Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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
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Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:25 am
It is. Don't bother about samples
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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.
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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.
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2458
It's one of my favorite books for a general overview of many topics.
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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.
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.
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:14 pm
I know, I grabbed your books too 
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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?
Any dates we should look forward to?
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: 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:)
Re: Fundamental Principles of Go
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:50 pm
I'll risk it!
May 2 2013.
May 2 2013.