Janice Kim
American professional Go player and author of instructional Go books, notably the 'Learn to Play Go' series.
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
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1. Learn To Play Go, Volume Ii
This instructional volume continues building on beginner foundations, guiding readers through practical tactics and strategic concepts essential for improving at Go. It emphasizes reading and shape, life-and-death problems, connection and cutting tactics, basic invasions and responses on the corner and side, and how to evaluate local fights within the whole-board context. Illustrated examples and practice problems help reinforce pattern recognition and decision-making so players can transition from simple rules to confident, consistent play.
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2. Learn To Play Go, Vol. 3
This volume focuses on tactical fundamentals for beginning-to-intermediate players, teaching practical reading and local fighting skills through step-by-step examples and problems. It emphasizes life-and-death puzzles, basic tesuji, capturing races, and common connecting and cutting techniques, with diagrams and solutions to develop calculation, shape recognition, and judgment in middle-game fights and local endgame situations.
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3. Learn To Play Go, Vol. 5
This installment advances intermediate players’ understanding of tactical reading and local fighting by concentrating on life-and-death problems, common tesuji, capturing races, ko tactics, and practical endgame considerations; it uses clear examples, progressive problem sets, and annotated solutions to teach pattern recognition, reading techniques, and judgment in invasions and reductions so players can make sound local decisions that fit larger strategic goals.