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ChoHunhyun has been one of the top players in the world for more than a decade.
Cho has selected and annotated twenty games from the formative years of his career and his major bouts in the international arena against both established players and new young stars.
Cho rounds out this collection with interesting and surprising impressions of the up-and-coming generation.
Cho's lectures provide an analysis and practical exercises for studying and learning the basic techniques (words and grammar) of Go that will enable the low and mid kyu player to begin playing consistently at the higher kyu level.
Cho captured all three of the major international tournament titles and is the strongest player in the 1990's.
In this book Cho teaches the basics and fundamentals of Go technique which helped him to become the strongest player in the world.
Cho Hunhyun: Life and Master Games Book(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With more wins to his credit than the formidable Sakata Eio, Cho's record is unmatched in professional play.
For each game Cho includes a background context, commentary, reference diagrams, and his thoughts and feelings at key points in the game.
It introduces Cho's family members who played significant parts in that history, Go in general, and personal issues that came up in his formative years.
www.ishigames.com /cho.htm (287 words)
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ChoHunhyun (ChoHunhyun: chohunhyun (; ;) (born march 10, 1953)...
Cho Chikun (born 1956) (조치훈 ; 趙治勳 Cho Chihun in Korean) Among the best players of the last century - passed Sakata in late 2002 for most titles with 66.
Cho provides a lot of personal notes on his experiences and his views of the famous professionals he plays as he discusses these games that occurred over a span of almost thirty years.
Ishi Press was resurrected from the dead temporarily to publish this book, in conjunction with Nemesis Enterprises.
It is currently available through both Slate and Shell and Schaak en Gowinkel het Paard, as either the book alone or a book/CD combo (with Cho's games on disc).
ChoHunhyun[?] (born 1953) (조훈현 ; 曺薰鉉;) Perhaps the second strongest player in the world, after his former pupil Lee Changho.
Cho Chikun[?] (born 1956) (조치훈 ; 趙治勳 Cho Chihun[?] in Korean)Among the best players of the last century - passed Sakata in late 2002 for most titles with 66.
Zhang Xu[?] (born 1980) (Cho U[?] in Japanese)
www.fastload.org /go/Go_players.html (356 words)
Cho Hunhyun: Life and Master Games(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It also contains a brief afterword, a CV of Cho, and chapters on the history of go in Korea and on the genesis of the book in Japan.
The commentary is by Cho himself, so you get his own point of view and thoughts on his state of mind while playing the games; I like that aspect of it.
The choice of games is rather peculiar, doubtless caused by the fact that the book was originally written for a Japanese audience.
"It is most often typed on the Gaming Zone." ChoHunhyun Life and Master Games Now Available A collection of thoroughly commented games by ChoHunhyun, one of the top current Korean players.
A CD with sgf files of the games can also be acquired with the new book.
Cho's opponents include many of the most famous contemporary players, and he comments on their styles and attitudes as well as their play.
