Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books)

Kageyama Toshiro

ISBN 10: 4906574289 / ISBN 13: 9784906574285

Published by Kiseido Publishing Company, 2018

About this Item

Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go (Beginner and Elementary Go Books)
• Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4906574289
• ISBN 13: 9784906574285
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

The book’s main themes are the importance of fundamentals, the philosophy of go, and how to study. It should be read deliberately, a chapter a day at the fastest, and a fortnight to finish the whole book. If the reader will then spend another fortnight rereading it and learning from it as he would from a good instructor, I think I can promise that he will surmount the barrier of his present rank.

 

About the Author

Toshiro Kageyama was born in 1926 in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. A go player since his youth, he won the All-Japan Amateur Honinbo tournament in 1948 and turned professional the following year. His promotion record is: Shodan 1949 2-dan 1950 3-dan 1951 4-dan 1953 5-dan 1955 6-dan 1961 7-dan 1977 In 1953 he took first place in the second division of the Oteai (the professional ranking tournament), and in 1965 and 1966 he was runner-up in the Kodansha tournament (a competition among 5- to 7-dan professionals). In 1967 he won the Takamatsu-no-miya prize. He was known for his steady style of play and accuracy at calculation.