The only online-shop I know who sells those books is http://mohsart.se/en/.

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Thanks for the help, but I already have a source.

Edit: on second thought these are much cheaper. How is shipping to USA?

Awesome!

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Thank you! I had never heard of this site and they have a lot of good books. Unfortunately, the LCH L&D and Tesuji vols. 1-3 of each set are out of stock.

Speedchase, you said you have a source for these. Where are you planning to purchase them from?

I found them on Abebooks.com but they are expensive...

Thanks. I will take a look. I have also found Abebooks expensive when I have looked for other titles in the past. It didn't occur to me to look on there for these problem books though.

To be honest the books themselves are cheap, but shipping costs from china is killer.

So... today was... interesting.

lots of school work so I only did 25 problems today, which is still pretty good. I think a total of less than a minute each, and i got near two wrong and near two more right but not the best variation because i have 1 point less territory or something like that. other than that I think I got them all right except for disagreements about the opponents strongest follow up...

Anyway I also made a large book purchase today including lee chang'ho tsumego and tesuji books. I'm excited . I am also looking forward too tomorrow, When I hope to solve more tsumego.

onwards and upward,
speedchase

my life has calmed down a bit i guess, at least for the time being. well I solved alot more tsumego yesterday and today (mostly today). Now I am up to 640. Earlier today I really started working on slowing down my reading, and it is getting better. I spent well over 1.5 hours today maybe almost 2. I got 2 wrong and 2 no answers. I also read a little bit of tesuji. Reading Attack and defense has slowed down but I plan to start again tonight. I am also hoping to go to bed early and get some more sleep.

Today was a great day for go.

I did more than 100 problems from 1001 life death problems, read a couple pages of tesuji and played to serious games. I am in the hardest of the problems now, so It is getting tougher. I am slowing down and getting a smaller percentages correct, but I still get above 75%. Of the two games I played The first was an even game against a 7kyu. He had to leave, but I was ahead when he did, and I hope to resume tomorrow. The second was also an even game against a 6kyu. I wasn't very focused but I still managed a win. I feel like I am recovering from my mini-rut, and my go feels strong.

This is the game:



I am going to bed early tonight (after I review my games) because I have been overtired recently.

-Speedchase

I can tell that the journal is helping. It is motivating me to pick up my tsumego book more often. I am up to problem 800. Only hard black to kill problems remain. On another note I had an interesting experience solving problems today. As I was reading, i saw a variation an instantly dismissed it as a possibility without thinking about. The I paused to wonder what had just happened. I looked at the position more carefully, because I was unsure why I had dismissed it. I realized that there was a shortage of liberties, that I recognized without thinking about it. weird, it feels good though .

I also watched Leyleth play a game for a bit. I like his style, I am looking forward to playing with him. Its on Leyleth

And I sure want a rematch! Just give me one more chance to kick your butt

Actually, I was very surprised by your level. At first, I thought I could beat you while making dinner... Soon, the steak became my second priority. In the end I lost to a better player than me. All I have to say is: Not at all 8k

It's hard to say, but it was the first time I had felt this thirst for winning while playing online. It's nice to see a good player around here. Was starting to get desperate over the 6 kyus!

I think we are now rival (or something). I agree we should play alot together. It will help us both. Last one to shodan is a rotten egg!

I don't feel so good to great today. I played a game, but I only won because my opponent let me kill him. T I don't feel like I deserved to win. his was my first game since my match with Leyleth because I have been busy. I finished my homework early today, so I solved some more tsumego. I am up to problem 865 in 1001 life and death problems. They are definitely getting harder so i am spending more time on each problem. I don't think my new books will arrive by the time I finish 1001 life and death problems, so I am planning on starting over again. Tomorrow is my last day of school, so I will have time to play alot over vacation . I just don't really feel great so I am probably going to go to bed soon.
-speedchase

You won only because your opponent made a major mistake? Don't feel bad. Instead, train harder and come back to crush the guy!

I am working on it ^^ up to problem 900 in the book. I plan to restart as soon as a finish. (last day of school before vacation, so no homework and I have been do problems during my free periods).

Got a little past problem 900 today. I also played against another 7kyu (win by resign). Although I died in one place, and lived in seki in another. my opponent allowed me to solidify a large amount of territory and kill a large group of stones. I reviewed the game (as usual).

I am going on vacation with my family and returning on Tuesday I don't know if I will be able to update my journal while I am gone, but I will definitely be studying (tesuji, attack and defense, positional judgement, and 1001 life and death problems all packed in my carry on for studying on the plane). I don't think that my large book order will arrive any time soon (a couple more weeks maybe) I plan to restart 1001 life and death problems when I finish it I will go through the sections one at a time paying attention to how many I get right, and whenever I "graduate" one (more than 95% correct of that section) I will stop going through it when I solve those problems. I expect to graduate the two easiest sections on the first time, but the four harder sections may require more than that. If I graduate the entire book. I will read my other books, and work on Gokyo Shumyo on SL until my other books arrive.

This may be my last post for a couple days (or maybe not)

-Speedchase

So I got internet ^^. Between the plan ride, and the general fewer obligations, I have finished the book the first time through, and I am now going to through it a second. I finished the fist part (200 one move black to live problems) and I got exactly 95% (190 correct 10 incorrect). I guess I will not be revisiting that chapter on my next read through of the book. I also played a game today even against a 6kyu and won by resignation. My opponent resigned as right before we began passing which kind of annoyed me. My only really big (for a 7kyu) mistake was not punishing an overplay by my opponent. I also think I overplayed a little bit, and was too aggressive. I really won because my opponent was not afraid of making weak groups before they thought about living. I do feel like I am recovering from my feeling of frailty in my games which is good.

-speedchase

320 more tsumego today. In the next group of 200 (one move black to live problems) I got 192 out of 200 correct, so I am not coming back to them either. I have noticed a cycle where I notice I am not getting the all right, then I focus more, then because I am doing so well my focus starts to lapse and then I repeat the process. I am trying to work on focusing more all the time. In the 120 problems following that (a little more than half of the next set) I have 8 wrong so far. I also played a game today and won, although I feel like I did not play well and made alot of mistakes and barely came out ahead. I also started an OGS account and I am working on moving from DGS. I really like the tournament capabilities .

Leyleth wants a rematch

I'm glad you're progressing fast. Will maybe give me a little bit of challenge when we play I would recommend you to look back at the sections of your book again (even the 90% ones!). Of course, it's a good result. But when you consider that in 10 games that have such problems, you'll mess up one... I'm sure you can make it to 100%.

Nice quote from Guo Juan: I'm not afraid of someone who studied quickly 10 000 000 positions. However, I'm afraid of someone who studied well 1 position.

Might think about that...