Description: Essential Life & Death 2 is part of the Essential Life & Death Series that is used as workbooks in private go schools in Korea. Though it might be seen as an addendum to the Level Up Series, it certainly can be used as a standalone product for anyone looking to study life and death.

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Tesuji

Description: In this volume of the Elementary Go Series, Davies lays out the some basic tesuji that every player should learn along with practice problems and different contexts for teach tesuji.

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Description: Essential Life & Death 1 is part of the Essential Life & Death Series that is used as workbooks in private go schools in Korea. Though it might be seen as an addendum to the Level Up Series, it certainly can be used as a standalone product for anyone looking to study life and death.

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Overall Rating: 6 / 10 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Mastering the Basics, Volume 4 - Five Hundred and One TesujiProblems
• Author: Compiled and Written by Richard Bozulich
• Publisher: Kiseido
• Publication Date: October 2005
• Page Length: 292 pages
• Number of Problems: 501

Synopsis

• My least favorite of the entire series so far.
• Lacked the explanations that makes the series so great.
• Appropriate for 5 kyu and stronger.

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Overall Rating: 5 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Mastering the Basics, Volume 2 - One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems
• Authors: Compiled and edited by Richard Bozulich
• Publisher: Kiseido
• Publication Date: February 2002
• Page Length: 244 pages
• Number of Problems: 1001 problems (what else did you expect? =D)

Synopsis

• New and refreshing approach to teaching life and death.
• Appropriate for 12 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for casual players.

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Overall Rating: 4 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Mastering the Basics, Volume 1 - Five Hundred and One Opening Problems
• Authors: Richard Bozulich in collaboration with Rob van Zeijst
• Publisher: Kiseido
• Publication Date: August 2002
• Page Length: 256 pages
• Number of Problems: 501

Synopsis

• A great basic book about opening problems that utilizes proverbs as directions instead of vague statements.
• Appropriate for 10 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for serious players.

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Overall Rating: 5 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Mastering the Basics, Volume 3 - Making Good Shape
• Authors: Rob van Zeijst and Richard Bozulich
• Publisher: Kiseido
• Publication Date: December 2002
• Page Length: 206 pages
• Number of Problems: 245

Synopsis

• Gives players fantastic exposure to new concepts and ideas regarding shape.
• High quality content for a subject that has minimal literature compared to other concepts of go (e.g., life and death).
• Any player who has a desire to get stronger and enter the realm of SDK’s should absolutely get this book.
• A hybrid of theoretical/conceptual explanations along with problems to illustrate the ideas.
• Appropriate for 15 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for serious players.

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Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume 4
• Author: Kano Yoshinori
• Translator: Richard Bozulich
• Publisher:Kiseido
• Publication Date: April 1990
• Page Length: 197 pages
• Number of Problems: 390

Synopsis

• This is where the go problems begin to get more complicated and advanced.
• Continues the general format from the previous volumes, but has a higher expectation of its readers.
• Appropriate for 10 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for serious players and above.

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Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume 3
• Author: Kano Yoshinori
• Translator: Richard Bozulich
• Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
• Publication Date: March 1987
• Page Length: 199 pages
• Number of Problems: 421

Synopsis

• This is where the go problems begin to get more complicated and advanced.
• Continues the general format from the previous volumes, but has a higher expectation of its readers.
• Appropriate for 10 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for serious players and above.

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Overall Rating: 5 / 5 Ponnuki

Basic Information

• Title: Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume 2
• Author: Kano Yoshinori
• Translator: Richard Bozulich
• Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
• Publication Date: September 1985
• Page Length: 248 pages
• Number of Problems: 327

Synopsis

• Does a great job building on the first volume.
• Continues to live up to the series’ reputation of great problems and easy to understand solutions.
• Appropriate for 20 kyu and stronger.
• Recommended for casual players and above.

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