You won't get dumber while thinking

Life and Death Go Problems for 18-20 kyu

In this book you will find 180 Go problems (tsumego) with instructions and answers.

You will also find some short descriptions for answers to selected problems (e.g. which order of moves is better to be played to capture the ko as first).

The series of Life and Death Go Problems' books

The series "You won't get dumber while thinking" will help you develop your logical thinking skills using the ancient board game Go (baduk, weiqi).

Each book is designed for players, whose level is written in the title.

However, please, check the sample problems before buying a book to make sure the problems fit you well - the kyu/dan levels can vary a lot between countries and between online Go servers.

The series “You won’t get dumber while thinking” consists of 8 books with Life & Death Go Problems (tsumego):

Life & Death Go Problems for 18-20 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 15-17 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 12-14 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 10-11 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 8-9 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 6-7 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 4-5 kyu

Life & Death Go Problems for 3 kyu

There are totally 1900 Go problems with instructions and answers.

Author: Mateusz Surma (a professional Go player from Poland)

Did you know?

In 2018 at the European Go Congress in Pisa, Italy, the author of the series "You won’t get dumber while thinking" offered 100 euros for any person who would find any mistake in any answer from the 1900 Go problems, which are in the series.

Many strong Go players were looking for mistakes in these Go problems.

Altogether, only 7 mistakes have been found.

Each of these mistakes has been corrected since then and the corrected problems and answers are available for you in Google Books now.

Btw. If you don't know what Go is or if you have just learned the rules, I recommend you to have a look at the book "Shapes of mind. Go course for beginners." first.