Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume 1: Introductory Problems (30 to 25 kyu)
by Kano Yoshinori · Kiseido Publishing
First volume of Kano Yoshinori's four-book problem series, published in English by Kiseido. It has hundreds of short, graded exercises on capturing, connecting, and basic life and death, and is meant to build pattern recognition right after learning the rules. Doing large numbers of easy problems is the accepted way to improve at the double-digit kyu level.
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