Book Description
A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game. The award-winning first book in the Learn to Play Go series by Janice Kim 1 dan and Jeong Soo-hyun 9 dan, two masters of the 4,000-year-old Asian game of strategy. Takes the complete beginner step-by-step all the way to playing real Go in one afternoon. Suitable for kids, demystifying for adults. Includes a complete Go set with 9x9, 13x13, and 19x19 playing grids and punch out


About the Author
Janice Kim was born in Illinois in 1969. She entered the professional dan ranks in Korea in 1987, the only Westerner ever to do so. She won the Fuji Womens's Championship in 1984, took second place in the World Youth Championship in 1985, and third place in the EBS Cup in 1994. In 1998 she represented the US in the Bohae Cup. A graduate of New York University, Ms. Kim lives in Manhattan. She teaches Go and has regular columns in US and Korean publications. In 1997 she created Samarkand, a mail-order catalog of Go and game equipment and accessories.