Download or read book Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring written by Xiping Fan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Table of Contents: Foreword Preface Part I 9-5 Cap (44 variations) 3-6 Invasion (28 variations) Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight's Move (12 variations) 3-6 Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (24 variations) 3-5 Invasion and Hane (40 variations) Attacking with Two-Space Extension and Keima (36 variations) Corner Seal (7 variations) Inappropriate Corner Seal (6 variations) Kosumi Seal (16 variations) Jump Seal After Diagonal Attachment (11 variations) Keima Seal After Diagonal Attachment (9 variations) 9-4 Press (4 variations) Part II 5-6 Keima Attack (44 variations) Double Kakari (56 variations) Three-Space Extension (16 variations) 3-5 Invasion (15 variations) 2-5 Invasion (21 variations) Clamp Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (6 variations) Clamp Invasion After Attachment and Jump (8 variations) Cross Cut (55 variations) 271 pages Sensei's Library: http://senseis.xmp.net/?PeachBlossom ==================== Translations by Ruoshi Sun: Three-Stone Games by Guo Bailing https://www.createspace.com/4590413 Four-Stone Games by Guo Bailing Part I https://www.createspace.com/4592900 Part II https://www.createspace.com/4633416 Games of Wonder by Wu Jun and Wu Jiong http://www.createspace.com/4733019 Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring by Fan Xiping http://www.createspace.com/4742860