Learn to Play Go : the Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go Ser): 2

Une excellente initiation au jeu de go. Les volumes de cette collection sont d’un format suffisamment grand pour que les schémas soient clairs et la police de caractère lisible. Le contenu est clair et explicite et les chapitres sont bien structurés. J’ai pour ma part privilégié les volumes 1, 2 et 4, les deux autres volumes apparaissant comme redondants dans les commentaires des joueurs anglo-saxons.

Hay pocos libros en español (solo recuerdo 2) y muchos en inglés. Sino entiendes el inglés no pasa nada. Para eso están los traductores. Me recomendaron estos libros por orden. 1)A complete Introduction to the game. 2)Los 2 primeros vol. de Graded Go problems for begginers. 3)Los 3 primeros vol. de Learn to play go. En este último, hay quién le sirve más el "Second book of go". Es ver cual te gusta más, es personal. Igualmente pienso leerme todos poco a poco. Jugar, jugar y jugar. Es lo importante. Y estudiar sobre el tablero con las piedras. Tampoco puedo dar consejos o aparentar que entiendo mucho, no sé nada de Go.El libro genial y lo han traído muy rápido. Lo venderé porque lo tengo en PDF jeje

I only got into Go recently, and to do so, I bought quite a number of books on the game. Go is unique in my experience, in that it's almost trivially easy to learn how to play, but more complicated than chess (a game I've played for decades at a high level) when it comes to strategy. When I learned chess as a young person, I had lots of people around me to play games with, learning what worked and didn't work. Moving to Go, I don't have the opportunities to play as many games as I like, so the strategic learning curve would be very slow if I didn't get a head start by reading books on the subject. Amongst the books I bought was this set (I believe there's five books in the series in total, although I only have the first three at the moment). And, of all the books I bought on the subject of Go, this series is the best.The first volume in the series was about the game, and its basics. It was an easy read, and easy to understand and execute what the book was saying. Once I had played a few dozen games knowing what was in Volume 1, it was time to move on to Volume 2 and try to increment my skills quickly. This book is about strategy: how to get an upper hand against an opponent, and how to respond to what the opponent does. Like a good chess book, the game covers the openings, the middle game, and the end game. The book is based around a particular style of play known as the Korean school (there are other models that can be used).The different essentials to a solid game are covered in separated chapters, with examples and illustrations. The book explains the logic of the moves, alternatives, and variations. Throughout, the writing is well done and easy to read, and the heavy use of illustrations makes it easy to see what the author is talking about. The book also includes a chapter on playing Go on the Internet, and has a nice self-test built in to ensure you understand what the book is trying to convey.As I read through the book, I played some games against the computer, and some online games, trying to put into practice what I was learning. Certainly reading the book helped me understand a tremendous amount about the game of Go, and what moves made the most sense in many situations. Even though I don't play enough games against live opponents, I am absolutely sure my playing ability has increased dramatically because of this book. It makes me want to play more, but also get into the next book in the series to learn even more.If you want to learn Go, or improve your strategy, there is no better series of books on the market than this one, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

If you want to play Go, this is a great second book once you know the rules. This one book improved my handicap several stones almost overnight. You will learn how to connect stones in several ways, including why some moves are more "stylish" than others. Ms Kim also gives some history and lots of terminology for common moves in English, Japanese and Korean. Definitely recommend!There's a couple required reading for learning Go. After the elementals book, this one is perfect. Volume 3, the Dragon Style, is also good, as you learn how to fight. Also required is Davies _Life and Death_ which you really need to memorize to be effective.

The five books in the Janice Kim series on learning to play GO are by far the best books for beginners and improvers to learn the game of GO in depth. The Way of the Moving Horse, second in the series is excellent at extending the basics and really helping you to understand the finer detail of GO which can be bewildering for a beginner. Following on from the first book it goes into the tactics and strategies of play. You will also find yourself referring back to this book as you progress with playing GO.I have bought a number of beginner's GO books before, but none of them were as well structured as the Kim books, Also I believe you cannot fit all the scope and subtleties of GO in a single book.If you are keen to study GO at a beginner or improving level, buy this series.