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The middle game is where a game of go is most often decided. Being strong at the opening will give you an advantage, and accurate reading and calculation in the endgame can gain you many points; but excelling at the middle game is the surest way to victory. This book presents 32 crucial middle-game positions that arose in top professional games. It focuses on making clear what purpose is served by the moves played and which strategic considerations are at play. It tries to answer a question many amateurs may ask: Why do professionals play where they do? Every position is discussed in...

In The Inferno of Checkers, W. R. Fraser discusses how to play in "Two-Move," "Three-Move" and "Go As You Please" checkers. The former involve pre-arranged (but randomly assigned) moves for the first two or three turns of the game, which is intended to keep play fresh. Fraser colorfully utilizes the metaphor of Dante's Inferno to describe the heavenly ease of free-play checkers, the purgatory of Two-Move, and the hell of Three-Move checkers.

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You want your games to be many things: Creative. Innovative. Playable. Fun. If you're a designer, add "published" to that list.

The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design gives you an insider's view on how to make a game that people will want to play again and again. Author Mike Selinker (Betrayal at House on the Hill) has invited some of the world's most talented and experienced game designers to share their secrets on game conception, design, development, and...

This is the first book to fully capture the story of the exotic and exciting game of Mahjong or "Mah Jongg," offering an intimate look at the history of the game as well as the visual beauty of the tiles. When authors Ann Israel and Gregg Swain began playing Mahjong, they were unaware of the vintage collections that existed not only in the United States but also as far ranging as...

Fan Xiping (1709 - ?), titled "guoshou" 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.

In the masterpiece "Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring," Fan summarizes his unique findings from his lifelong research with an exposition of 20 basic positions in over 400 variations.

Foreword (by Ruoshi Sun) Preface (by Fan Xiping) Part I 9-5 Cap (44 variations) 3-6 Invasion (28 variations) Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight's Move (12 variations)...