Honinbo shusai was the last hereditary head of the honinbo school and considered the highest go authority in his prime as meijin. He authored a number of books on go, some of which include a way of play for the 21st century, modern joseki application dictionary. For instance, on the eighth day of the match, shusai played first, and go seigen replied within two minutes, shusai then thought for three and a half hours, only to adjourn the game. Its not that i fully under stood his moves and was thus appreciated that, in fact, is still a long way to go. If we talk about the games between the two, none was more famous than their 2nd 10game series, played in 1952. Honinbo shuho s 1882 classic book on new ways in go hoen shinpo shows how he brought go to amateurs on a large scale for the first time through an explanation of openings from four stones through to even game and how he advanced the then immature art of commentary, with notes on twenty of his own games against shuwa and shusaku. Honinbo shusai white vs go seigen black the game of the century the game of the century refers to a famous game of go between honinbo shusai white and go seigen.
The pieter mioch interviews go seigen part 2 honinbo shusai. New and old guard confrontation, honinbo shusai versus go seigen by ito keiichi artwork by uchiyama tsutomu from kido, june 1970 the problem of the kariganetakabe rise to 8 dan on february 11, 1933, the promotion of karigane junichi and takabe dohei of the kiseisha to 8 dan upon recommendation by the organization was. The games of honinbo shuei, volume 1 kindle edition by john. Honinbo shusai white vs go seigen black the game of.
At that juncture, honinbo shusai embodied the highest go authority and tradition in japan. Honinbo shusai left, last head of house honinbo, plays against thenupandcoming go seigen in the game of the century. You do not need a copy of the original novel or the translation to appreciate johns book. Go seigen seemed to have an extraordinary ability to simplify local on the board. He was also one of the most accomplished and praised go champions of all time go seigen once commented on the chinese player, huang long shi of the qing dynasty. One is the famous game between meijin shusai honinbo and karigane junichi, hailed as a groupcapturing masterpiece played between the top players of the day. There is a 27page appendix, addressing kawabatas novel, the master of go.
In order to make plain what was so special about this game, first a little bit of go. Books on games by o rissei, naoki hane, keigo yamashita, go seigen, takemiya masaki, and sakata go is a 4000yearold board game that originated in china. Bigo assistant is go baduk, weiqi games professional and amateur database software. Dec 20, 2010 original box original pamphlet inside box traditional box for traditionally bound books title. He chose to sell his honinbo title to the japan go association. In 1938, a go match was played over six months in 14 sessions at several different locations in japan.
Worddisk helps you to build your english vocabulary while you read. A shorter commentary on shusai karigane may be found in. Aga annotated bibliography of go books in english american. Newer versions add the problem variations to the original set, bringing the total up to 168problems, and divide the book into four thematic sections. Nov 04, 2011 in that last encounter, both opponents, honinbo shusai and go seigen, were given twentyfour hours of thinking time. Honinbo shusai plays go seigen john fairbairn, 2011 a game commentary and history book about shusai s 1938 retirement game against kitani minoru.
Its not that i fully understood his moves and was thus appreciated that, in fact, is still a long way to go. His father, who had taken go lessons from honinbo shuho while studying in japan. A short biography of wu qing yuan go seigen there was a chinese father who once said many years ago, i will pass my calligraphic skills to my oldest son. Fuseki and also the 1933 game between honinbo shusai and go seigen. Honinbo shusai left, last head of house honinbo, plays against thenupandcoming go seigen in the game of the century in 1933, go seigen and shusai played a famous game. Maeda nobuaki, 22 november 1907 3 july 1975 9 dan was a japanese professional go player, a disciple of honinbo shusai, and a member of the nihon kiin, the main organizational body for go in japan. Currently there is 82,115 go games from 2,711 professional players. For contact addresses of these companies please see the go books and equipment page. Strategic move in the 21st century go seigen hen we three, eyes highremove eye 2003 isbn. The game of the century refers to a famous game of go between honinbo shusai white and go seigen black that was played to celebrate the 60th birthday of honinbo shusai. When he got out finally, the first major thing he did was to comment the memorial retirement game between honinbo shusai meijin and kitani minoru subject of the famous book the master of go, the japanese go.
And the following brief biography of go seigen was written by this lucky. There are several of honinbo shusai, in particular. John fairbairn has written a book on each game, these give invaluable background information on many of shusai s opponents in this list. The games of honinbo shuei, volume 1 kindle edition by. The start of a series on famous games, intended also as a way of filling in gaps in the history of 20th century go. Looking for suggestions of notable or historical games to play in the background of a video game main menu. Some more you find in my blog category go books what about to order go books directly from stores of the leading nations korea, china and japane. John fairbairn summarises the novel chapter by chapter from his viewpoint as a go player. Interactive books for the game of go, with apps for ipad, iphone, and mac. It has long been believed that the exquisite move w160 that allowed shusai to overturn go. Dec 03, 2016 shusai, the man at the center of kawabatas account, was the last of the honinbo. Full text of goseigenbookofgoannotated internet archive.
Honinbo shusai was the 21st and last holder of the title and ceded the name to a tournament first held in 1941. Anyone that serious about go to buy the complete list on offer in one purchase likely already owns many of those books. Finally, in the 50s, sakata eio and takagawa shukaku emerged as the. Strategic move in the 21st century go seigen hen we three. An exploration of the game at the heart of the master of go.
In that format, the japan go championship was sponsored, with the winner earning the right to play a game against honinbo shusai meijin. Edward lasker rewrites the game of go and it is published as the popular go and go moku. It pitted kitani minoru and go seigen, close rivals for a decade and friends at a personal level, and both ranked 7 dan, against each other. New fuseki describes both the evolution of new fuseki and also the 1933 game between honinbo shusai and go seigen. Watching go seigens game always brings me pleasure. In particular, the book ends with eight photos showing various stages of a game between segoe kensaku and go seigen. In order to make plain what was so special about this game, first a little bit of go history. In 1933, go seigen won a special nihon kiin tournament to have the opportunity to play a game against honinbo shusai meijin. In that last encounter, both opponents, honinbo shusai and go seigen, were given twentyfour hours of thinking time. An outline of japanese go 18 books posted on may 19, 2010 by tchan001. The priest kano yosabiru, known as nikkai, started a hereditary go school and took the name honinbo sansa in 1605. Iwasa kei 7d, segoe kensaku 7d iwamoto kaoru 6d, inoue ichiro 3d, sekiyama riichi 3d, miyasaka shinji 6d, and shinohara masami 4d. Thats considerably more than espn has allotted any of us over the past.
Players alphago archive cho chikun archive go seigen archive honinbo dosaku archive honinbo jowa archive honinbo shusai honinbo. Honinbo shusai plays go seigen john fairbairn, 2011 a game commentary and history book about shusais 1938 retirement game against kitani minoru. I cant imagine what the complete list is worth easily 2030k i would imagine. Replay this professional go game on waltheris go pattern search database. It allows searching by fuseki, joseki, positions and game information fields. The original version of the life, games and commentaries of honinbo shuei was published as a kindle book over six separate volumes, but is now available as a smartgo book with interactive game replay. The opponents were the grand master, shusai, and otake, a younger professional challenger. It might be a challenge to get one original print nowadays isbn 9780978887490. About shusai s 60th birthday game the game of the century against go seigen in 19334 old fuseki vs new fuseki.
The two men, honinbo shusai playing white and minoru kitani. During the match goseigen let shusai take two corners with the. The go world magazine is published and distributed by kiseido and in europe by het paard. A fans introduction to go seigen the 6 super players of the 80s mentioned above, except rin, were his pupils, but as a player, according to go seigen, he was. I want to keep playing go even when i am a hundred years old, and even when i am two hundred years old and within the universe, i want to keep playing go. Another famous episode in the career of go seigen is his game against honinbo shusai. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
He has authored a number of books on go, some of which include a way of play. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the games of honinbo shuei, volume 1. Shusai shamelessly abused this privilege by adjourning the game more than a dozen times, all at his turn to play. Honinbo shusai transfers his title to the nihon kiin, and it later becomes a tournament title. Honinbo was the name of a pagoda at his temple in kyoto. The original contains 120problems with problem variations.
Due in no small part to having witnessed the treatment go seigen received from shusai. Kawabata, then 39 years old, was the newspaper reporter who covered the match for tokyo and osaka newspapers. June 12, 1914 november 30, 2014, better known by the. Honinbo shusai complete game collection limited edition. In a journal, the rules of go are published in the czech language for the first time. Shusai shamelessly abused this privilege by adjourning the game more than a dozen times, without exception, all at his turn to play. Shusai played a famous game with go seigen in which there was a lot of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the games of honinbo shuei. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There was a line they quoted from go seigen that i thought was very beautiful.
Go seigen was then 18 years old, ranked 5 dan, and had been in japan about five years. When takemiya published the material that has been translated by bob terry, he was honinbo. New and old guard confrontation, honinbo shusai versus go seigen by ito keiichi artwork by uchiyama tsutomu from kido, june. You can enjoy go books however little japanese you know, but the more you learn, the more interesting it becomes. It is aimed at go players of all abilities who want to get more out of japanese go books without years of traditional study. An exploration of the game at the heart of the master of go the.
Thats considerably more than espn has allotted any of us. Original box original pamphlet inside box traditional box for traditionally bound books title. Maeda is also remembered for his presumed role in one of the most sensational and controversial games of the 20th century. Go seigen, a genius who is widely believed to be the greatest go player of the 20th century, also played a match against honinbo shusai, the reallife prototype for the master in kawabatas. Sgf records of japanese professional go games download full archive with 50000 games in sgf format, provided both as. Go seigenfujisawa fujisawa kuranosuke was a longtime rivial of go seigen. Written as a standalone book, it does not require you to have read the previous volumes. May 19, 2010 an outline of japanese go 18 books posted on may 19. According to pieter mioch, who interviewed go seigen for the dutch go association magazine, go seigen called shusai a scoundrel and a villain.
They two together wrote the historical period called gokitani. About shusais 60th birthday game the game of the century against go seigen in 19334 old fuseki vs new fuseki. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. This is a semiautobiographical novel that depicts a unique american success story. Sinas go news has been doing some articles recollecting his life.
The games of honinbo shuei, volume 1 kindle edition by john fairbairn. They show the game in action, giving you an insight on the game that you wont get from reading a normal introductory book. Many books from the gogod archives have now been published either in paper. Power john fairbairn the famous game between shusai and karigane 189 pages in total modern fuseki meets old fuseki john fairbairn shusai and go. Today was announced on facebook a new japanese go ebook store with following 30 book titles see covers. The game with shusai the game between go seigen and honinbo shusai to celebrate the 60th birthday of shusai is mentioned in magic of go.
The kamakura jubango tengame match was a historically significant go match played in japan in 1939, 1940 and 1941. Huang long shi,was a go champion in the kangxi period 16621723 of the qing dynasty in china. Easy way to put played games in blog,social network,forums. Then there was fujisawa kuranosuke who later changed his name to fujisawa hosai, the.
The master of go kawabata yasunari, 1951 a novel based on the game. Sadly i dont have thousands available to spend on go. Game with the meijin sponsored by yomiuri shinbun to commemorate. Honinbo shusai plays go seigen by john fairbairn a game that deserves its own book, in which young go seigen plays an astonishingly unorthodox, almost impudent opening. The game between go seigen and shusai was thus highly anticipated.
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