Go Reviews

All About Joseki
By Mingjiu Jiang 7P and Guo Juan 5P
Published by Slate & Shell, 114 pp.
Reviewed by Lawrence Ku 2d

        Ever been confused when your opponent doesn't play joseki? Or had someone clearly play the wrong move, but since you didn't know how to punish them, the result was good for your opponent? "All About Joseki" will teach you how to take advantage of your opponent's mistakes.
        This book uses 30 amateur games to illustrate common joseki mistakes, how to handle them, and how to play the correct joseki instead of playing bad moves. It discusses mainly star point openings and 3-4 point openings up to the first 50 moves. Some josekis aren't very popular, but others are very common mistakes. Your best bet is to read the whole book, because sooner or later, these joseki mistakes will appear in your game.
        This book seems to be for the mid kyu player to the low dan player, and should help players better understand joseki problems.