" series. Here, the fundamentals from the first book are elaborated on and certain principles of sound play are reinforced.

The more I learn about Go the more I realize it is a game like no other I've played. Janice Kim refers to it as a martial art and I think that's appropriate. It certainly has a spiritual aspect like none I've seen before in a board game. ( )

I'm still relatively new at Go, so take my five star review with a grain of salt, but in this book I found exactly what I had been looking for all along. The first volume in the series, although excellent, did not contain information that I had not come across online. It was presented well, but was still quite introductory.

In this book, we find a discussion of openings, life and death, ko battles, attacks and defense, solidification of territory, and sente. While none of these topics receives much depth, my eyes were finally opened to some of the basic mistakes that I've been making, and what I could be doing better. It will take lots of play, and probably a couple of rereads before I can put all of this into practice, but reading this volume the first time was a pleasure. I fully expect the third volume to be just as educational. ( )

Se lit facilement par un débutant. Bien découpé (techniques d'ouverture, de milieu de partie et de fin de partie, exercices de compréhension...).
Sans doute la meilleure série d'introduction au Go disponible en langue anglaise (pas d'équivalent en français depuis la rupture de stock de la série "Les bases techniques du Go" des éditions Chiron), mais tout de même onéreuse en regard du nombre d'idées développées par volume. ( )