Get Strong at Endgame

How do you win a won game?How do you win a lost game?Study the endgame! More specifically, study this book and you will reallyget strong at the endgame.It would be an exaggeration to say that most games are decided in theendgame, but there is no question that a great many upsets are pulled off atthis stage. Players often come out of the opening with a clear lead, only tosee it dwindle away in the endgame. On the other hand, if your openingand middle game are not so strong, the surest way to stage an upset is to becomea strong endgame player. You will also find that the key to winninghandicap games with white is not necessarily to study handicap openingsand josekis, but to get strong at the endgame.The endgame is the most difficult part of the game to play well, but thisbook makes it easy. It starts out with a 42-problem test. Unless you are alreadystrong at the endgame, expect to do badly. But after studying the 120endgame-tesuji problems in Part Two and the 101 endgame-calculationproblems in Part Three, you should have no trouble scoring close to 100% onthis test. At that point you will be anxious to try out your newly developedskill with your go-playing friends at your local go club or on the Internet.The book ends with 28 problems on 11x11 boards which illustrate theinterplay between different-valued endgame moves in realistic situations.Studying these problems will help you understand when to forgo sentemoves for gote moves or when to go on the offensive with a sente move.