Go with the Flow: How the Great Master of Go Trained His Mind
Disclaimer: Recently I was offered the chance to proof read this book a little. It is in the small category of Go books which don't contain any games. They claim that it is a best seller in Korea - original version published 2015. With the available audience in the 'West' I doubt it will reach that height, but I think that all Go players will enjoy reading it. It's a collection of little tales that explain how Go has shaped Cho Hunhyun's life.

The anecdotes are grouped into 8 different themes. They are sometimes dark, sometimes ordinary, sometimes touching, but always frank and open. You'll learn of his childhood, his study, his development through the professional world For me the most interesting stories are those which are about his relationship with his pupil and his teacher. I found it very readable, if you start it in the morning then you can certainly finish it before bedtime. The language as translated is very much american with a lean towards sporting metaphor, but that doesn't alter its accessibility. If you want something bad to say about it, well I did sometimes find the translation of Korean proverbs a bit clunky.


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North Lecale

Maybe the URL was changed to

https://www.amazon.com/Go-Flow-Great-Ma ... d+His+Mind

Unfortunately, this is only available in Kindle format. The price is USD 11.97. Amazon has its usual preview Look Inside.

Cant buy with a german account anymore.

We live in the dark ages again.

Edit: Was able to buy in the kindle app on my tablet

I just bought it from amazon.de on the website; it downloaded to my Kindle. Just in time for the beach.

Also, found a typo; is there a standard way to report errors for Kindle books?

I did read it on the beach; a very interesting and inspiring book.

And I found hundreds of grammar mistakes and typos. I've collected them at http://gogamespace.com/Go_with_the_Flow ... rrata.html and sent a mail to the publisher; hopefully they'll release an updated version of the book.

Yes this is exactly the flaw with this book. I think that they plan a paper edition which should/could contain corrections.

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Hi Marcel, I also strongly suggested to them to be consistent with the naming order for Japanese names (family + given) --
( as an example, I said it would be very confusing to use Seigen Go (they decided to use his Chinese name) or U Cho ) -- but they rejected it. Good luck.

I fully expect them to completely ignore it, but my inner obsessive-compulsive Monk made me do it anyway.

Same here.

Have you heard anything about the error corrections yet?

They did not reply at all. Sloppiness and complete disregard for customer requests make me reconsider buying from them again, no matter how interesting the contents.

Ed: you said they refused your suggestions, which means they at least replied. Who did you send your corrections to?

Hi Marcel,

The order of events is reversed: they first contacted me out of the blue. ( Did they approach you the same way ? ) Then, through our chats, the suggestions came up. If they first contacted you the same way, I'm guessing it's the same person: he said he is a publisher ( or one of the publishers? ) of the Korean version.

No, they didn't contact me. I wrote to Hyunsung.yoon at influential.co.kr because that email address was listed in the book.

Hi Marcel,

Probably a different person; the person who contacted me has a different family name than yoon.