Level Up! is a Baduk (Go) series for beginners. They have been written, edited and translated by graduated students from Department of Baduk Studies, Myongji University. The author Lee Jae-Hwan is the owner of a Go school and has about 16 years teaching experience.

In Korea these books are used as workbook in many private Go schools, one chapter is studied per lesson. Children from as young as 5 years old can learn Go easily with these books. Series 6-10 and Review 2 are designed to take one up to 10-15 kyu.

Level 9
Contents and Educational Effect

1. Finding the Key Stones
   Improving the ability to find the important stones - Judgement Ability
2. Capturing an Saving the Key Stones
   Capturing or saving the important stones - Judgement Ability
3. Dansu and Then Capture
   Reading 3 moves in order to capture stones - Math Ability
4. Taking and Choking the Weak Point
   Realizing the vital point by finding the weak point - Thinking Power
5. Kinds of Connections
   Following the shape, choosing the porper connection - Memory
6. Starpoint Joseki (Pattern) 3
   Understanding the pattern by learning haengma - Memory
7. Snapback by Hane
   Do not just take the stones out but capture by snapback - Spatial Sense
8. Where to Throw-in
   Find the vital point and make real eyes and false eyes - Math Ability
9. Capturing Race
   Properly capture stones depending on the situation - Spatial Sense
10. Making a False/Real Eye
    Making a false or real eye in various situations - Thinking Power
11. Where to Make an Eye
    Living by making an eye at the urgent place first - Thinking Power
12. Where to Take an Eye
    Capture by taking an eye at the urgent place first - Thinking Power
13. Starpoint Joseki (Pattern) 4
    Learning to sacrifice stones - Memory
14. Is a Cut/Hane/Block Possible?
    Practice situations that often appear in actual games - Judgement Ability
15. Capturing Techniques
    Choosing the proper technique to capture stones - Math Ability
16. Be Careful with the Nose Attachment
    Avoid the nose attachment if you cannot capture - Judgement Ability
17. Next Move
    Preparing the actual game by studying fights - Spatial Sense
18. Life and Death & Capturing Race
    Practice previous learned concepts - Thinking Power
19. How to Play the Endgame
    Raising the endgame ability in various situations - Judgement Ability
20. How to Answer
    Finding the best answer in your actual games - Judgement Ability

• Glossary - General Knowledge
• The US Go Congress - General Knowledge
• Opening samples - Strategy
• Learning Baduk and emotional quotient - General Knowledge
• Let's think before playing the next move - Attitude
• Level tests - General Thinking

• Answer sheet available online in PDF format here at Baduktopia
• Author: Lee Jae-Hwan
• 168 Pages
• Published by Baduktopia