Attack and Defense

by Akira Ishida, James Davies

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784906574148
Publisher:	Kiseido
Publication date:	03/13/2017
Series:	Elementary Go Series , #5
Edition description:	Fifth Printing with correction
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	918,370
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Akira Ishida was born in 1949 in Tokyo, second son to a 2-dan professional go player. He became a professional pupil at the age of nine, made professional shodan eight years later, and has been earning rapid promotions ever since, becoming shodan in 1966 and 9-dan in 1982 He has made his mark on the tournament scene as well, having finished first or second in five events through 1979. He was awarded the Kido prize for outstanding technique in 1978. James Davies was born in 1945 in Philadelphia. He studied mathematics at Oberlin College and the University of Washington, but in 1970 the game of go drew him to Japan, where he has lived since. An amateur (5-dan) player but a semi-professional writer, he has turned out numerous books and countless magazine articles on go.

James Davies was born in 1945 in Philadelphia. He studied mathematics at Oberlin College and the University of Washington, but in 1970 the game of go drew him to Japan, where he has lived since. An amateur (5-dan) player but a semi-professional writer, he has turned out numerous books and countless magazine articles on go.

Table of Contents

Chapter One. Territory and Power . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter Two. Attacking Strategy . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter Three. Attacking Moves . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter Four. Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter Five. Forcing Moves. . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter Six. Inducing Moves. . . . . . . . . . . 126

Chapter Seven. Reducing and Invading

Large Frameworks . . . . . . . 138

Chapter Eight. Invasions into Three-Space

Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chapter Nine. Ko Fights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Chapter Ten Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204