Beyond Forcing Moves, Shoichi Takagi and Brian Chandler (translator)

Forcing moves are middle game plays that require an immediate and predictable response from your opponent. Thus they retain the initiative, sente. Amateurs tend to take forcing moves for granted, but professional players take a lot of care over them. Playing a sente move at the wrong time can actually help your opponent and cause you a loss. Played at the right time, the move becomes kikashi and will enable you to take control of the game.

This is the first book in English to explain this essential topic. Takagi uses examples from professional play to show you how to master the technique. The key to kikashi is tactical timing. It is not so much the problem of finding the move that ‘works,’ but more about how and when to use the move you have discovered.

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