By Nihon Ki-in (jap. Go-Verband), engl., 238 pages.
When a one digit Kyu player wants to become a Dan player he needs to master the basics of life and death. Nothing has more influence on the outcome of a game as the missed chance to either kill a group of your opponent or save your own group.
Almost without exception all professional players answer the question how to get stronger with a cross reference to increase the ability to read
by studying basic life and death problems from actual played games.
This book collects 300 problems for kyu players with basic knowledge in the field of life and death, who wants to deepen there skills and increase there reading abilities. The books starts with problems on the level of 4 Dan and slowly raising the level to 7 Dan. But also 1 Dan players and stronger Kyu players also can profit from this book.
