Right, that brings me to my other option:
1. explain the AGA rules myself (probably territory counting, but
with no need to recognize dead stones because of the pass stones)
2. have them play for a few days, giving additional advice and
explanatiions; during this time, they'll learn to recognize
"obviously dead" stones
3. talk about different rule sets
4. give them a book to read
If I do this, maybe Kim & Jeong (volume 1) isn't the book to use,
since it's mostly about the rules and very simple strategy (ladders).
I suppose I could use the first volume of "Graded Go Problems for
Beginners", although it doesn't really EXPLAIN strategy or talk about
history, the Go community, and so forth the way Kim & Jeong's very
friendly book does. Davies' "Life and Death" certainly makes one
stronger, but it focuses on a specific area of the game.
Any other suggestions for books?
Peter Drake
http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/
On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
Ok, then play some 9x9 games with area scoring rules as Dave Devos
suggested. I was making the same suggestion. Don't hit them with
both
rules at the same time, but make sure to choose the right set to start
with!
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