Bøger af Yuan Zhou

Yuan Zhou explains the proper strategies for both Black and White in handicap go games at various levels through detailed analyses of nine games.

This book contains an analysis of two professional games of go in which every move is explained and each game diagram contains only one new move, providing an ideal situation for studying the highest level of playing the game of go.

Zhou examines three top pro go games in detail with special emphasis on the AI programs. Diagrams usually have only one new move.

Yuan Zhou analyzes AlphaGo's early 3-3 point invasions and discusses a number of pro games where this tactic is used so as to help you understand how to use it in your own games.

Yuan Zhou discusses pro analysis of AlphaGo's early 3-3 point invasions and examines 46 recent pro games where this play has been used.

This book provides a series of problems systematically organized as a study of alternative strategies and tactics for playing the opening in a game of go effectively. Serious study of this book will greatly strengthen your opening play. Yuan Zhou is a master teacher.

The match between AlphaGo and Ke Jie 9P was the last time a human played the computer program. Yuan Zhou gives a thorough and insightful analysis of the three games in the match and reflects on the significance of AlphaGo for the go community.

Iyama Yuta is currently the top professional go player in Japan, having held the top titles for more years than any player in history. Yuan Zhou clarifies his playing style by thoroughly analyzing three recent games.

The AI program AlphaGo Zero has introduced several new ideas about how to play in the opening of a game of go. Yuan Zhou, a popular go teacher, discusses several of them and shows their use in several pro games.

Yuan Zhou reviews the games played between the two professional go players who have been alternating as number one in the world for some years. The review of three of the games is particularly thorough.

There are different styles of play for the game of go: traditional territorial style, fighting style, and what can be called "moyo" style, that is, aiming for a large center territory. Recently, professionals have been moving toward a new version of territorial style, which differs from the traditional territorial style by incorporating deliberate center fighting in the middle game. Players with Black have been doing very well with this new style.

AlphaGo's tactic of making a two space rather than a traditional one space corner enclosure from a 3-4 point stone has become very popular among pro players. Zhou explains the significance of this tactic and the variations involved in using it. A large number of illustrative pro games are presented with commentary on the tactic and its consequences.

The Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China started in 1966 and lasted about a decade. This revolutionary upsurge of Chinese students and workers, led by Mao Zedong, wreaked havoc in the world's most populous country, often turning things upside down and undermining the party, government, and army while simultaneously weakening the economy, society, and culture. Tens of millions of people were killed, injured, or imprisoned during this period and relatively few benefited, aside from Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four, the group that would eventually receive the blame for the events of the Cultural Revolution. Given the turbulence and confusion, it is hard to know just what happened. The A to Z of the Chinese Cultural Revolution tackles this task. First, in an extensive chronology, which traces the events from year to year and month to month, then in an introduction puts these events in context and helps to explain them. But most importantly, the bulk of the information is provided in a dictionary section with numerous cross-referenced entries on important persons, places, institutions, and movements. A bibliography points to further sources of information and a glossary will help those researching in Chinese.