New Go Proverbs Illustrated

This book provides a logical continuation of Kensaku Segoe's 1960 classic "Go Proverbs Illustrated", David Mitchell's 1980 "Go Proverbs", and the Nihon Ki-in's "Handbook of Proverbs", translated from the original Japanese and edited by Max Golem in 1998. Given the scope and number of proverbs included in these excellent earlier efforts it would seem that there couldn’t be much room for further exploration of this genre, but on close examination that rather surprisingly proved not to be so. Although this book contains only 25 proverbs, 13 of them are not only completely new, but are also primarily focused on key strategic concepts that experience has shown to be especially vital to the Kyu player’s understanding and advancement. As a result, it’s my belief that mere exposure to these key ideas will enable the reader to achieve the most rapid possible increase in playing strength.