life or deathbbooks for noobs?

[Suspiria]

Can anyone recommend some good life or death problem books for beginners?

[paK0]

If you already know your rank telling us might help, for complete beginners I'd say start with:
Graded Go problems vol. 1 + 2

They are not all life and death problems, but cover a wide range of problems if that helps you =)

[daal]

Sure: The Graded Go Problems for Beginners series by Kano Yoshinori. There are 4 books, and they offer problems for all aspects of the game. The first volume might seem pretty easy, but it offers a good introduction to lots of basic ideas.

[Abyssinica]

Once you get good at basic L&D and go forwards in your journey, tsumego.tasuki.org is an indispensible resource.

Also graded go problems for beginners is a great book; I was reccomended it at like 25k but only went theough it at around 12k. The book took me like 30 minutes total and I made some stupid mistakes for not thinking, but man I wish I knew all of that when it was reccomended to me.

[TheBigH]

Cho Chikun’s "Encyclopedia of Life and Death" is also a good resource.

[yoyoma]

Some people have good suggestions, I second the suggestion of ggpfb.

But I couldn't resist adding that when I first saw the thread title, my first thought was it isn't life _or_ death but life _and_ death. But my second thought was actually your way makes more sense, since things can only be alive or dead, not both.

[Mike Novack]

my first thought was it isn't life _or_ death but life _and_ death. But my second thought was actually your way makes more sense, since things can only be alive or dead, not both.

Alive in ko?

[tchan001]

since things can only be alive or dead, not both.

http://www.go4go.net/go/games/sgfview/30101

[Abyssinica]

Seki is the border between life and death.

[Suspiria]

Alright I'll check the ggpfb books. Thanks to all.