Learn the game again

[emvipi]

Hi,


I started playing go 15 years ago and achieved to be 5k in 2010 an I stopped playing.
I was "stuck" at 5k and I didn't want to play anymore.

Since I have some free time recently I decided to play and if i can break that 5k barrier.
But I forgot how difficult is this game...
I forgot all the Joseki, I can't read 5 moves ahead and I need 30 mn for each move.

After playing some games against bots to get a solid rank, I finally played a game against someone and what an horrible game.
I won but I didn't deserved it at all (I'm really sorry for the guy playing against me)



So it's back to basics now

I started to read Toshiro Kageyama - Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go, I remember that book helped me a lot when I was a low ranked kyu.
I'm doing approximatively 50 tsumegos from Cho Chikun's encyclopedia of life and death everyday, I hope it will help me improve my reading abilities.

I don't know if it is the good approach or if there are other books worth reading when you start learning again.

If you any advice on the subject, I'd like to hear them!

(Sorry for my poor English, hope your eyes don't hurt too much ahah)
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Study plan:

- 30 Tsumegos every day (50 was a little bit optimistic)
- Review at least 2 pro games every day (Starting with Yamashita's book Breakthrough Attacking Power: Yamashita Style)
- Finish reading Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go

[Charles Matthews]

If you any advice on the subject, I'd like to hear them!

The thing you did that was good was to persevere with an attack in the centre, from and to 136 and 138. So you remember something important.

Perhaps you should just study pro games to improve on a few joseki and shape ideas.

[emvipi]

I did review some pro games during my "break" and that's maybe why I didn't forget everything

Is there any pro worth studying more than the others?

I always liked Yamashita Keigo style but it seems he didn't play a lot recently

[Charles Matthews]

Is there any pro worth studying more than the others?

For a given purpose, yes. To get back into the game, over 20 years ago, I played through the Go Seigen games from books, taking about 18 months. I then did surprisingly well in a tournament. But I think the point about that collection is the very broad range of styles and techniques; and the Go Seigen style is both rapid and territorial, with sacrifices and ko featuring.

So those games I recommend. The lifetime work of Takagawa and Otake address the "what is go?" question in a different way (answer: a long game).

And contemporary games are going to be helpful in other ways. The way Iyama plays is enviable, to take a current star.