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Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vol 1 Tesuji
for Attacking
by Fujisawa Shuko, 9 Dan
published by Slate and
Shell
Reviewed by Michael
Heinich
Shuko's Dictionary of Basic
Tesuji is published across four volumes, the first one concentrating on tesuji
for attacking. I really enjoyed this book and found the format useful for
my style of studying. Each chapter is dedicated to a type of attacking
tesuji; instead of using chapter numbers, the table contents lists the types
such as Separating, Pressing Down and Probing, along with an example diagram and
a diagram with the primary answer. I like the tesuji type category concept
but I am unsure about the usefulness of the example diagrams in the Table of
Contents, especially the initial diagram.
Each chapter starts with a basic
introduction to the concept along with simple examples that even a 20k would
understand. A couple times Shuko mentions that his examples are not
exactly tesuji, but provide a simpler demonstration of the idea. The rest
of the chapter is dedicated to problems or professional game examples, on
average 15-20 per chapter, each page containing one problem or example. The
pages have an initial diagram with a brief introduction, then three diagrams
below that show common wrong answers, a close answer and the best answer along
with some possible variations by the use of letters. This method works for
me.
This is really a learning
dictionary, as the title suggests, rather then a problem book. At the same
time though, you could block the bottom portion of the page with a piece of
paper if you wanted to try and figure out the problem yourself first. This
book seems to be aimed toward to high double digit kyu's to middle single digit
kyu level players, 13k - 5k. Players below 13k would benefit as well from
this book. The only problem I had was the book cover. The lettering
style is hard on the eyes and it's use on the binding is worse. The first couple
times I had to look at it for a second before the words focused. Overall
this is an wonderful book and I will be waiting for the other volumes with high
hopes. These should be coming out 4-6 months apart. Vol 2 covers defensive
tesuji and volumes 3 and 4 cover openings, capturing races and yose.
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