Takemiya Masaki

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Takemiya Masaki (武宮正樹) (born Jan. 1, 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 [ext] read a blurb about the book.

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 [ext] this French page. Click on the red dot to see the game. -- SifuEric

There are also about 60 recent(ish) Takemiya games at [ext] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hwangjun/Go/Takemiya/Takemiya.html

You can find several [ext] commented games on Jan van der Steen's site. -- Steffen Glueckselig

More games can be found at [ext] http://jianbo.tripod.com/takemiya.


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