Fundamental Principles of Go

kgsbaduk · Post by **kgsbaduk** » Sun May 29, 2011 9:38 am

Got any sample pages from this book ? Im going to buy it but dont know it is worth

Tryphon · Post by **Tryphon** » Sun May 29, 2011 10:25 am

It is. Don't bother about samples :mrgreen:

palapiku · Post by **palapiku** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:41 am

It seems to be the only book on slate and shell without sample pages. Really strange. This stopped me from buying the book.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Mon May 30, 2011 12:18 pm

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.

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:38 am

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.

RobertJasiek · Post by **RobertJasiek** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:19 am

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

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:14 pm

I know, I grabbed your books too

tchan001 · Post by **tchan001** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:48 pm

Yes, but yr Joseki volume 3 is still to be found.
Any dates we should look forward to?

RobertJasiek · Post by **RobertJasiek** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:13 pm

tchan001 wrote: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:)

Numsgil · Post by **Numsgil** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:50 pm

I'll risk it!

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