Learn to play go. Volume 5, The palace of memory / Vol. V, The palace of memory / by Janice Kim ; with Jeong Soo-hyun ; ill. by Michael Samuel

Volume V of this award-winning series reveals the fundamentals of shape and guidelines to correct opening and endgame play learned at the world's top Go training ground, the Korean Go Academy. Templates for fighting in any situation Guidelines to correct shape Opening theory made simple Principles of standard sequences, or joseki Techniques for winning endgame Test Yourself sections check your progress Approachable for newbies The Palace of Memory is the fifth volume of the award-winning Learn to Play Go series. Covers some principles of the opening and the endgame and of something called shape. Good shape is an intersection between tactics and strategy. Shows some of the templates of basic shape and thier use in fighting. Contains guides to the opening. Shows how to calculate the size of endgame moves.Includes self-test section. v.1. A master's guide to the ultimate game v.2. The way of the moving horse v.3. The dragon style v.4. Battle strategies v.5. The palace of memory. Diagram 1. Here two opposing stones are in contact.