The 1st book finally arrived:
“はじめて打つ碁” (1994) by 趙治勲(ちょう ちくん | Chô Chikun )
The book comes with 2 boards printed on paper—5×5 and 9×9. He recommends putting one inside a transparent document folder for playing. Although not mentioned, this setup would allow creating other in-between sizes.
After explaining the rules on 5×5, he commentates a few example games on the same board. He then introduces 9×9. To get used to the larger size and to experience various situations, he suggests the following starting configurations:
(By the way, what’s a recommended software for creating such diagram—I used Inkscape, a general drawing software?)
For the last 2, reversing colors creates different ones. On the last one he comments that despite double vs single ataris it’s not as straightforward as it looks.
Toward the end, he recommends staying on 9×9 until 10~5 kyu.
See also:
- Whole-board puzzles on a small board:
Capture go problems
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