Attack and Defence

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.

• | Author: Akira Ishida
• | Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 4906574149
• | ISBN-13: 9784906574148