Essential Joseki (Masters of the Go Series) [Paperback]

Yutopian Enterprises (Author), Naiwei Rui (Author)

Book Description

Series: Masters of the Go Series | Publication Date: June 1998

This is the first volume in a four-volume series published in China between 1990 and 1996.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Yutopian Enterprises (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889554472
• ISBN-13: 978-1889554471
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,181,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Basic joseki book., February 20, 2006

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This review is from: Essential Joseki (Masters of the Go Series) (Paperback)

This is good book for basic joseki "dictionary". It shows basic josekis with some variation. Example; Star point (4-4) joseki is covered by 35 pages. This chapter includes knight's move approach, which is main part of chapter. Defending aggainst Knight's move include also a few besic variation and a few pincher josekis. Josekis are shown clearly with some word explanation. Best thing is "names" of josekis, they describe character of every joseki. What I miss is some word of typical use of particular joseki, what kind situation that joseki is good for.

I think this is good first joseki book. But you have to know basic things about josekis, like what they are for? Book is easy to read even without go-board. Because of the nature of joseki books, they fit better to a library of go club than private bookshelf.

This book give me a few new ideas for my joseki play.