Yilun Yang
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Yilun Yang, also spelled Yi-lun Yang, is a 7 dan
professional Go
player
, teacher, and author, with special expertise in the formulation of "tsume-go" (life-and-death)
problems. For many years he has served as the professional Go player of the Cotsen Go Tournament, the largest annual Go tournament in southern California.
His books include: Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles: Volume1: Life and Death
by the Numbers (2001), Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles: Volume2: Life and Death in Chinese Characters, Fundamental Principles of Go (2004), Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles, by James Dee and Yang Yilun (1996 or 1997), Tricks in Joseki (2001), Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, Volume 1: 3-4 point, low kakari, by Yi-Lun Yang and Phil Straus (1995), and Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, Volume Two: 3-4 point, high kakari & far kakaris, by Phil Straus and Yi-Lun Yang (1997).
He became a professional in 1966, at the age of 14.
He began teaching in the United States in 1986, and is the "chief instructor of the American Go Institute in Los Angeles, California." He has taught hundreds of students from Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States.
His co-author Philip Straus wrote: "Mr. Yang has a comprehensive understanding of the meaning of josekis. More importantly, he has developed a method to transfer that understanding to amateur players who grope about in a fog of confusion when trying to puzzle out even the simplest joseki."
He has created hundreds of life-and-death
problems. He also has translated multiple Go books from Japanese into Chinese.
He enjoys "sports and cooking Chinese food."
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, teacher, and author, with special expertise in the formulation of "tsume-go" (life-and-death)
Life and death
Life and death is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct group of stones is determined as either being "alive", and may remain on the board indefinitely, or "dead," where the group will be lost as "captured"...
problems. For many years he has served as the professional Go player of the Cotsen Go Tournament, the largest annual Go tournament in southern California.
His books include: Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles: Volume1: Life and Death
Life and death
Life and death is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct group of stones is determined as either being "alive", and may remain on the board indefinitely, or "dead," where the group will be lost as "captured"...
by the Numbers (2001), Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles: Volume2: Life and Death in Chinese Characters, Fundamental Principles of Go (2004), Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles, by James Dee and Yang Yilun (1996 or 1997), Tricks in Joseki (2001), Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, Volume 1: 3-4 point, low kakari, by Yi-Lun Yang and Phil Straus (1995), and Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, Volume Two: 3-4 point, high kakari & far kakaris, by Phil Straus and Yi-Lun Yang (1997).
He became a professional in 1966, at the age of 14.
He began teaching in the United States in 1986, and is the "chief instructor of the American Go Institute in Los Angeles, California." He has taught hundreds of students from Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States.
His co-author Philip Straus wrote: "Mr. Yang has a comprehensive understanding of the meaning of josekis. More importantly, he has developed a method to transfer that understanding to amateur players who grope about in a fog of confusion when trying to puzzle out even the simplest joseki."
He has created hundreds of life-and-death
Life and death
Life and death is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct group of stones is determined as either being "alive", and may remain on the board indefinitely, or "dead," where the group will be lost as "captured"...
problems. He also has translated multiple Go books from Japanese into Chinese.
He enjoys "sports and cooking Chinese food."