Sakata Eio is regarded as one of the strongest go players of the 20th century. Sakata Eio was born February 15, 1920 in Tokyo, Japan. After winning most of the major titles in the 1950s, in 1961 he finally took the Honinbo title from Takagawa Kaku who had held it for a record nine consecutive terms. In 1963, Sakata captured the Meijin title, making him the first player simultaneously to hold the two titles Meijin-Honinbo. Sakata's peak came in 1964, when he won 30 games and lost only two and held seven major titles: Meijin, Honinbo, Nihon Ki-in Championship, Asahi Pro Best Ten, Oza, Nihon Kiin Number One, and NHK Cup. Sakata is now 88 and lives in Tokyo. He is retired but still active. This book, "Modern Joseki and Fuseki, Vol. 1", was Sakata's first book published in English. It is now regarded as a classic in Go literature. It is also the first book published by The Ishi Press. Published in 1968, this book along with two follow-up volumes by Sakata Eio, made The Ishi Press the world's leading publisher on the game of go. The cover photo of this book is historic. It shows the three leading go players in the world at that time, plus the strongest female go player in the world at that time. In the picture is Sakata Eio, facing, playing against Takagawa Kaku (1915-1986). The spectator is Go Seigen, who also has a claim to being the greatest go player of the 20th century. He was born May 19, 1914 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, southeast China. His Chinese name is Wu Qing Yuan, which transliterated into Japanese becomes Go Seigen. He is still alive at age 94. The woman in the photo is Reiko Kitani, who won the Women's Championship Tournament six times. Not only was she the strongest woman go player of her era, but she was the daughter, the wife, and the mother of the leading go players of their respective times. Born December 23, 1939 in Kanagawa, Japan, she was the daughter of Kitani Minoru, 9-dan, the wife of Kobayashi Koichi, 9 dan, and the mother of Kobayashi Izumi, born 1977, who has held most of the major Women Titles at one time or another. Tragically, Reiko died of breast cancer in April, 1996.
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This review is from: Modern Joseki and Fuseki: Volume One: Paralell Joseki (Paperback)
Without doubt, this is a must read, for every hard core go player. This book is part of a 2 volume series. The first one, deals more with joseki, and the second, more with fuseki, but in both you can see both subjects.
Joseki and Fuseki are very linked together, so the author explains josekis in function of the fuseki, and the other way round. You will learn to see the hole board when picking a joseki, and choosing correctly a fuseki given a joseki. I strongly recomend this book, to anyone who wants to master their go skill, but has already grasp the basic /intermediate knoledge (lets say 3k igs?). If this is your first fuseki book, id recomend reading "openning theory made easy" (or any similar) firts, and then coming to this one. This is because this book is very technical while "OTME" gives you general principles that can be applied everywhere.
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This review is from: Modern Joseki and Fuseki: Volume One: Paralell Joseki (Paperback)
This book helps develop your method of analysis and pattern of playing as well as modern pattern of playing. It is easy to read and to understand. This book is comprehensible and applicablle even for the beginners.
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This review is from: Modern Joseki and Fuseki: Volume One: Paralell Joseki (Paperback)
I was really puzzled over how to rate this book. I titled the review I am only an egg." from Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" for that reason. I have only been playing Go for a couple of years, and this book is MUCH to advanced for my current purposes. I can see that rating changing to four or five stars in a couple of years, however. For my current purposes the "learn to Play Go" series, by Janice Kim and Jeong Soo-kyun is much more helpful.
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