Amelia wrote:Vol 4 is hard. It's really, frustratingly hard (for me at 15k). Vol 3 has mostly 1-3 moves problems. Vol 4 starts out with 5 moves problems. If you have like me serious trouble to read several branches five moves ahead, consider leaving that book for later. SoDesuNe advises it for SDK ranks, I think he's right.
Boidhre wrote:If you are having problems with I, III will be extremely difficult for you at the moment and IV pretty much impossible. The thing is you will want III at some point as a DDK so it's a reasonable purchase, IV not so much unless you're happy to leave a book unused for ages.
Yes, most 3-5 moves deep reading will be D.O.A for me at this stage.
The thing I really liked and found useful in Vol. I was that it was not just L&D, but also had problems on other aspects that helped me reinforce things that I am learning. I got about ~15% problems wrong with an average time per problem of 20-30 secs. Haven't started Vol. II, so not sure what to expect exactly there.
I'm hoping Get Strong at Tesuji + 1001 L&D problems will give a similar well-rounded education.
Aside: Another issue with me has been that- While in Tsumego I will correctly solve a problem very easily, since it would say something like "black to play and live", I have completely missed a similar situation in the few games I've played
I'm guessing this is where the drilling is going to help eventually ?....
