Elementary Go: Volume 4 by James Davies
The approach to life-and-death problems used in this book is to emphasize the status of standard groups. Most life-and-death problems in books are presented in the following manner: Black to play and kill; or White to play and live; or Black to play and live in ko; etc. This format has the advantage that even without looking at the answer, you usually know when you have solved the problem. Unfortunately, during a game there is no one standing at your elbow to tell you that this group can be killed or that one can be saved in ko, etc. In actual play you have to work out the status of each group that comes into question. I believe that this way of presenting problems will help many players to win games.
James W. is the author of this work. Davies has two doctorates. One in philosophy and one in theology from the University of Waterloo and Columbia University, respectively. He has been a philosophy professor for nineteen years and is the author of Ways of Thinking (Peter Lang, 1991) and a number of critical pieces.
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| ISBN 13 | 9784906574131 |
| ISBN 10 | 4906574130 |
| Title | Elementary Go: Volume 4 |
| Author | James Davies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Japan Publications Trading Co |
| Year published | 1998-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 166 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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