Catching Scent of Victory
270 Seiten, kartoniert, Hinoki, 1. Auflage 2007
What does it take to become Kisei? Naturally, there are many go players who would like to know the secret and this book supplies the answer. It is O Rissei's account of how he captured the Kisei title and it reveals his thoughts as he challenged the best players in the world and overcame them to win the go world's highest title. The key to his win was innovative play in the opening, stubborn persistence in the middle game and precise calculation in the endings. All of these facets
are explored in this work.
In Chapter 1, O Rissei presents 16 strategies that he has used to get the advantage in the opening of his games. These are cutting-edge moves that are rarely found in even the most up-to-date joseki dictionaries. Chapter 2 illustrates the continuations and offers the reader a chance to guess at the winning play in a problem format. The surprising thing is that sometimes the answers are so simple that one fails to see them coming. Chapter 3 brings all the elements of the book together in a thorough analysis of six of O Rissei's games played against the best go players in the game today. Again, a problem format gives the reader the chance to match wits with these great talents.
"Catching Scent of Victory" is one of the rare books in the world that delivers more than it promises. It explains how to set the stage in the opening of a game of go so that one has a chance to win, then demonstrates the mechanics of the play and finally shows how events typically develop through the middlegame. But it then goes even farther, to step behind the scenes and recapture the human element of top-level match play. It is a testament to the panorama of O Rissei's go career. And as such, it proclaims that one must always be on the lookout for suspicious moves.
008 Forward
Chapter 1 Rissei Style Strategy in the Opening
012 Strategy 1 A Knight's Move Corner Enclosure Aimed at a Star Point
Indomitable Perseverance (232)
016 Strategy 2 A Shoulder Hit Against a Knight's Move Corner Enclosure
Dripping Cold Sweat (118)
020 Strategy 3 Simply Attaching and Drawing Back from a 3-4 Point
Thoroughly Winning From Start to Finish (222)
024 Strategy 4 A Resourceful Attachment Against the Side
032 Strategy 5 A Single Two Space High Attack on the Corner to Force (1)
Resolutely Sacrificing Stones (148)
040 Strategy 6 A Single Two Space High Attack on the Corner to Force (2)
Missing Chances, Then Grinding Out the Win (156)
046 Strategy 7 Playing Elsewhere in Response to a One Space Pincer
Hope and Despair by Turns (188)
052 Strategy 8 A Favorite Attach and Draw Back from a One Space Pincer
060 Strategy 9 A One Space Jump after a One Space High Corner Attack
Favorable Wind, Full Speed Ahead (166)
064 Strategy 10 Extending in Response to an Inside Attachment against a Large Knight's Move Enclosure
070 Strategy 11 Priority to Sliding Rather Than Making a Corner Enclosure
078 Strategy 12 Protecting the Corner During a Fencing-In Joseki
A Lightning Strike (140)
084 Strategy 13 Racing Ahead for Profit in a Favorite Joseki
Entering the Tiger's Lair (112)
092 Strategy 14 An Inside Attachment after a Two Space High Corner Attack
A Good Turn of Fortune (180)
098 Strategy 15 Awareness of an Unfavorable Ladder
A Game to Capture the Kisei Title (256)
104 Strategy 16 Building Outward Influence Versus a Chinese Style Opening
A Game to Recapture the Oza Title (244)
Chapter 2 Starting One's Sensors to Take Advantage of a Good Opportunity
112 Game 1 Entering the Tiger's Lair \u9658? (84)
43 rd Annual Oza Tournament, Semi-Final
118 Game 2 Dripping Cold Sweat. \u9658? (16)
43 ri Annual O2a Tournament, Challenger Final
126 Game 3 A Single Horseman Fighting Courageously
53 rd Annual Honinbo League Play-Off
140 Game 4 A Lightning Strike \u9658? (78)
53 rd Annual Honinbo Best of Seven Title Match, Game 3
148 Game 5 Resolutely Sacrificing Stones \u9658? (32)
53 rd Annual Honinbo Best of Seven Title Match, Game 5
156 Game 6 Missing Chances, Then Grinding Out the Win \u9658? (40)
22 nd Annual Meijin League
166 Game 7 Favorable Wind, Full Speed Ahead \u9658? (60)
23 rd Annual Meijin Best of Seven Title Match, Game 1
172 Game 8 A Game Where Recklessness Succeeds
24 th Annual Kisei Best of Seven Title Match, Game 1
180 Game 9 A Good Turn of Fortune \u9658? (92)
47 th Annual Oza Best of Five Title Match, Game 2
188 Game 10 Hope and Despair By Turns \u9658? (46)
24 th Annual Kisei Best of Seven Title Match, Game 5
Chapter 3 Sharpening One's Sense of Smell for Victory
43 rd Annual Oza Best of Five Title Match, Game 2
212 Game 2 A Game of Alert Incursion
10 th World Championship, Fujitsu Cup, Semi-Final
222 Game 3 Thoroughly Winning From Start to Finish \u9658? (20)
23 rd Annual Meijin League
232 Game 4 Indomitable Perseverance \u9658? (12)
23 rd Annual Meijin Best of Seven Title Match, Game 5
244 Game 5 A Game to Recapture the Oza Title \u9658? (104)
46 th Annual Oza Best of Five Title Match, Game 3
256 Game 6 A Game to Capture the Kisei Best of Seven Title \u9658? (98)
24 th Annual Kisei Best of Seven Title Match, Game 6
265 Chapter 4 O Rissei Go Record