By Rob van Zeijst and Richard Bozulich, engl., 162 pages (big format).
This volume of the series "Modern Master Games" presents 11 very detailed commented games from Japan of the 40s, 50s and early 60s of the last century, when the modern, mainly by newspaper sponsored Tourmament-Go was born. These decades were affected by interesting players as Hashimoto Utaro, Iwamoto Kaoru, Takagawa Kaku and of course Sakata Eio. Not only games from this period are presented, but also well-founded classified in there historical context.
Therefor this carefully produced book is a must have for all friends of detailed game analyses as well as for those interested in japanese Go history.
