Baduk, Made Fun and Easy, vol. 1

Author: Chiyung, Nam

Year: 2007

ISBN: 89-5660-167-4

Price: $26.00

Baduk [Korean for "go"], Made Fun and Easy is an introductory book that goes well beyond introducing the basic rules of the game. The author presents lessons on a number of topics that will be very helpful to many kyu players, especially double digit kyu players. She covers all aspects of the game: opening theory, middle game fighting, and endgame techniques. There are lessons on such themes as shape, capturing races, 4-4 and 3-4 point joseki, and the famous Korean notion of "haengma", as well as a thorough coverage of life and death and sections on history and etiquette. The production values of this book are also very high. The author is a professional player and a professor in the Department of Baduk at Myongji University in Korea.