Kobayashi Satoru

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Kobayashi Satoru, Japanese 9-dan professional. Born 5 April 1959. In 1995 he won the Kisei and Gosei titles, the only time he has won any of the seven big Japanese titles.

2005

As of 2005-07-29, Kobayashi has the highest winning ratio among the Japanese: 26 wins, 4 losses (87%) for the 2005 calendar year. [1]

2001 Suspension

Kobayashi was suspended for eight months (31 December 2000 to 31 August 2001) following an incident in which he injured Ryu Shikun during a drinking session in Taizhou, China, where they had both been playing in the Chunlan Cup.

"gashing the cheek of fellow pro Ryu Shikun 7-dan during a bar session in the recent Chunlan Cup in China. They were apparently not quarrelling, but Kobayashi was not entirely sober and seems to have forgotten he had a brandy glass in his hand as he gesticulated towards Ryu. The glass smashed and cut both players." [ext] http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/international/intl_briefs.html

Style

Kobayashi Satoru is one of my favourite professional players because of his positive style (check tournament Go 1992 to see what I mean), and because of moves like the inside kakari when an opponent has a nirensei. After a 1 space pincer, he kakari's the other hoshi stone on the inside, a nice strategy to use against a nirensei. (See: 20th Kisei, game 3 for an example)


[1] [ext] http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japan.html


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