Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring

Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring

<p> Fan Xiping (1709 - ?), titled <i>guoshou</i> and go saint, was one of the strongest players in the Qing dynasty. Together with Shi Xiangxia, their Ten-Game Match at Danghu is widely regarded as the pinnacle of go in ancient China. </p> <p> In the masterpiece <i>Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring</i>, Fan summarizes his unique findings from his lifelong research with an exposition of 20 basic positions in over 400 variations. </p> <p> <ul> <li> Foreword (by Ruoshi Sun) </li> <li> Preface (by Fan Xiping)</li> <li> Part I</li> <ul> <li> 9-5 Cap (44 variations)</li> <li> 3-6 Invasion (28 variations)</li> <li> Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight’s Move (12 variations)</li> <li> Kick, 3-6 Invasion (24 variations)</li> <li> 3-5 Invasion, Hane (40 variations)</li> <li> Attacking with Two-Space Extension and Keima (36 variations)</li> <li> Corner Seal (7 variations)</li> <li> Inappropriate Corner Seal (6 variations)</li> <li> Kosumi Seal (16 variations)</li> <li> Kick, Jump Seal (11 variations)</li> <li> Kick, Keima Seal (9 variations)</li> <li> 9-4 Press (4 variations)</li> </ul> <li> Part II</li> <ul> <li> 5-6 Keima Attack (44 variations)</li> <li> Double Low Approach (56 variations)</li> <li> Three-Space Extension (16 variations)</li> <li> 3-5 Invasion (15 variations)</li> <li> 2-5 Invasion (21 variations)</li> <li> Kick, Clamp Invasion (6 variations)</li> <li> Kick, Jump, Clamp Invasion (8 variations)</li> <li> Cross Cut (55 variations)</li> </ul></ul></p> <p> Sensei's Library: http://senseis.xmp.net/?PeachBlossom Amazon author page: http://amazon.com/author/ruoshi<br> About the translator: http://senseis.xmp.net/?RuoshiSun </p>