The Triple Stars Never End

The Three-Star Formation, perfected here!

Good news for all Go fans! The "Three-Star Formation" is not dead.

When you hear "Three-Star Formation," the first name that comes to mind is probably Masaki Takemiya, 9-dan. He is the leading figure who captured the hearts of fans with his dynamic large-scale strategy known as the "Cosmic Style," accelerating the popularity of the Three-Star Formation.

The Three-Star Formation was popular among a wide range of players, from kyu players to high-dan players, but a trial came. The advent of Go AI.

AI, which enters the 3-3 point from the opening and focuses on gaining territory, does not evaluate the pattern-oriented Three-Star Formation. Before anyone knew it, the perception that "if AI denies it, the Three-Star Formation is not effective" permeated the Go world, and it has completely disappeared recently.

It is Tomoya Hirata, 8-dan, who has risen to revive such a Three-Star Formation.

Go is not a simple game that is decided in the first few moves. Hirata 8-dan says that the Three-Star Formation has evolved further through AI research.

The Three-Star Formation introduced in this book is not the same as the pattern-oriented one of the past, but rather a "New Three-Star Formation" that incorporates AI tactics.

He has researched various strategies, such as the "Practical Three-Star Formation" which gains territory with direct 3-3 after setting up the Three-Star Formation, the "Survival Three-Star Formation" which incorporates AI survival techniques, and the "Pattern Three-Star Formation" which has been refined from the traditional one.

If you master the new Three-Star Formation introduced here, you will surely be able to fight on par with or better than any opponent!
Please enjoy the power of the revived Three-Star Formation in this book.
Thank you for reading.