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Saikyo
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最強 Saikyo,the Japanese word for Strongest, was a title from 1959-1961, and is one of many obsolete titles in Japanese Go. Winners 1958 Go Seigen (8-1-1) Ahead of Kitani Minoru, Sakata Eio, Hashimoto Utaro, Takagawa Kaku and Fujisawa Hosai. 1959 Sakata Eio (8-1-1) Ahead of Kitani Minoru, Go Seigen, Iwata Masao, Hashimoto Utaro and Takagawa Kaku. 1960 Jointly Go Seigen and Sakata Eio (6-3-1) Ahead of Iwata Masao, Hashimoto Utaro, Hashimoto Shoji and Kitani Minoru The system was a league of six players, each playing the others twice (there was no komi).
See This title was replaced in 1962 by the Meijin title. With the exception of Iwata all were 9 dan, at a time when there were very few 9 dans. The series probably evolved from the 1957-1958 Japan's Strongest Deciding Matches. --TimBrent mgoetze: I thought Takagawa was still 8 dan at this time? The 1st Nihon Saikyo games took place 1956-1958, for example. There is some scrambled information around for the late 1950s. Charles Matthews This is a copy of the living page "Saikyo" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |