Teach You How to Play Go: Beginner's Edition, Volume 2 (Go Series Lectures Series)

Author: Wang Yuan
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Players are categorized as professional or amateur. If one does not reach the level of a professional beginner, they cannot be considered a professional player. Amateur players who do not meet the standard of an amateur beginner are still referred to as amateur players. The level of an amateur player is measured by ranks and grades. High-level players are ranked, while low-level players are graded. This book, when rating Go enthusiasts based on different skill levels, assumes a ten-grade system. It primarily covers basic knowledge of opening strategies, large territories, splitting plays, side placements, attacking, expansion, defense, practical applications of several moves, cutting and connecting, emerging from the position and establishing roots locally, life-and-death exercises, star pressure joseki, star reliance joseki, star small fly joseki, star single cut joseki, star big fly joseki, star one-point side joseki, other star joseki, and endgame techniques.