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Go Proverbs

64 pages, paperback, Slate & Shell, 2. edition 2001, first edition 1988

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There is plenty of good literature in English for the advanced Go player and quite a few good beginners' books, but there is still a lack of intermediate literature. Oriental players have no difficulty in passing through the intermediate stage, learning their Go proverbs by experience more than from books, but Western players, their clubs often scattered and isolated, need a book like this. I believe that, apart from beginners' books, this is the first original Go text to have been written and published in Britain.
The great enthusaism of Go players could hardly be generated by a game which could be mastered simply by applying a number of straightforward precepts or 'proverbs'. All through this book runs the theme that Go proverbs can never be more than indications of where to look for the right move, rather than assurances that one has found it. Another more specific theme is that the usefulness of each stone played should be constantly reassessed, and that no stone or group has an immutable right to protection from capture. As in human life, 'nobody is indispensable'.
If all who read this book succeed in grasping that one principle, the author of this book will have had a profound effect in raising the standard of Western Go, and, I trust, he and his collaborators will feel well rewarded for their initiative and enterprise in producing this book.

Francis Roads July 1980



At the time I wrote Go Proverbs a little over 20 years ago, my aim was to promote Go in Britain. The book is the fruit of countless hours on the part of a dedicated group of like-minded individuals. Created long before the general use of computers, proofreading, spell checking, and formatting were all done by hand. Each stone had to be cut out and stuck to the diagrams, which were then photographed. I am indebted to (among others) Alison Cross and her typing skills on an IBM golfball typewriter, and John Tilley's work in the darkroom developing the pictures and sizing them for the page.
My family and I live in Australia now. When not working or spending time with my family, I still play Go. I hope that the reprint of this book will continue to promote Go, not only in Britain, but all over the world. Royalties will be used by the BGA to teach and to promote Go.

David Mitchell June 2001, preface
More Information
EAN 9780970619310
Weight 100 g
Manufacturer Slate & Shell
Width 10.5 cm
Height 16 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 2001
Language English
Edition 2
ISBN-10 0970619316
Year of First Edition 1988
Pages 64
Binding paperback
03 Introduction to life and death proverbs
04 There is death in the hane
07 Strange things happen at the 1-2 point
10 The 'L' group is dead
12 Don't overlook the edge of the board
14 If you don't know shicho, don't play go
18 There is damezumari at the bamboo joint
20 Large groups never die
22 Get to know ishi-no-shita
25 Eyes win semeai

29 Introduction to shape and strategy
30 Don't make dango
32 Know the eye-stealing tesuji
35 Connect with good shape
38 Don't disturb symmetry
41 Play at the center of three
43 Crosscut? Extend!
45 At the head of 'n' stones play hane
48 Ikken tobi is rarely a bad move
50 The 3rd line is for territory, the 4th for influence
52 Keima attacks; ikken tobi defends
54 Attack weak groups simultaneously
56 If you have six groups one is dead
58 Sacrifice for shape

62 Glossary of terms
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