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 1-5 and Review 1 are designed for beginners up to about 25-20 kyu.

Level 1
Contents and Educational Effect

1. Capturing & Saving 1
   Learning how to capture and save stones - Spatial Sense
2. Capturing & Saving 2
   An insight into the surroundings of a stone - Spatial Sense
3. Capturing & Saving 3
   How to capture inside the opponents territory - Spatial Sense
4. Both Sides in Dansu
   In case of both sides in Dansu you should capture first - Spatial Sense
5. Liberty
   When capturing you should block only the liberties - Spatial Sense
6. Baduk Board Terms
   Recognizing the composition of a baduk board - Memory
7. Connection
   Studying the importance of connecting - Spatial Sense
8. Cut
   For capturing the opponent's stones start with cutting - Spatial Sense
9. Dansu Toward the Dead Line
   How to drive into the direction with few a ways out - Thinking Power
10. Dansu While Cutting
    Understanding that the liberties are reduced if you cut - Thinking Power
11. Dansu Toward Your Own Stones
    You should know how to use your own stones - Thinking Power
12. Double Dansu
    Understanding the efficiency of a move - Thinking Power
13. Suicide
    Understanding one of the basic rules - Judgement Ability
14. Reducing Liverties
    A capturing race starts by reducing liberties - Math Ability
15. Beware of Jachung (Taking your own liberties)
    Understanding the concept of Jachung - Math Ability
16. Reducing Outside First
    Start reducing the outside liberties in a capturing race - Math Ability
17. Reduce and Cut
    Reduce liberties by cutting - Math Ability
18. Opponent's Thoughts
    Understanding the concept of answering a move - Judgement Ability
19. Ladder
    Understanding the efficiency of reducing liberties - Spatial Sense
20. How to Answer
    Understanding the basics of the answering method - Judgement Ability

• Baduk Rules - General Knowledge
• Playing Baduk During a Surgery - General Knowledge
• Opening Example - Strategy
• Baduk Around the World - General Knowledge
• Level Test - General Thinking

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