In the Beginning (Beginner and Elementary Go Books)
by Ishigure Ikuro
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Author: Ishigure IkuroEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09
ISBN: 4906574106
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
Book Reviews of In the Beginning (Beginner and Elementary Go Books)
Book Review: Not just about the beginning
Summary: 5 Stars
After deciding to learn to play Go, I read just the first few pages of this book (available via the "Click to look inside!" link on the product page; thanks Amazon!) on a recommendation from a much more experienced friend. Just those first few pages opened my eyes about how the game in general is played. It is an amazingly concise and deep exploration of not just the beginning of the game, but also the concepts that permeate the rest of the game.
My one complaint is that it's fairly difficult to digest the first time I read it. Very often I found the author hiding very important sentences in the middle of a paragraph. It wasn't until I read the book two or three times that I started to realize that he was spelling out the important ideas like "Play away from strength" or "Don't touch what you're attacking", and I just had to find them. In fact, I started reading the book with a pencil at hand so I could underline and highlight particular sentences/sections. Another complaint is one I've had with most Go books, and that is the examples are sometimes very difficult to understand. An author will say "Black goes here, so of course White must respond here." The "of course" part is not at all obvious to a beginner, but one starts to understand things like this the more one goes over the examples. Learning by osmosis, I suppose.
Despite those complaints, this book has been invaluable in my development as a Go player. Should be read _multiple_ times by every beginner. Don't worry that it's a little obtuse at first, if you look for the important sentences, your game will improve dramatically.
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