Go books I'd like to see

[Gresil]

A book of middlegame whole-board problems in which the task is to identify the nerai available on the board and rank or compare them in terms of size, urgency and timing contingencies.

"What's Your Rating" from Kiseido Digital has many whole board problems with rankings. I don't know if that's what you're looking for.

I didn't mean "rank" as in the rank of a player, I meant comparative evaluation of the possibilities available on the board, what should be done with them and in which order.

[oren]

A book of middlegame whole-board problems in which the task is to identify the nerai available on the board and rank or compare them in terms of size, urgency and timing contingencies.

"What's Your Rating" from Kiseido Digital has many whole board problems with rankings. I don't know if that's what you're looking for.

I didn't mean "rank" as in the rank of a player, I meant comparative evaluation of the possibilities available on the board, what should be done with them and in which order.

Which is what this book does...

[nagano]

A book of middlegame whole-board problems in which the task is to identify the nerai available on the board and rank or compare them in terms of size, urgency and timing contingencies.

I Think Master of Haengma fits your description, but I should warn that the material is very high level. (It expects you to read out 10-20 moves over the whole board perfectly.)

[daal]

How about a book on Honte emphasizing follow-up moves and long term planning?

[Gresil]

I'd buy one on the spot.

[logan]

• History, game analysis and relationship of Honinbou Genjou and Yasui Chitoku.
• English release of 秘譜発掘 by Yata Naoki.
• A book covering the life of Honinbou Shuei.
• The life of Karigane Junichi and Tamura Yasuhisa during their time under Shuei and the other minor students involved.
• History of the Kiseisha, Keiinsha, the players involved, and thoughts from informed Japanese professionals.
• Coverage of the first Honinbou title match in 1941.
• Many more English releases of late-19th to mid-20th century tsumego and problem books (e.g. 傑作詰碁事典, 風と刻―橋本宇太郎詰碁名作選).

[Gresil]

• History of the Kiseisha, Keiinsha, the players involved, and thoughts from informed Japanese professionals.
• Many more English releases of late-19th to mid-20th century tsumego and problem books (e.g. 傑作詰碁事典, 風と刻―橋本宇太郎詰碁名作選).

I have no idea what those titles are, but a history of societies and a smattering of classics are in GoGoD.

[kirkmc]

Yea, I'd go for anything by John Fairbairn on go history, or historical players...

[John Fairbairn]

A book covering the life of Honinbou Shuei.
The life of Karigane Junichi and Tamura Yasuhisa during their time under Shuei and the other minor students involved.
History of the Kiseisha, Keiinsha, the players involved, and thoughts from informed Japanese professionals.
Coverage of the first Honinbou title match in 1941.

The lives of Karigane and Shusai are already fully covered in Go Companion and Meijin's Retirement Game.

The next book, on the famous 1926 game between Shusai and Karigane and about to be delivered to Slate & Shell, gives a full account of the various groups from Meiji times, starting with the Hoensha and ending with the formation of the Nihon Ki-in (and so covers the Chuo Ki-in, Kiseisha, Rikka-kai etc etc). The GoGoD CD has some basic facts about these but the book gives far, far more, including the skulduggery and the colour. You will read about Kato Shin posing as a gangster, about Takabe Dohei fleecing Baron Okura, about what pros earned and how (not what you'd expect), and useful quiz trivia such as who was playing in the Marunouchi skyscraper when the 1923 earthquake struck - and what their surprising reaction was. The game itself is covered in great detail of course.

In all seriousness, this book should be required reading for all those who want to start professional go in the west. It wasn't easy even for the Japanese.

The 1st Honinbo is covered factually on the GoGoD CD, and naturally with all the games, plus some extra colour in one of the S&S books (I forget which). Beyond that, I don't plan to cover it more.

I have collected a lot on Shuei, who is a favourite of mine, and the "GoGoD archives" contain a huge amount of stuff on Edo players, but at this stage I am not working on any of them. I want to get the other Go Seigen books finished first. The next will cover New Fuseki in depth and I hope that is ready for the summer congresses

[Andd]

I'd love to see a Collection of Honinbo Shuei's games also.

[nagano]

I'd love to see a Collection of Honinbo Shuei's games also.

I'll second that. But what I'd most like to see is a full history of Go from the earliest records to the present.

[tchan001]

I'd love to see a Collection of Honinbo Shuei's games also.

There is a Chinese collection of Honinbo Shuei's games. Not exactly "complete", but has most of the games.
http://tchan001.wordpress.com/2010/08/2 ... ollection/

I guess you meant that you would love to see a collection of Honinbo Shuei commented games in English

[cdybeijing]

I would like to have a book about aji including: how to assess it's value, how to plan with it in mind, instruction on how to make sabaki, and some common sequences resulting from standard joseki patterns.

[Andd]

I would like to have a book about aji including: how to assess it's value, how to plan with it in mind, instruction on how to make sabaki, and some common sequences resulting from standard joseki patterns.

(Back cover of Basics of go strategy from Kiseido)
Aji, Kikashi, and Sabaki are the most important concepts in go... this book will give the reader the true sense of go beauty.

[Stefany93]

I want to book that will be make me a shodan right away after I read it