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Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go
Author(s): Toshiro Kageyama (Author), Davies James (Translator)
- Publisher: Kiseido Publishing Company
- Publication Date: 29 Aug. 2018
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 4906574289
- ISBN-13: 9784906574285
Book Description
The book’s main themes are the importance of fundamentals, the philosophy of go, and how to study. It should be read deliberately, a chapter a day at the fastest, and a fortnight to finish the whole book. If the reader will then spend another fortnight rereading it and learning from it as he would from a good instructor, I think I can promise that he will surmount the barrier of his present rank.
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About the Author
Toshiro Kageyama was born in 1926 in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. A go player since his youth, he won the All-Japan Amateur Honinbo tournament in 1948 and turned professional the following year. His promotion record is: Shodan 1949 2-dan 1950 3-dan 1951 4-dan 1953 5-dan 1955 6-dan 1961 7-dan 1977 In 1953 he took first place in the second division of the Oteai (the professional ranking tournament), and in 1965 and 1966 he was runner-up in the Kodansha tournament (a competition among 5- to 7-dan professionals). In 1967 he won the Takamatsu-no-miya prize. He was known for his steady style of play and accuracy at calculation.
