Jedo wrote:
Tsumego has always been a weakpoint of mine so I read through Life and Death and Get Strong at Life and Death. However, I found in this second book that the perentage of problems I got correct was atrocious. So my question is, is there any point in simply re reading either book once I'm done, or would it be more helpful to keep doing new problems instead?
I used to wait a year between rereading, because otherwise I just remembered most of the answers. But now I think that that was a mistake. As long as you don't just rely upon recognition, but are fully aware of why the moves are right or wrong, and the relation of the moves to the stones already on the board, there is nothing wrong with strengthening your memory.
OTOH, these days you have a lot of sources for problems at your level, so you do not have to reread books so often. (In my day, waiting a year meant not doing tsumego for a year.
)As for "Get Strong at Life and Death", it sounds like you are not ready for it yet. Better find easier problems for now.
As long as you get exposed to the better play, it doesn't matter how it's done. If you can understand the answer once you see it, it's all good. 