Go (Baduk, Weiqi) problems with solutions
Problems on: Direction of play and tesuji problems
Direction of play and tesuji problem 001
1 Black to play White has answered the cut (kiri) 1 with 2. Black must play so as to leave useful aji. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 002
2 Black to play White has cut through with 1 and 3. What is Black’s best way to settle matters on the left side? Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 003
3 Black to play The standard move is the best move. There is strength in simplicity! Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 004
4 Black to play. 1, 3 were played with transparent intentions. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 005
5 Black to play The push through and cut (degiri) 1,3 has created problems. Try to find a light sabaki. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 006
6 Black to play. The jump (tobi) 1 has its eye squarely on the three stones to the left. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 007
7 Black to play Black has to find an energetic counter-attack in this variation of the two-space pincer (niken basami) joseki. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 008
8 Black to play After 4 Black’s task is to keep up the attack with the right blow. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 009
9 White to play In this standard position from the Chinese fuseki White has to find sabaki in the lower left corner. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 010
10 Black to play How to connect your stones? Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 011
11 Black to play. Hane 1 clings firmly to the corner territory. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 012
12 Black to play. This joseki occurs so often that you have to know by heart how to answer /\\. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 013
13 Black to play. Black has three moves in which to capture the corner. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 014
14 Black to play To live, Black has to be a little tricky. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 015
15 Black to play. Black’s eye space looks wide, but the placement (oki) /\\ causes serious trouble. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 016
16 Black to play. /\\ was played thinly. How can Black bring that out? Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 017
17 Black to play. White has invaded with /\\. It is important to answer this provocation decisively. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 018
18 White to play White needs to reduce Black’s territory on the lower side a little. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 019
19 Black to play. It has to be said at once that 1, 3 is bad suji. Read more…
Direction of play and tesuji problem 020
20 Black to play In answering the invasion 1, 3, Black must take the situation in the upper left corner into account. Read more…