Professional Player Game Collections, Free E-books

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Professional Player Game Collections, Free E-books

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The primary goal of this project is to lower the barrier to entry for appreciating, enjoying and learning go by providing free professional game collections and direction to new and experienced players alike.

The collections are in PDF format and come in both single diagram and 50-move diagram layouts. Each includes: a player biography, a game list, game records, and a selection of recommended games -- which provide a place to start for those unfamiliar with the professional.

Five new collections will be released at the beginning of each month.

Should you have any comments or questions, please feel free to post them here or send me a PM.

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Google Drive folder of all PDFs (Last Verified: 2022.01.08)

Releases
(1d | 50d) Chen Yaoye
(1d | 50d) Cho Chikun
(1d | 50d) Fan Xiping
(1d | 50d) Go Seigen
(1d | 50d) Gu Li
(1d | 50d) Hane Naoki
(1d | 50d) Honinbo Genjo
(1d | 50d) Honinbo Jowa
(1d | 50d) Huang Longshi
(1d | 50d) Iyama Yuta
(1d | 50d) Kim Jisuk
(1d | 50d) Kitani Minoru
(1d | 50d) Kobayashi Koichi
(1d | 50d) Lee Changho
(1d | 50d) Lee Sedol
(1d | 50d) Ma Xiaochun
(1d | 50d) Park Junghwan
(1d | 50d) Rin Kaiho
(1d | 50d) Sakata Eio
(1d | 50d) Shi Dingan
(1d | 50d) Shi Yue
(1d | 50d) Takagawa Kaku
(1d | 50d) Yamashita Keigo
(1d | 50d) Yasui Chitoku
(1d | 50d) Zhou Ruiyang
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Re: Professional Player Game Collections, Free E-books

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Thank you! The extra content you've included (e.g. the recommended games list) makes this really useful, and I look forward to familiarizing myself with some of these great players.
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I tried to access the 50d files and they all timed out with an error. I assume they are too large. Is anyone else having that problem? The 1d ones seem fine.

EDIT: I got it working with Firefox. My default browser is Opera.
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DrStraw wrote:I tried to access the 50d files and they all timed out with an error. I assume they are too large. Is anyone else having that problem? The 1d ones seem fine.


I had that problem with Firefox, but they downloaded fine in Internet Explorer.
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Post by quantumf »

Thank you, this is great.

The 50d files downloaded fine in Firefox for me.
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Wow thank you! works fine with my kindle.
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Hi , thank you very much . I hope Fan tingyu 's collection .
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Lovely, really nicely done.

Decided to start with Iyama and was treat to see some of his earlier games included.

Thank you for putting these together for us.
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Thank-you for the kind words everyone.

This month I've added Kim Jisuk, Kitani Minoru, Ma Xiaochun, Shi Yue and Takagawa Kaku.

I'll see you all soon in a month with five more new players.

New Releases - September 2014
Kim Jisuk
Kitani Minoru
Ma Xiaochun
Shi Yue
Takagawa Kaku
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Post by MMaestro »

Thanks so much for your hard work! I really enjoy going through these.

As a note, the 50d version of shi yue links to the sakata page instead of the shi yue games. ^^;
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Hi Guys,

I am having problems downloading any of the versions from the games of Lee Sedol.
Is anybody else having problems downloading them?

- Jonathas.
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It's working fine now. :)
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Thank you very much for the ebooks, its very good for study :) I hope one of Fan tingyu .
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I've had a very busy month. Thank-you for your patience.

This month I've added Fan Xiping, Hane Naoki, Shi Dingan, Yamashita Keigo and Zhou Ruiyang.

I'll see you all soon in a month with five more new players.

New Releases - October 2014
Fan Xiping
Hane Naoki
Shi Dingan
Yamashita Keigo
Zhou Ruiyang
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Wow ! Thanks !
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