Go Fundamentals

Shi Xiangxia (1710 - 1771), titled guoshou and go saint, was one of the strongest players in the Qing dynasty. His masterpiece, Go Fundamentals, contains 6 games, 12 positions in 257 variations, and 3 poems of pithy formulas on go theory. The "Guiding Formulas for Important Positions" has been enriched with examples taken from all 5 games of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match between Lee Sedol 9 dan and AlphaGo, demonstrating how the profound principles of this great master can be applied even to this day.

The cover image shows a popular opening move considered to be a new invention. However, it was actually conceived and explored by Shi Xiangxia in this book over 200 years ago.

ForewordPreface by Deng YuanhuiPreface by Shi XiangxiaPreface by Li NingshiGuiding Formulas for Important PositionsOverview of Four-Stone GamesAttacking the Lone Stone (Total 5 Variations)Big Iron Net (Total 15 Variations)Small Iron Net (Total 6 Variations)Empty Corner (Total 30 Variations)Self-Constructed Two-Stone Games (Total 6 Games)Worriless Corner (Total 4 Variations)Overview of Corner AttackCorner Invasion (Total 11 Variations)Corner Seal (Total 8 Variations)Lower Invasion (Total 18 Variations)Cross-Cut Corner (Total 39 Variations)Upper Cross-Cut Corner (Total 36 Variations)Lower Cross-Cut Corner (Total 39 Variations)Great Cross-Cut Corner (Total 46 Variations)

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