Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7
Introduction	9
What is Go?	11
About Beginning Go	15
CHAPTER 1:
The Art of Capturing	16
CHAPTER 2:
The Art of Living	27
CHAPTER 3:
Who Has Played the Most Living Stones?	31
CHAPTER 4:
A "Simple" Game	51
CHAPTER 5:
Some Mysteries of Go: Seki, Ko, and the Second Rule ot Go	61
CHAPTER 6:
Handicaps, Ranks, and Styles of Play	73
CHAPTER 7:
Counting with Sente and Gote	88
CHAPTER 8：
An Even Game	97
CHAPTER 9:
A Big Ko	118
CHAPTER 10:
Elementary Handicap and Even Play on Large Boards	127
CHAPTER 11:
Strategies on Bigger Boards	143
CHAPTER 12:
Where to Go for More Go	153
GLOSSARY	154
THREE BOARDS TO PLAY ON	157
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	160