Check go games played by professional player sakata eio on waltheris go pattern. Fujisawa kuranosuke later called hosai twice, in 1951 and 1953. Cookie policy this website uses cookies to ensure proper functionality of the shopping cart and checkout progress. Sakata eio is regarded as one of the strongest go players of the 20th century. Go seigen, wu qing yuan, wu quan, naturalized japanese name kure izumi, 12 june 1914 30 november 2014, was a professional 9dan. The game between go seigen and shusai was thus highly. His sakata no go series, aimed at dan players, is still in print after more than forty years. Razorsharp sakata, so long at the forefront of the go world, produced, when he was at the height of his powers, a classic text on the theme of killing stones. The articles originally had been published in kido magazine which was for many years the nihon kiins danlevel go magazine till 2000 from 1988 on takemiya presented in the bgj different problems of fuseki.
You can view all the games by a specific playerfor example, there are more than 2000 games by cho chikun, 0 by sakata eio, 1100 by takemiya masaki, all 862 games by go seigen, and, of course. Go called i go in japanese, weichi in chinese and baduk in korean is a board game for two players. Go seigen complete weiqi games collection 8 volumes. Published in 1968, this book along with two followup volumes by sakata eio, made the ishi press the worlds leading publisher on the game of go. In 1933, go seigen won a special nihon kiin tournament to have the opportunity to play a game against honinbo shusai meijin. Worddisk helps you to build your english vocabulary while you read. Aga annotated bibliography of go books in english american. If you like to read the whole series, best you buy the book with same title which was published in 2008. Books sakata eio is author of many books in japanese. Japanese woodblock prints book the game of go meiji ebay. Like go seigen, sakata played a dodging, amorphous type of game, so it was.
Attacking and defending moyos starts out by laying down basic principles of moyos frameworks of potential territories with examples from the games of takemiya masaki, yi changho, sakata eio, go seigen, rin kaiho, ishida yoshio, among others. It is also the first book published by the ishi press. Go seigen lost only one 10game series in his life, and that was to fujisawa it happened during wwii. In september 1936, go seigen was sick and december 1936 he went to the hospital and stayed there for 1 year and 3 months. Popular go weiqi baduk books meet your next favorite book. The candidates for the designation of the greatest go player of all time are many. Recently, i explained here how i visited the late sakata eio 9 dan at his condominium in yokohama in order to obtain the english language rights to killer of go.
Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. Go seigen 21st century go 10 books by go seigen 21. His two greatest achievements were becoming the first tournament meijin in 1962 and winning the first six terms of the kisei title from 1977 to 1982. We know his stories the man has won more major championships than any other japanese players in modern go history.
A go opening refers to the initial moves of a game of go. Eio sakata, sakata eio, february 15, 1920 october 22, 2010 was a 9dan japanese professional go player. Then there was fujisawa kuranosuke who later changed his name to fujisawa hosai, the. Finally, in the 50s, sakata eio and takagawa shukaku emerged as the. In the 1940s, go seigen became involved in the jiu shinshukyo, which sprouted out of oomoto.
This put additional pressure on sakata to win the title back for the nihon kiin. His first title match was the honinbo in 1951 when he challenged hashimoto utaro. Go seigen, sakata eio, fujisawa shuko, rin kaiho, and many others make their appearance in this volume amateur players will be amused at the mistakes committed by geniuses and prodigies, and perhaps reassured that even the greatest names in the history of the game sometimes make the same silly blunders that amateurs do. The abcs of attack and defense, by michael redmond. However, he didnt mention his strength, and sakata s most remarkable strength is that when his group. However, i forgot to say that there were other people there, not only sakata sensei and his nephew. The first few study groups will be based on the book tesuji and antisuji of go by sakata eio, honorary honinbo. It allows searching by fuseki, joseki, positions and game information fields. Get strong at tesuji, compiled by richard bozulich. Along with kitani minoru he helped usher in the age of modern go with their shin fuseki movement. There are some conventional divisions that are applied. In these matches, go seigen demonstrated an equal dominance over his rivals. In addition to inheriting the hereditary title of honinbo, he was also the holder of the prestigious position of meijin.
Go seigen sakata eio 1 three, i am lack of longdistance strength, so i try to knock down the opponents before going into the endgames. Bigo assistant is go baduk, weiqi games professional and amateur database software. He is searching for the ideal way to play in the 21st century. The fiery games of master sakata eio is a collection of selfcommented games and has been reprinted in various forms since its publication in 1991. In my life and death problems, ko often appears, according to sakata, honorary honinbo. Ancients like kitani minoru and sakata eio, and the super players of the 80s.
Games by sakata eio 9p waltheris go pattern search. Lee changhos novel plays and shapes, by lee changho. After the interview i spoke further with go s manager mr. Finally, in the 50s, sakata eio and takagawa shukaku emerged as the top challengers to go seigen. David carltons go bibliography, organized by subject. By 1960, sakata had emerged as go seigens most serious rival, but the. Go opening strategy is the strategy applied in go opening. I dont know if this book on einstein had unconsciously helped me to understand go seigen, but as. Game played in japan at go seigen s game decorating my handmade goban. Game played in japan at go seigens game decorating my handmade goban. This work went through more than 100 printings during the late 60s. More than usual was at stake in the match because hashimoto played for the kansai kiin, which hashimoto had founded the year before.
Visitors to the seattle go center have probably noticed the bookshelves containing a variety of volumes on the subject of our favorite game. Go seigensakata eio 1 three, i am lack of longdistance strength, so i try to knock down the opponents before going into the endgames. Fujisawa shuko was one of japans top players from the 1960s. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on intersections of a 19x19 square grid. These are either books about tesuji or nonlifeanddeath problem books involving reading which you will naturally have to use tesuji to solve. He is considered one of the strongest players of the 20th century and, by many, one of the strongest players of all time. Life and death problem black to play composed by sakata eio, honorary honinbo and published in kido, september 1986. The next year he was promoted by recommendation to professional 3 dan. The book went through more than 100 printings in the 1960s.
Lessons in the fundamentals of go by toshiro kageyama, tesuji and anti suji of go by eio sakata, battle strategies by ja. He was called, the inventor of myoshu by go seigen and nicknamed, the razor. Sakata eio 8 dan in 1954 although sakata had defeated go in a six game match earlier, the only player to have defeated go in match play. Jungsuk in our time, by seo bongsoo and jung dongsik. Utaro, iwamoto kaoru, fujisawa hosai, sakata eio, and takagawa kaku.
Came to japan in 1928 and became student of segoe, honorary 9 dan. There was also a former editor of igo club magazine and senseis wife. Fujisawa and go were the only two 9dans at the time. Go seigen was also matched against kubouchi shuchi, a player from the kansai kiin who had a strong individual style. Firstly there is the distinction that may be drawn between go opening theory, the codified variations that resemble chess openings in the way that they occur repeated in games, and go opening principles. After the jikoson incident in 1947, he and his wife distanced themselves from the. Go simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He authored a number of books on go, some of which include a way of play.
I will be accepting offers for the collection as a whole via dm. Toshiro kageyama lessons in the fundamentals of go the analyzed games of go seigen sakata eio the middle game of go vol. Go seigen complete weiqi games collection 8 volumes authoreditor. Sakata eio weiqi collection 12 books tchan001s blog. Success in any competitive arena does not come without diligent practice and study. June 12, 1914 november 30, 2014, better known by the.
In 1965 when the kudan i go player sakata eio dominated the i go field in japan, the 23yearold lin haifeng carved out a way through the 4th meijin competition and became the youngest i go meijin in the history of japan by. Utilizing outward influence, by jin jiang and zhao zheng. Books bordspel bozulich bridge card cards catan chess chess informant dgt dictionary english fritz fuseki go go seigen graded go problems graded go problems for beginners invincible invisible joseki jump level up kaarten kamakura kido lee sedol level up london. He is known for holding a former record of 64title wins. It is played on a board with black and white game pieces called stones. Y1 killer of go by sakata eio out of print y2 a compendium of trick plays by the nihon kiin out of print.
Apr 29, 2010 sakata eio weiqi collection 12 volumes. Then there was fujisawa kuranosuke who later changed his name to fujisawa hosai, the first ever professional 9 dan go seigen was the second after the death of the last meijin, shusai. His opponents in these matches included many illustrious names, such as hashimoto utaro, sakata eio, takagawa shukaku, and the exhoninbo iwamoto kaoru. The most obvious effect was the replacement of the 43 point by the 44 point as. Go seigen had only two formal disciples rin kaiho, honorary tengen and rui naiwei, who was the strongest female go player ever and won open guksu title. Sakata eio, sakata eiju, honinbo eiju, the razor sakata, b. Go seigen still holds study sessions to which top pros such as o rissei and michael redmond come. Among his contemporaries, he ranks with go seigen and sakata eio for his creativity and the depth of his understanding of go. Go seigen was unbeatable in 10game series thereafter. Modern joseki and fuseki volume 1 along with two followup volumes by sakata eio, made the ishi press the worlds leading publisher on the game of go. Feb 10, 2007 discover book depositorys huge selection of sakata eio books online. His most recent book is even called go in the 21st century. The precise meanings of japanese language terms is often misunderstood a go wholeboard opening refers to an opening sequence of plays, almost always laid out the.
In the following decades a mixture of classical and shinfuseki techniques became normal. The second chapter presents detailed analyses of games played by top pros, showing how they build. Lessons in the fundamentals of go by toshiro kageyama, in the beginning by ikuro ishigure, tesuji by james davies, attack and defens. First there were go seigen and kitani minoru, then sakata eio, and those stellar players were succeeded by a host of young geniuses. See larger photo in this book, abe yoshiteru 9 dan, a born raconteur, relates fascinating, behindthescenes stories of unique and unusual occurrences in the world of professional go, as well as the blunders and misreadings that sometimes arise at even the highest levels of play. Discover book depositorys huge selection of sakata eio books online. The problem here is on a small scale, but there are plenty of difficulties lying within it. Long time ago, between 1983 and 1991 the japanese go professional takemiya masaki 9p d wrote for the british go journal bgj about different topics, as the table shows see bottom. We know his stories the man has won more major championships than any other japanese players in modern go. At that juncture, honinbo shusai embodied the highest go authority and tradition in japan. Sakata eio is the author of the middle game of go 3. It is with a heavy heart that i need to put my go books library to sell. Go seigen, sakata eio, fujisawa shuko, rin kaiho, and many others make their appearance in this volume.