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Takagawa Kaku
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Takagawa Kaku, Japanese 9 dan professional. Born 21 September 1915, died November 1986. Sometimes called Takagawa Shukaku, "Shukaku" being the name he chose as Honinbo. The highlight of Takagawa's career was his unexpectedly winning the Honinbo title 4-1 against Hashimoto Utaro in 1952, and subsequently defending the title eight years straight. This was a feat everybody thought would never be repeated, until Cho Chikun did even better in the late 1990s. Other than the Honinbo, Takagawa also won various other titles, such as the Oza, Judan and - last but not least - Meijin title in 1968. Sakata Eio mentions Takagawa in "Killer of Go" as an example of a player constructing his games as long drawn out battles, marathons if you like. Ota Seido was his pupil. Links
Main author: Stefan This is a copy of the living page "Takagawa Kaku" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |