Attack and Defence: 5 (Elementary Go)

The middle game of go often appears chaotic but there is order in the chaos as this book plainly reveals. The result of a joint effort by a tournament-winning Japanese professional player and an experienced American go writer Attack and Defense lays down a few clear principles then goes through a wealth of applications: examples problems and case studies from professional play. The reader emerges with a thorough grasp of how to choose strategy how to execute dual-purpose attacks how to defend with contact plays how to force his opponent into submission or cooperation how to invade and reduce territorial frameworks and when to fight a ko. This is knowledge that no player can afford to be without.