Graded Go Problems for Beginners by Yoshinori Kano

Graded Go Problems for Beginners by Yoshinori Kano

Graded Go Problems for Beginners are ideal books for players who have just learned the rules of go, bridging the gap between a beginner's book and some of the more 'advanced' elementary book.
The almost 1500 problems these four volumes contain thoroughly drill the reader in the fundamentals of the game. After finishing the study of these four books, The novice go player will have mastered the basics of the game.

Volume Two is a continuation of the first volume of Graded Go Problems for Beginners and is aimed at the 20-kyu to 25-kyu level player. The problems presented here will require a bit of thought, but none of them is so difficult that a player who understands the rules and has studied the first volume won't be able to solve in less than a minute. The aim of this series is to present as many examples of go technique as possible. The reader should attempt to refute the correct answers until he knows beyond a doubt that the correct answer works. By pondering each problem in this way, the reader will develop an instinct for finding the winning move in his games.

Yoshinori Kano was born in Kyoto on April 14, 1928, and died on May 2, 1999. At the age of nine, he moved to Tokyo and became a disciple of Suzuki Hideko 5-dan. In 1943, he was promoted to 1-dan, and in 1968, he was promoted to 9-dan. He won the Young Professional's Championship in 1948, the Oteai's top section in 1955, and the 5th Prime Minister's Cup in 1961. He was a member of the Honinbo leagues 14th, 20th, 25th, and 26th.

He traveled to Austria and Russia in 1975, and then to China in 1979 with a squad of high school go players for a good will match. He graduated from Tokyo University's Japanese Literature Department, making him one of the few professional go players to have attended university.