Get Strong at the Opening, Get Strong at Go Series, Vol.1, Richard Bozulich

The opening is the most enjoyable part of the game to study and to play. You do not have to memorize hundreds of variations as you do in joseki or read out countless possibilities as in a life-and-death situation or in a middle-game fight. You also do not have to make precise calculations as in the endgame. This is all hard and exhausting work. In the opening, precise calculations are impossible, even for the strongest players. What is required is intuition based on good judgement. Within this constraint, you are free to use your creativity to plan your strategy.

The best way to get strong in the opening is to develop a sense of which direction to play your stones. This book, with its 175 problems, will help you accomplish this. Most of the first 90 problems are based on four of the most common opening patterns: the niren-sei, sanren-sei, the Chinese opening, and the Shusaku opening. If you seriously think about these problems and remember the key moves, you will never be at a loss as to how to play in these openings. The last 85 problems are of a more general nature and a presented in order to develop your postional sense in the opening.

Comments & Reviews

Unique book to teach specific openings - Written by ilan

The first half of the book is great because it teaches you, step by step, four different opening systems and the ideas behind them. The second half is essentially similar to the book 501 Opening Problems and is more about making key moves in various opening positions which do not necessarily come from standard opening patterns.

Good book - Written by kiseki

Lots of good problems, and very good explanations. I woudl recomend it for anyone who struggles with the opening

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