Advanced Go Problem Solving Training. Down

Author: Liu Luosheng (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Since the introduction of the three major world professional Go tournaments – the "Ying Cup," "Fujitsu Cup," and "Dongyang Securities Cup" – a new wave of Go fever has swept across China. Hosting the National Youth Go Championship is just one ripple of this wave. Participants come from all over the country. Go clubs across various regions have become popular destinations. It has become a widely held belief that teaching children to play Go helps develop their intelligence. Learning Go requires extensive practice. However, it is regrettable that existing beginner Go books often lack suitable materials for children to learn and practice Go problems. Go knowledge can generally be divided into two categories – concrete practical knowledge and abstract theoretical knowledge. At the beginner level, for younger children with limited comprehension abilities, learning Go should primarily focus on practical experience. A vast amount of fundamental knowledge falls under the category of memorization. Therefore, extensively and repeatedly practicing various Go problems is a straightforward and effective learning approach. Based on years of teaching children and teenagers how to play Go, the author has compiled a set of after-school practice exercises for children to complete independently. These exercises help reinforce learned knowledge and yield significant results. Building on this foundation, the author wrote this series of books. The book uses simplified text explanations, diagrams, and minimal or no text. It presents the vast majority of Go situations encountered at the beginner level in the form of various exercises, allowing younger children to avoid worries about illiteracy or difficulty understanding. By solving these exercises, children can systematically and comprehensively master the basic principles of Go.