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Offline kgsbaduk
 Post subject: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #1 Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:38 am 
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Got any sample pages from this book ? Im going to buy it but dont know it is worth

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Offline Tryphon
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #2 Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:25 am 
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It is. Don't bother about samples :mrgreen:

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Offline palapiku
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Post #3 Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:41 am 
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It seems to be the only book on slate and shell without sample pages. Really strange. This stopped me from buying the book.
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Offline jdl
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #4 Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:18 pm 
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Another discussion of this book:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2458

It's one of my favorite books for a general overview of many topics.
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Offline Numsgil
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #5 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:38 am 
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I have it.

It codifies some ideas that other books do not, or at least in a way that other books do not. It's absolutely worth getting. I wouldn't worry about level too much; the stuff is mostly level independent. Things like: prefer to finish a 3-4 corner before approaching a 4-4 stone. That's true no matter what level you are, and it's easy to forget really basic things like this as you get stronger, and easy to apply if you're weaker.

I found it useful when I first got it, and I'm reading it again now and still finding it useful. Maybe if you're a dan player all the stuff in there is obvious. Otherwise it's good stuff not found elsewhere.

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Offline RobertJasiek
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #6 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:19 am 
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Numsgil wrote:
Otherwise it's good stuff not found elsewhere.


The joseki topic is found not only elsewhere but in much greater detail here:

http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/Joseki.html
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Offline Numsgil
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #7 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:14 pm 
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I know, I grabbed your books too :P

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Offline tchan001
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #8 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:48 pm 
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Yes, but yr Joseki volume 3 is still to be found.
Any dates we should look forward to?

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Offline RobertJasiek
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Post #9 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:13 pm 
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Yes, but yr Joseki volume 3 is still to be found.
Any dates we should look forward to?


It is so hopelessly risky to state dates:)
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Offline Numsgil
 Post subject: Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Post #10 Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:50 pm 
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I'll risk it!

May 2 2013.

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