The Opening Theory of Go - Modern Joseki and Fuseki - VOLUME 2

The Opening Theory of Go - Modern Joseki and Fuseki - VOLUME 2Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sakata Eio Year of Publication: 2007 Pages: 354 Notation Type: Notationless (NO) Book Description Sakata Eio is regarded as one of the strongest go players of the 20th century. Sakata Eio was born February 15, 1920 in Tokyo, Japan. After winning most of the major titles in the 1950s, in 1961 he finally took the Honinbo title from Takagawa Kaku who had held it for a record nine consecutive terms. In 1963, Sakata captured

wild gambits and even forgotten variations

the student will learn by doing

and it is also fun

if you find yourself a positional pawn rather than a positional master

and the specific methods that can be used to pursue the enemy king

and repeated the feat in October 2007 with a record winning score of 89/90

Author: Arnold Denker and Larry Parr

There is a shocking amount of rich material in this book

the values of the chessmen

Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual is a magnificent piece of work

open files

all basic mates are clearly and painstakingly explained