List of books about Go explained

This list of books about Go is for books about the board game Go.

Books in English

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• Book: Davies. James. Iwamoto. Kaoru. Kaoru Iwamoto. The 1971 Honinbo Tournament. 1999. 3rd. 1st pub. 1972. Kiseido. 978-4-906574-07-0.

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• Book: Redmond, Michael . The ABC's of Attack and Defense . Slate and Shell . 2002 . Michael Redmond (Go player). 978-1932001006 .
• Book: De Havilland, Walter. Walter de Havilland. The ABC of Go: The National War-Game of Japan. Kelly & Walsh. 1910. B000870XGQ.
• Book: Zeijst. Rob van. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. All About Ko. 2007. Kiseido. 978-4-906574-76-6.

Kido Classics, Amazing Happenings in the Game of Go, Vols. 1-3

• Book: Kido Classics, Amazing Happenings in the Game of Go. Cho. Chikun. Cho Chikun. Shuko. Fujisawa. Shuko Fujisawa. Eio. Sakata. Eio Sakata. Masaki. Takemiya. Masaki Takemiya. Terry. Robert J.. Terry. Robert J.. 1. The History and Culture of Go in Japan. Dec 1, 2010. 1st Pub. 1960-1999. 978-0-9831139-1-1.

• Book: Kido Classics, Amazing Happenings in the Game of Go. Rin. Kaiho. Rin Kaiho. Norio. Kudo. Norio Kudo. Cho. Chikun. Cho Chikun. Yoshiteru. Abe. Yoshiteru Abe. Shuko. Fujisawa. Shuko Fujisawa. Eio. Sakata. Eio Sakata. Yoshio. Ishida. Yoshio Ishida. Terry. Robert J.. Terry. Robert J.. 2. The History and Culture of Go in Japan. Dec 1, 2010. 1st Pub. 1960-1999. 978-0-9831139-2-8.

• Book: Kido Classics, Amazing Happenings in the Game of Go. Eio. Sakata. Eio Sakata. Yoshio. Ishida. Yoshio Ishida. Terry. Robert J.. Terry. Robert J.. Last. Mark E.. 3. Joseki Basics and in Context. 2012. 1st Pub. 1977-1997.
• Book: Ohira, Shuzo. Shuzo Ohira. Appreciating Famous Games. Ishi Press. 1977. 978-4-871870-25-2.

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• Book: Kato, Masao. Masao Kato. The Chinese Opening: The Sure-Win Strategy. Kiseido. 1998. 1st Pub. 1989. 978-4-906574-33-9.
• Book: Kaiho, Rin. Rin Kaiho. Langdon. Joe. Come Up to Shodan. 2001. Slate & Shell. 978-0-970619-37-2.

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Dictionary of Basic Fuseki, Vols. 1-3^[1]

• Book: Kaiho, Rin. Rin Kaiho. Dictionary of Basic Fuseki. 1. Yutopian Enterprises. 2004. 978-1-889554-87-7. [Ni-ren-sei (Two Star Points) and San-ren-sei (Three Star Points) Patterns]

• Book: Kaiho, Rin. Rin Kaiho. Dictionary of Basic Fuseki. 2. Yutopian Enterprises. 2005. 978-1-889554-88-4. [Star Point and 3-4 Point Combinations]

• Book: Kaiho, Rin. Rin Kaiho. Dictionary of Basic Fuseki. 3. Yutopian Enterprises. 2008. 978-1-889554-89-1. [5-4, 4-4 and 3-3 point josekis]

• Book: Kaiho, Rin. Rin Kaiho. Dictionary of Basic Fuseki. 4. Yutopian Enterprises. 2010. 978-1-889554-90-1-->. [3-4 Point Openings]

Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vols. 1-4

• Book: Fujisawa, Shuko. Hideyuki Fujisawa. Tesuji for Attacking. Dictionary of Basic Tesuji. 1. Richmond, VA. Slate and Shell. 2004. 978-1-932001-19-8.

• Book: Fujisawa, Shuko. Hideyuki Fujisawa. Tesuji for Defending. Dictionary of Basic Tesuji. 2. Richmond, VA. Slate and Shell. 2005. 978-1-932001-23-5.

• Book: Fujisawa, Shuko. Hideyuki Fujisawa. Tesuji for the Opening, for Capturing Races, and for Life and Death Problems, Part 1. Dictionary of Basic Tesuji. 3. Richmond, VA. Slate and Shell. 2006. 978-1-932001-25-9.

• Book: Fujisawa, Shuko. Hideyuki Fujisawa. Tesuji for Life and Death Part 2, and for the Endgame. Dictionary of Basic Tesuji. 4. Richmond, VA. Slate and Shell. 2004. 978-1-932001-28-0.
• Book: Abe, Yoshiteru. Yoshiteru Abe. Dramatic Moments On the Go Board. Yutopian Enterprises. 2004. 978-0-964184-79-4.

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Elementary Go, Vols. 1-7

• Book: Ikuro, Ishigure. In the Beginning. Elementary Go. 1. 2017. Kiseido. revised. 1st pub. 1976. 978-4-906574-10-0.

• Book: Kosugi. Kiyoshi. Davies. James. 38 Basic Joseki. Elementary Go. 2. 2017. Kiseido. 6th. 1st pub. 1976. 978-4-906574-11-7.

• Book: Davies, James. Tesuji. Elementary Go. 3. 2017. Ishi Press. revised. 1st pub. 1957. 978-4-906574-12-4.

• Book: Davies, James. Life and Death. Elementary Go. 4. 2017. Kiseido. 2nd. 1st pub. 1975. 978-4-906574-13-1.

• Book: Akira. Ishida. Akira Ishida (Go player). Davies. James. Attack and Defense. Elementary Go. 5. 1997. Kiseido. revised. 1st pub. 1980. 978-4-906574-14-8.

• Book: Ogawa. Tomoko. Davies. James. The Endgame. Elementary Go. 6. 2000. Kiseido. 2nd. 1976. 978-4-906574-15-5.

• Book: Nagahara. Yoshiaki. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Handicap Go. Elementary Go. 7. 1982. Ishi Press. 978-4-871870-16-0.
• Book: Takemiya, Masaki. Masaki Takemiya. Power. John. Enclosure Joseki:Attacking and Defending the Corner. Ishi Press. 1983. 978-4-871870-24-5.

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• Book: Yang, Yilun. Yilun Yang. Lin. Arnold. Keith. Huget. Kirby. Sanet. Joel. Chen-dao. Fundamental Principles of Go. 2004. Slate & Shell. 978-1-976297-24-3.

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Get Strong at Go, Vols. 1-10

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at the Opening. Get Strong at Go. 1. Kiseido. August 1, 1996. 4-906574-51-3.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Joseki 1. Get Strong at Go. 2. Kiseido. 1995. 4-906574-52-1.

• Book: Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Kazunari. Furuyama. Get Strong at Joseki 2. Get Strong at Go. 3. Kiseido. 1996. 4-906574-53-X.

• Book: Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Kazunari. Furuyama. Get Strong at Joseki 3. Get Strong at Go. 4. Kiseido. 1996. 4-906574-54-8.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Invading. Get Strong at Go. 5. Kiseido. May 1, 1995. 4-906574-55-6.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Tesuji. Get Strong at Go. 6. Kiseido. 2002. 1st pub. 1998. 978-4-906574-56-8.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Endgame. Get Strong at Go. 7. Kiseido. 1997. 4-906574-57-2.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Life and Death. Get Strong at Go. 8. Kiseido. 1997. 4-906574-58-0.

• Book: Nagahara. Yoshiaki. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Handicap Go. Get Strong at Go. 9. Kiseido. August 1, 1998. 4-906574-59-9.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Get Strong at Attacking. Get Strong at Go. 10. Kiseido. 2002. 4-906574-60-2.
• Book: Iwamoto, Kaoru. Kaoru Iwamoto. Go for Beginners. 1977. Pantheon Books. 978-0-394733-31-9.
  • Book: Lasker, Edward. Edward Lasker. Go and Go-Moku:The Oriental Board Games. Dover. 1960. 2nd. 1st pub. 1934. 978-0-486206-13-4.
• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. The Go Player's Almanac. July 1, 1992. Ishi Press. 978-4-871870-40-5.
• Book: Segoe, Kensaku. Kensaku Segoe. Bauer. John. Go Proverbs Illustrated. Japanese Go Association. 1960. B000SAEIEG.

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• Book: Takagawa, Shukaku. Shukaku Takagawa. How to Play Go. Nihon Ki-in. 1956.

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Improve Your Intuition, Vols. 1-3

• Book: Takagawa, Kaku. Kaku Takagawa. Fraser. Gordon. Cobb. William S.. Intuition in the Opening. Improve Your Intuition. 1. Slate & Shell. 2001. 978-0-970619-32-7.

• Book: Takagawa, Kaku. Kaku Takagawa. Fraser. Gordon. Cobb. William S.. Intuition in the middle Game Part 1: Attack & Defense. Improve Your Intuition. 2. Slate & Shell. 2000. 0-9706193-2-4.

• Book: Takagawa, Kaku. Kaku Takagawa. Fraser. Gordon. Cobb. William S.. Intuition in the middle Game: Part 2: How to Reduce a Moyo. Improve Your Intuition. 3. Slate & Shell. 2000. 0-9706193-2-4.
• Book: Takemiya, Masaki. Masaki Takemiya. Bianchi. Leslie. Crowl. Roland. Imagination of a Go Master: Logic Shattering Cosmic Go. 2004. Nemesis Enterprises, L.P.. 978-0-971323-00-1.
• Book: Davies. James. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. An Introduction to Go. 1984. Ishi Press. 978-4-871870-30-6.

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• Book: Kageyama, Toshiro. Toshiro Kageyama. Davies. James. Kage's Secret Chronicles of Handicap Go. 1987. Ishi Press. 4-87187-017-0.
• Book: Kato, Masao. Masao Kato. Fairbairn. John. John Fairbairn (writer). Kato's Attack and Kill. 2015. 1st Pub. 1978. Ishi press. 978-4-87187-027-6.
• Book: Iwamoto, Kaoru. Kaoru Iwamoto. Keshi and Uchikomi: Reduction and Invasion in Go. Slate & Shell. 2002. 978-0-970953-03-2.

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Learn to Play Go, Vols. 1-5

• Book: Kim. Janice. Janice Kim. Jeong. Soo-Hyun. A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game. Learn to Play Go. 1. 2. 1997. 1994. Good Moves Press. 978-0-964479-61-6.

• Book: Kim. Janice. Janice Kim. Jeong. Soo-Hyun. The Way of the Moving Horse. Learn to Play Go. 2. 1995. Good Moves Press. 978-0-964479-62-3.

• Book: Kim. Janice. Janice Kim. Jeong. Soo-Hyun. The Dragon Style. Learn to Play Go. 3. 2. 1998. 1996. Good Moves Press. 978-0-964479-63-0.

• Book: Kim. Janice. Janice Kim. Jeong. Soo-Hyun. Brian D'Amato. Battle Strategies. Learn to Play Go. 4. 1997. Good Moves Press. 978-0-964479-64-7.

• Book: Kim. Janice. Janice Kim. Jeong. Soo-Hyun. The Palace of Memory. Learn to Play Go. 5. 2011. Good Moves Press. 978-0-964479-65-4.
• Book: Kageyama, Toshiro. Toshiro Kageyama. Davies. James. Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go. Kiseido. 1996. 1st pub. 1978. 4-906574-28-9.

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• Book: Cho. Chikun. Cho Chikun. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Magic of Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game of Go. 1988. Ishi Press. 978-4-871870-41-2.

Mastering the Basics, Vols. 1-5

• Book: Zeijst. Rob van. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Five Hundred and One Opening Problems. Mastering the Basics. 1. Kiseido. 2002. 978-4-906574-71-1.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems. Mastering the Basics. 2. Kiseido. February 2002. 978-4-906574-72-8.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. Making Good Shape. Mastering the Basics. 3. Kiseido. December 2002. 978-4-906574-73-5.

• Book: Zeijst. Rob van. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Five Hundred and One Tesuji Problems. Mastering the Basics. 4. Kiseido. October 27, 2016. 978-4-906574-74-2.

• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. The Basics of Go Strategy. Mastering the Basics. 5. Kiseido. 2007. 978-4-906574-75-9.
• Book: Berlekamp. Elwyn. Elwyn Berlekamp. Wolfe. David. David Wolfe (mathematician). Mathematical Go Endgames: Nightmares for Professional Go Players. 2012. Ishi Press. 978-0-923891-36-7.
• Book: Sakata, Eio. Eio Sakata. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. The Middle Game of Go. Ishi Press. 2007. 4th. 1st Pub. 1971. 978-0-923891-77-0.

Modern Joseki and Fuseki, Vols. 1-2

• Book: Sakata, Eio. Eio Sakata. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Modern Joseki and Fuseki. 1. Parallel Fuseki. 1st Pub. 1968. 3rd. 2006. Ishi Press International. 978-0-923891-75-6.

• Book: Sakata, Eio. Eio Sakata. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Bozulich. Richard. Richard Bozulich. Modern Joseki and Fuseki. 2. The Opening Theory of Go. 1st Pub. 1971. 3rd. 2006. Ishi Press International. 978-0-923891-76-3.

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• Book: Nie, Weiping. Nie Weiping. Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment. 1995. Yutopian Enterprises. 978-0-964184-72-5.

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• Book: Redmond, Michael. Patterns of the Sanrensei. Slate and Shell. 2011. Michael Redmond (Go player). 978-1-932001-63-1.
• Book: Takagawa, Shukaku. Shukaku Takagawa. The Power of the Star Point:The Sanren-sei Opening. Ishi Press. 1988. 4871870324.
• Book: Jiang. Mingjiu. Mingjiu Jiang. Miller. Adam. Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes. 2004. Slate & Shell. 978-1-932001-14-3.

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• Book: Bozulich, Richard. Richard Bozulich. The Second Book of Go. 2. 1987. 2018. Kiseido. 978-4-906574-31-5.
• Book: Abe, Yoshiteru. Yoshiteru Abe. Step Up to a Higher Level. Yutopian Enterprises. 2004. 978-1-889554-94-5.

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• Book: Yang, Yilun. Yilun Yang. Tricks in Joseki. 2001. Yutopian Enterprises. 978-1-889554-36-5.

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• Book: Takagawa, Kaku. Kaku Takagawa. Vital Points of Go. Nihon Ki-in. 1958.

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Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, Vols. 1-2

• Book: Yilun. Yang. Yilun Yang. Phil. Straus. Whole Board Thinking in Joseki. 3-4 point, low kakari. 1. 1995. Fourth Line Press. 978-0-965354-60-8.

• Book: Yilun. Yang. Yilun Yang. Phil. Straus. Whole Board Thinking in Joseki. 3-4 point, high kakari & far kakari. 2. 1997. Fourth Line Press. 978-0-965354-61-5.

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Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles, Vols. 1-2

• Book: Yang, Yilun. Yilun Yang. Cobb. William. Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles. 1. Life and death by the Numbers. 2001. Slate & Shell. 978-0-970619-35-8.

• Book: Yang, Yilun. Yilun Yang. Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles. 2. Life and Death in Chinese Characters. 2002. Slate & Shell. 978-1-932001-02-0.

Yilun Yang's Ingenous Life and Death Puzzles, Vols. 1-2

• Book: Yilun. Yang. Yilun Yang. James. Dee. Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles. 1. 1997. Yutopian Enterprises. 978-1-889554-06-8.

• Book: Yilun. Yang. Yilun Yang. James. Dee. Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles. 2. 1997. Yutopian Enterprises. 978-1-889554-07-5.

Books in Chinese

Memoirs of a Floating Life, Vols. 1-3

Chinese: 《沈君山說棋王故事》 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go), Vols. 1-5

Books in Japanese

• Book: アマ四強はこうして強くなった. Ama 4-kyowa koushite tsuyokunatta. ja. Seibundo Shinkosha. 1967-01-01.
• Book: 菊池康郎打碁集. Kikuchi Yasuro Uchigoshū. ja. Seibundo Shinkosha. 1979-03-01.
• Book: 囲碁に強くなる本 上達への秘密作戦. Igoni tsuyokunaru hon - jotasuheno himitu sakusen. ja. Kin'ensha. 1980.
• Book: 囲碁の初歩の初歩 これで碁が打てる. Igono shohono shoho - korede goga uteru. ja. Kin'ensha. 1980.
• Book: 緑星学園—囲碁を通じて人間育成 夢とおどろき. Ryokusei gakuen - igowo tsujite ningen ikusei - yumeto odoroki. ja. Floral Shuppan. 2002.
• News: 岡目八目. Okame hachimoku. ja. Yomiuri Shimbun. Kikuchi. Yasuro. 2006-02-20.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 結城聡 戦いに強くなる方法―シチョウの達人を目指す (真・囲碁講座シリーズ). ja. Yuki Satoshi. 毎日コミュニケーションズ . 2004. 978-4839915094.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 結城聡名局細解. ja. Yuki Satoshi. 2005. Seibundo Shinkosha . 978-4416705124.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 結城聡 囲碁・世界の新手法ガイド. ja. Yuki Satoshi. 2008. Seibundo Shinkosha . 9784416508121.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 決定版 大斜・村正・大ナダレ. ja. Yuki Satoshi. Seibundo Shinkosha. 2009. 978-4416509050.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. プロの選んだ30の定石 アマの好きな30の定石. ja. Yuki Satoshi. 2010. 978-4416510063.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 世界一わかりやすい打碁シリーズ 結城聡の碁. ja. Yuki Satoshi. 2010-09-28. 毎日コミュニケーションズ. 978-4839936815.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 星の小ゲイマジマリ 後の攻防: 強くなる 囲碁・必須読本. ja. Yuki Satoshi. Seibundo Shinkosha . 2013-09-23. 9784416313091.
• Book: Yuki, Satoshi. 実戦手筋のテクニック (日韓精鋭棋士囲碁双書) . ja. Yuki Satoshi. Kientosho 棋苑図書 . 2014. 9784873653174.
• 結城聡の「冒険また冒険. 囲碁梁山泊 2015 白秋号. ja. Tanioka. Ichiro. Saito. Kenmei. Yuki. Satoshi. Yuki Satoshi. Shimamura. Masahiro. Toshitaka Asae. 関西社会人囲碁連盟. 1st. 2015. 9784907488093.
• Book: 名局細解 2012年5月号： 第67期本因坊リーグ 河野臨九段 VS 結城聡九段. ja. Meikyoku Saikai, May 2012 issue - 67th Honinbo league, Rin Kono 9-dan vs Satoshi Kono 9-dan. Rin Kono. 2015-10-19. kindle. B016UBUZLG. Rin Kono.

Tesuji Dictionary, Vols. 1-3

• Book: Japanese. Segoe. Kensaku. Kensaku Segoe. Seigen. Go. Go Seigen. 手筋事典. Tesuji Dictionary. 1. . 2003. 978-4-416703-00-7.

• Book: Japanese. Segoe. Kensaku. Kensaku Segoe. Seigen. Go. Go Seigen. 手筋事典. Tesuji Dictionary. 2. . 2003. 978-4-416703-01-4.

• Book: Japanese. Segoe. Kensaku. Kensaku Segoe. Seigen. Go. Go Seigen. 手筋事典. Tesuji Dictionary. 3. . 2003. 978-4-416703-02-1.
• Book: Yasunaga. Hajime. Hajime Yasunaga. Kitani. Minoru. Minoru Kitani. Seigen. Go. Go Seigen. 新布石法. Shin Fuseki Method. 1st Pub. 1934. 1994. . 978-4-380942-82-2.

Books in Other Languages

• Book: Lusson. Pierre. Roubaud. Jacques. Jacques Roubaud. Perec. Georges. Georges Perec. Petit traité invitant à la découverte de l'art subtil du go. french. Small treatise inviting to discover the subtle art of go. Paris. Christian Bourgois. 1986. 1st Pub. 1969. 978-2-267004-42-7.

Fiction

• Book: Sa, Shan. Shan Sa. Hunter. Adriana. The Girl Who Played Go. The Girl Who Played Go. 2004. Fr. Pub. 2001. Vintage.
• Book: Yasunari, Kawabata. Yasunari Kawabata. Edward G.. Seidensticker. The Master of Go. The Master of Go. 1996. Vintage Books. 978-0-679761-06-8.

Notes and References

1. Web site: American Go Association. AGA Annotated Bibliography of Go Books in English. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028074441/https://www.usgo.org/aga-annotated-bibliography-go-books-english. October 28, 2022.