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Takemiya Masaki
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Takemiya Masaki (武宮正樹)(b.1951) is a Japanese 9-dan, who became famous for his 'cosmic style' of play - focusing on the construction of large moyos and taking territory in the centre. Takemiya has won many titles, including the Meijin (once), the Honinbo (six times), the Judan (three times) and the Fujitsu Cup (twice), most of these during the period 1985-1992. Matsubara Taisei is his pupil. Bill Spight: Takemiya became famous at age 15, when, as a 5-dan, he won several games against 9-dans, and got the nickname, 9-dan Killer.
His excellent book 'Le Go cosmique' has, as far as I know, only been
translated from Japanese to French. Francophones can
Le Go Cosmique Blurb in English is a translation of the blurb mentioned above. -- Sifu Eric Takemiya considers that the centre-oriented style for him is the natural way for his stones to move and focusses in his book largely on the concept of 'playing with your heart' and playing moves which 'please'. I believe that reviewing Takemiya's games is very instructive since they are full of unusual ideas. It is very difficult to follow his style but at the same time his plays opens horizons for others and show that there is more than one way to compete on the highest level. -- HolIgor
Some of his games can be found on
There are also about 60 recent(ish) Takemiya games at
You can find several
More games can be found at Path: CentralLine · Prev: SonodaYuichi · Next: YamashitaKeigo This is a copy of the living page "Takemiya Masaki" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |