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How to Play Handicap Go

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183 Seiten, kartoniert, Slate & Shell, 2002

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Yuan Zhou is one of the strongest Go players in America. Recognized in his native China as having unusual talent, he received professional training for three years. Zhou began to rise to the top of US Go shortly after coming to Maryland in 1989. He has won many regional tournaments, and he has been an invited participant in the North American Fujitsu tournament five times, in 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2001. He is also a regular participant in the annual US Ing Invitational Tournament, winning 7th place in 2002.

The eight games by Zhou in this book were played in two tournaments. For handicapping purposes, Zhou registered as a 7 dan in the January 2000 Winter Warmer tournament in Arlington, VA, and as an 8 dan in the January 2001 Winter Warmer tournament. The games of the latter tournament are presented first in the book. For illustrative purposes we have also included one game in which Zhou was not one of the players. Our idea was to show what happens when White does not play in accordance with the principles Zhou lays out in the book and illustrates in his own play.

As in his earlier book, Understanding How to Play Go, published by Slate & Shell in 2000, the commentary is extremely thorough. There are very few moves per diagram, making it easy to follow the action without having to set the game up on a board. Zhou explains what both players are trying to do -and what they should be trying to do- on virtually every play. As a result the strategy and tactics of the games are made understandable, even for players at a much lower level of strength. These commentaries offer a unique opportunity for all players to gain insight into the thinking of one of the strongest amateur players in the US. Weaker players found the detailed commentaries to be one of the most attractive features of Zhou's earlier book. This book offers more of the same. Any player's handicap game will benefit enormously from reading it.

Yuan Zhou is one of the strongest Go players in America. Recognized in his native China as having unusual talent, he received professional training for three years. Zhou began to rise to the top of US Go shortly after coming to Maryland in 1989. Among his achievements are winning the mid-Atlantic Championship in 1990 and 2000, the Eastern Open in 1992, the Maryland Open in 1994 and 2002, the University of Maryland Open in 1993, 1994, and 2002, a NOVA quarterly tournament in 1993 and 1999, the New Jersey Open in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and the Pennsylvania Open in 2000. Zhou took fifth place in the US Open in 2001 and also won the Eastern Baduk Tournament in that year. In 1992 Zhou placed 5th in the World Youth Championship Senior Division as the US representative, and he has been an invited participant in the North American Fujitsu tournament five times, in 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2001. He is also a regular participant in the annual US Ing Invitational Tournament, winning 7th place in 2002.

The eight games by Zhou in this book were played in two tournaments. For handicapping purposes, Zhou registered as a 7 dan in the January 2000 Winter Warmer tournament in Arlington, VA, and as an 8 dan in the January 2001 Winter Warmer tournament. The games of the latter tournament are presented first in the book. For illustrative purposes we have also included one game in which Zhou was not one of the players. Our idea was to show what happens when White does not play in accordance with the principles Zhou lays out in the book and illustrates in his own play.

As in his earlier book, Understanding How to Play Go, published by Slate & Shell in 2000, the commentary is extremely thorough. There are very few moves per diagram, making it easy to follow the action without having to set the game up on a board. Zhou explains what both players are trying to do -and what they should be trying to do- on virtually every play. As a result the strategy and tactics of the games are made understandable, even for players at a much lower level of strength. These commentaries offer a unique opportunity for all players to gain insight into the thinking of one of the strongest amateur players in the US. Weaker players found the detailed commentaries to be one of the most attractive features of Zhou's earlier book. This book offers more of the same. Any player's handicap game will benefit enormously from reading it.

William Cobb August 2002 , preface

Weitere Informationen
Gewicht 280 g
Hersteller Slate & Shell
Breite 14,1 cm
Höhe 21,5 cm
Medium Buch
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
Autor Yuan Zhou
Sprache Englisch
ISBN-10 1932001018
ISBN-13 9781932001013
Seiten 183
Einband kartoniert

iiiPreface

vPicture of Yuan Zhou

001Introduction

003Game 1: Versus Keith Arnold at three stones

013Game 2: Versus Allan Abramson at four stones

037Game 3: Versus Chuck Robbins at six stones

055Game 4: Versus Young Jin Kang at seven stones

073Game 5 : Versus Keith Arnold at three stones

095Game 6: Versus Haskel Small at five stones

125Game 7 : Versus Brian Kleiner at four stones

147Game 8: Versus Evan Johnson at six stones

173Game 9: Mark Rubenstein versus Robert Barber at six stones