Goky Shumy is one of the most famous collections of go problems containing 520 classic tesuji
problems compiled and published by Hayashi Genbi in 1812. Its contents are divided into the
categories of making life capturing ko capturing races connecting oi-otoshi cutting and
ladders.This English edition of Goky Shumy is the first of its kind. Until now Western go
players have had to rely on Asian editions of the book to peruse its contents. Besides adding
English annotations for problemsolutions this edition fixes dozens of mistakes in the source
material and grades problems by their difficulty. The editor Antti Törmänen is himself a
professional player with the Japan Go Federation.The problems in this book come from a wide
range of difficulties from 9-kyu all the way to professional level. The core audience of the
book is dan players and players soon aiming to enter the dan ranks but readers of almost all
levels will find suitably challenging content in it.
