Based on 5 ratings. Author: Yilun Yang 7P ISBN: 193200131X Tags |
The Workshop Lectures, Volume 2, Yilun Yang 7P Volume 2 contains five lectures given by Yilun Yang at various workshops. "How to Invade" shows how to invade large areas your opponent is trying to surround. "Choosing the Correct Pincer" provides guidelines for choosing a pincer in different situations. "Side Extensions in the Opening" is about this important part of opening theory. "Playing A Territorial Game" and "Playing a Moyo Game" show how to be consistent in your style of play in your games for better results. All five lectures reflect Yang’s emphasis on understanding general principles rather than memorizing patterns. Comments & ReviewsSo much to study! - Written by NannyOgg
 This book has five of the Yang lectures in it. It’s the next best thing if you aren’t able to make it to his lectures in person. The first lecture is on How to Invade. It gives rules of when invading is possible, and shows how to decide where to invade and how to follow up. In the process of invading, it also gives a lot of information on life and death. Yang has a multi step process on how to live and how to kill. I had heard about his killing process, but it was nice to see the rules on paper and explained more. It made more sense with the examples he gave as opposed to when I just heard the steps listed. Lecture nr 2 was about Choosing the Right Pincer. This is similar to one of the chapters in his ‘Fundamental Principles of Go’. This lecture seemed to go deeper (I don’t have the fundamental book with me to compare, this is just from memory). He also talks about how to think and find the right move when your opponent plays a non-standard reply to the pincer. Interesting stuff and it explained why I got a bad result in a few recent games. It is nice to see so many things which are immediately applicable in one’s games. The third lecture is about side extensions in the opening. This lecture gave me a lot of new information. New tidbits to ponder about the opening. Over time, I have spent so many hours staring at board positions, trying to figure out what would be the best extension in that situation. This book will help me make better choices. This chapter, like all the others, is full of practical examples. Fourth lecture is ‘Playing a Territorial Game’. I know I am raving, but I am just amazed at the amount of information packed in a relatively small book. I have played territorial games where my opponent ended up with the whole center and I wasn’t able to destroy it. This book gives me new tools and new ways to play territorial games, I can’t wait to experiment with it. Last lecture is the opposite subject with ‘Playing a Moyo Game’. It gives a lot of guidelines for moyo games, how to play, how not to play. It shows a generous number of examples of how to deal with invasions in your moyo, and about correct and wrong direction of play. In both of these chapters, he stresses how important it is to be consistent, and not to switch back and forth between different styles of play. A good lesson to learn. This book has so much information, it will take me a while to study and digest it all. I feel I only touched the tip of the knowledge in here during my first reading. It warrants sitting down with a goban and playing out the different variations. Over and over. This book would be a great addition to any one’s library. Nanny Pure gold! - Written by gowan
Like volume 1 this book is worth its weight in gold. You simply won’t find this sort of discussion elsewhere in the literature. Similar to "The Workshop Lectures, Volume 2"The Workshop Lectures, Volume 4 The Workshop Lectures, Volume 3 The Workshop Lectures, Volume 1 |
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