I have been using smart go one for downloading books. But I can’t find a good book on josekis that I like. I don’t like the new Josie revolution, but because it’s too advanced and it doesn’t cover the basics In my opinion.. I’m open to understanding why different ways. On the SmartGo One app. It does not have getting strong at Joseki.
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38 josekis is quite outdated but sadly I didn’t see any new publication written with a similar content. (And in English)
I just looked at the smart go one app again and all of the get strong and Joseki’s are in the library to buy. Problem solved..
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Which book would you suggest to a 20kyu who has not read any material on Josekis
I think 20k is a bit early to study joseki. But if you really want to study some joseki at that level, 38 joseki is not a bad choice, even though some of it may be outdated.
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There are so many areas to study that it is daunting. However, they get strong at Joseki series is very helpful. Another thing to think about is fuseki. Fuseki is opening theory. Not only that many people stress, life and death problems when they do not really have as much weight as learning fuseki and Joseki in my opinion. The smart go one app is replacing the books that kideido has been publishing. If I were to go all the way back, I would download and use gomagic.com. It is an application that allows you to move the stones on the computer screen or phone and acts like Duolingo. It is not exhausted, but it does have quite a bit that will get you to where you want to go.
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When post-mortem analysing your games (at 20k level or any other level), I’d recommend to focus on the situations where the game went bad for you. I expect that in most cases a lack of joseki knowledge is not the main issue, but if it is you can investigate those specific joseki branches a bit more deeply with joseki libraries such as the OJE.
Look also outside Smart Go to notice many more books! Consider Easy Learning: Joseki with a representative selection of 72 josekis and 52 topics of go theory. While meanwhile this book is also out of print, it is still possible to get it as a PDF file or maybe from some retailer. Alternatively, use any joseki source, study only the simplest variations and try to understand the meaning of each move on your own, especially whether it is necessary or superfluous for life and death or development potential. A 20 kyu should focus on fundamentals and opening advice for beginners but Joseki 1 - Fundamentals is an option with its explanation of the various types and meanings of joseki moves.
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Thank you everyone. I’ll heed to your advice.
Right now i have started reading “Lessong in Fundamentals of Go” by Kageyama. Finished Chapter 1.
Before this I’ve only read “Way to Go” by Karl Baker, which was a booklet of Go rules and some proverbs. But ever since I moved to 19x19 from 9x9 I’ve found myself fumbling in corner josekis.
101 AI Josekis
*coming soon. still creating the book using ChatGPT
There are books like that
This one below isn’t really focused on AI joseki exactly I don’t think, I think instead it goes through pro games
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