By Cho Chikun, engl., 170+176 pages.
Life and death is crucial for Go. In two volumes Cho Chikun leads his readers to all the major chapters of this topic, and because of the width of the material both beginners and advanced players can take their profit out of the study. Both volumes can be used:
- as a study book on the subject of life and death,
- as a problem book to strengthen your reading and
- as an enczyclopedia to look up a special position
Volume 1 contains mainly corner positions and volume 2 analyzes the carpenter square, edge positions and positions occuring in joseki.