Horace Cheshire's Goh or Wei Chi - online
Reinhold Burger
I just noticed this: The Internet Archive now has a copy of Horace
Cheshire's "Goh or Wei Chi", from 1911:
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924023392479
If you have difficulty downloading a file from that page, try:
http://ia341321.us.archive.org/0/items/cu31924023392479/
Admittedly, the book is probably of more interest to collectors and
those interested in the history of go in the West. But as I doubted
I would ever see a copy, much less own one, I really do appreciate this.
The dates on the second webpage suggest the book was uploaded earlier
this month (November 2009). To whoever did the work, thanks very much.
Reinhold
Harry Fearnley
Reinhold 9et al)
Thank you very much for this.
> I just noticed this: The Internet Archive now has a copy of Horace
> Cheshire's "Goh or Wei Chi", from 1911:
Fuller info:
"Goh or Wei Chi" by Horace F Cheshire, 157 pages, published
in 1911 by the author, at Hastings. It has an introduction
by Prof T Komatsubara.
> http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924023392479
>
> If you have difficulty downloading a file from that page, try:
>
> http://ia341321.us.archive.org/0/items/cu31924023392479/
> Admittedly, the book is probably of more interest to collectors and
> those interested in the history of go in the West. But as I doubted
> I would ever see a copy, much less own one, I really do appreciate this.
>
> The dates on the second webpage suggest the book was uploaded earlier
> this month (November 2009). To whoever did the work, thanks very much.
Yes -- indeed! Now I can rest without feeling bad about the
fact that I had not done the same. I have a high quality
scan of the book (thanks to Nick Wedd). I had been trying
to do OCR on the text, but was finding this difficult! :-(
Now, we have to wait for the booklet (offprint) based on
"The Japanese Game of Go" by Horace F Cheshire; published
in London, in "The Transactions and Proceedings of the
Japan Society", 1911, Vol 9, p250-262; London;
... of which I also have a scan ...
Regards
Harry
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robert matusan - boyler
news:Pine.GSO.4.64.09...@cpu102.cs.uwaterloo.ca...
Thank you for the info. Downloaded ;o)
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robert matusan - boyler
Michael Alford
yes, thank you indeed.
Michael
Orne Batmagoo
> I just noticed this: The Internet Archive now has a copy of Horace
> Cheshire's "Goh or Wei Chi", from 1911:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924023392479
Those of you who found that book of interest, may also be intrigued
by the 1892 "Games Ancient and Oriental and How to Play Them"
by Edward Falkener:
Chapter XXIII is about go.
As a freshman at college in 1970, I was pulling an all-nighter at the
undergrad library when I stumbled upon this volume. It was my
first introduction to go. I had such a difficult time understanding
Falkener's notation (not to mention what he was trying to say!)
that I became obsessed with the prospect of learning more about
the strange game.
Perhaps it is needless to say that I am still obsessed.
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Ben Finney
> […] the 1892 "Games Ancient and Oriental and How to Play Them" by
> Edward Falkener:
[…]
> As a freshman at college in 1970, I was pulling an all-nighter at the
> undergrad library when I stumbled upon this volume. It was my first
> introduction to go. I had such a difficult time understanding
> Falkener's notation (not to mention what he was trying to say!) that I
> became obsessed with the prospect of learning more about the strange
> game.
>
> Perhaps it is needless to say that I am still obsessed.
Are you still as confused by go? :-)
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Ben Finney
Orne Batmagoo
wrote:
> Orne Batmagoo <batma...@gmail.com> writes:
[…]
> > Perhaps it is needless to say that I am still obsessed.
>
> Are you still as confused by go? :-)
Well, on a different level, but yeah. That's what makes it so much
fun!
Go is not fun unless it's hopelessly confusing.
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