As early as spring, hints were dropped in Go circles that something was in the works. And here it is: the first Czech book about the game of Go for children is being published right now! It should be added that this refers to the first children's work of fiction on the subject, and even one by a Czech author. It is intended for children of roughly 8 to 14 years old. At the same time, it is a so-called gamebook, in which readers choose for themselves how the story will continue. The opening plot is simple: One morning, Kai and his cousin Ren find envelopes in their mailboxes. That wouldn't be so strange if they didn't contain a black and a white stone with an unfamiliar engraving and a mysterious anonymous message. Anyone who plays Go will probably realize right away that these are no mineralogical rarities or anything of the sort. Some long-lost family secret? That Kai and Ren soon afterward begin improving at Go faster than Lukáš Podpěra, Bártík Dach, and Honza Komín put together is easy to guess. There is no need to reveal more. You can purchase the book here, among other places: https://www.go-shop.cz/knihy/partie-tajemnych-kamenu/ Hopefully the book will contribute to further promoting Go. As a point of interest, several works of fiction about Go for adults have already been published in Czech: the Japanese novella The Master of Go (Meijin) in the book The Izu Dancer and Other Prose Works, the Sino-French The Go Player, the Korean The First Kyu, and the German Go, or the Double Game in the Background. Also worth mentioning is the more educational and autobiographical book Go: The Fascinating Game – An Asian Model of Business Strategy. And then we have several purely instructional books about Go by Czech authors – The Board Game Go in the Heart of Europe by Jaroslav Kotowski, Paduk: The World of Korean Masters by Klára Žaloudková, and The First Book About Go by Tomáš Grosser. The post První česká kniha o go pro děti: Partie tajemných kamenů appeared first on Goweb.
