Life In 19x19

Hi everybody,

just two quick questions :

- if you have to choose Three books to have with you in a desert island, what is your choice ?

- And if you want give three books to "Friday" (the Robinson Crusoé friend), a newbie, what will be your choice ?

Thank you very much.

My pick: Get Strong at Tesuji (actually I would like to take the whole Dictionary of Basic Tesuji but it consists of four books : ( ), Dosaku - Complete Game Collection, Maeda's Life-and-Death: Intermediate Problems
For Friday: Opening Theory Made Easy, Shusaku's Complete Collection (Invincible Harcover), One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems (I'd prefer the Graded Go Problems For Beginners Series but they, too, consist of four books =( )

My 3:

The book on cutting-connecting tesuji we discussed in another thread (here)
I don't have Dosaku's game collection but... Would love to bring it (if I don't have it, Jowa's). It's in Japanese or Chinese, SoDesuNe?
Does Segoe's Tesuji Dictionary count as 1 book comprised of 3 volumes ?

The subject implies being caught for months or years on a desert island (but let us assume that survival is not the problem). So the books must first of all offer essentially unlimited study scope. Therefore I'd recommend three game collections with as many games as possible. The sand of the beach or desert then allows you to replay and study the games:)

Robert, Segoe's Tesuji books I think can take anyone (non-pro) many, many years Or at least, can take a poor 6k like myself

RBerenguel wrote:I don't have Dosaku's game collection but... Would love to bring it (if I don't have it, Jowa's). It's in Japanese or Chinese, SoDesuNe?

The version I know is in Chinese.

By the way, I'd like to change Maeda's book for Xuanxuan Qijing/Gengen Gokyo.

RBerenguel wrote:Robert, Segoe's Tesuji books I think can take anyone (non-pro) many, many years

Are they different from the "usual" two volume Japanese pro tesuji books of the second half of the last century? Otherwise they are interesting only up to about 3d.

RobertJasiek wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:Robert, Segoe's Tesuji books I think can take anyone (non-pro) many, many years

Are they different from the "usual" two volume Japanese pro tesuji books of the second half of the last century? Otherwise they are interesting only up to about 3d.

Afaik, no. But for me "up to 3d" is long enough

The Direction of Play is read quickly and teaches outdated thinking. So why recommend it? Reading it does not hurt but "one of the best three (beginner) books"? No!

RobertJasiek wrote:

RBerenguel wrote:Robert, Segoe's Tesuji books I think can take anyone (non-pro) many, many years

Are they different from the "usual" two volume Japanese pro tesuji books of the second half of the last century?

No.

The earlier Segoe-/Seigen-editions had two volumes.
The later ones have three.

Kamakura
Final Summit
9 Dan Showdown

If I'm stuck on a desert island, I want fun books I can read over and over.

Robert completely scooped me.

But if I can be creative, I'll bring GoGoD and a laptop. We can stipulate that the laptop can only run GoGoD, but has a solar charger and is extremely durable.

3 Books of pro games for me, 3 books of very hard problems for my good friend Friday. When he gives up on them I can swap him a coconut for his three.

Desert island: I probably wouldn't study but rather enjoy some Fairbairn or any other pro-commentary book.
As for Friday: 1001 life and death problems, Cho Chikun's complete intro to the game (i like it because it covers all aspects of the game, also history, pro scene, computer go...) and In the beginning, the opening of the game of go by Ikuro Ishigure.