The Second Book of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) [Paperback]

Richard Bozulich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998 | ISBN-10: 4906574319 | ISBN-13: 978-4906574315 | Edition: 2

The Second Book Of Go takes the reader who has learned the rules and rudiments of strategy and introduces him or her to the fundamental ideas required to get to the 12 kyu level.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company; 2 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4906574319
• ISBN-13: 978-4906574315
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #511,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile read, August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Second Book of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) (Paperback)

As the title suggests, this book would be good as a second book in your go study. I tried part of the Elementary Go series after my first book (Iwamoto's), got a bit frustrated, and then went back and read this - and I'm glad I did finally get around to reading this book. I'll probably go back to the Elementary Go series after I finish Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go next.

The chapters on capturing races were very good; these alone are worth the price of the book. I usually avoid rote memorization (EG, I find joseki study boring), but the six types of capturing races seemed quite worth committing to memory, so I did.

(nearly?) every chapter has recommendations on books to read for further study of the subject covered by that chapter.

If you're serious about go, I'd recommend something else as a first book (of course), but it'd be a good idea to make this your second - read concurrently with the first two volumes of Kano's "Graded Go Problems for Beginners".

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A title that says exactly what it is!, September 17, 2006

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Michael P. Sullivan (Atlanta, GA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Second Book of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) (Paperback)

The title says it very accurately. This should be your second book to the game of Go. If you are unfamilar with the game, Go is a beautiful game with the depth of chess, but the openings are a little more abstract than chess. Chess players usually love Go and Go players usually love chess. This however is one of the best primers to a complex strategy game that I've ever seen. If you are brand new to the game, I recommend starting off with "The Magic of Go" and follow it with this book. Both books are just the right size. I find introductory books that are 200 or 300 pages long tend to be good reference books, but are not as easy to learn from. These two books are shorter books that are easy to sit down with, absorb, and complete. After these two books, come a wide range of other excellent books (I find that the quality of Go books that have been translated into English is very high.) I rate "The Magic of Go" and "The Second book of Go" as absolute must haves if you are going to learn more about this wonderful game.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent; special chapters on capturing races, October 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Second Book of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books) (Paperback)

This book is good to read if you are 10kyu or lower.

Two chapters on capturing races(seki or death of one of opposing groups neither of which can make two eyes) from British Go Journal by Richard Hunter, appear in this new edition. These are excellent. Even some 5kyu+ players aren't aware of the drastic difference in tactics to be adopted for all varieties of races. All possibilities are explained in detail.

The chapter on Attack & Defense and Handicap Go are also very useful.