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 3
Contents and Educational Effect

1. Capturing & Saving
   Find stones to aim for and capture or save them - Spatial Sense
2. Finding Stones To Aim For
   Find stones to aim for and then reduce their liberties - Judgement Ability
3. Increase While Decreasing
   Increase your liberties while decreaing their's -Mathematical Ability
4. False Eye & Continuous Dansu
   3 vital points before studying false eyes - Mathematical Ability
5. Continuous Dansu
   Capturing stones with continuous dansu - Mathematical Ability
6. Helping the weak stones
   Help your weak stones while reducing liberties - Mathematical Ability
7. Connection
   Connected stones are easy to save - Spatial Sense
8. Cut
   Cut stones are easy to capture - Spatial Sense
9. Strong & Weak Stones
   Connections are strong while cut stones are weak - Judgement Ability
10. Life and Death (review)
    Using basic knowledge to capture or save groups - Thinking Power
11. 3-Point Eye Shapes
    Knowing the 3-point eye shapes capture or save stones - Thinking Power
12. 4-Point Eye Shapes
    Knowing the 4-point eye shapes capture or save stones - Thinking Power
13. 5-Point Eye Shapes
    Knowing the 5-point eye shapes capture or save stones - Thinking Power
14. Live & Dead Shape
    Being able to tell if your group is dead or alive - Judgement Ability
15. Understanding Life and Death
    Being able to tell if it's worth it to play in an area - Judgement Ability
16. Approach and Enclosure
    Defend your corner territory or attack the opponent's - Memory
17. Blocking Direction
    knowing the porper way to block to capture - Value Judgement
18. Escaping Direction
    Knowing where to escape to live - Judgement Ability
19. Net - 3 Liberties
    Capture stones with 3 liberties by surrounding them - Spatial Sense
20. How to Answer
    Finding the best answer in real game situations - Judgement Ability
    

• Baduk in Asian Olympics 2010 - General Knowledge
• How to play Baduk well - General Knowledge
• Baduk grading system - General Knowledge
• Professional player Lee Chang-Ho - General Knowledge
• Level test - General Thinking
• Opening example - Strategy
  

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