Go Seigen
Go Seigen (呉清源) (Wu Qingyuan in Chinese) is one of the greatest players of the 20th century.
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Minimal Details
- Born 19 May 1914.
- Author of "A Way of Play for the 21st Century".
- His teacher was Segoe Kensaku.
- His one formal pupil was Rin Kaiho.
The jubango
Here is Go's record in jubango:
- 1933-34 - Kitani Minoru: match abandoned at 3-3
- 1939-40 - Kitani Minoru: Go won 6-4
- 1941-42 - Karigane Junichi: match abandoned with Go leading 4-1
- 1942-44 - Fujisawa Kuranosuke at sen, i.e. taking Black: Fujisawa won 6-4
- 1946-48 - Hashimoto Utaro: Go won 6-3 with 1 jigo
- 1948-49 - Iwamoto Kaoru: Go won 7-2 with 1 jigo
- 1949-50: Go won 8-1 with 1 jigo against a team of players. The loss was against Kubouchi Shuchi, the jigo against Sumino Takeshi].
- 1950-51 - Hashimoto Utaro: Go won 5-3 with 2 jigo
- 1951-52 - Fujisawa Kuranosuke: Go won 7-2 with 1 jigo
- 1952-53 - Fujisawa Kuranosuke: match abandoned with Go leading 5-1
- 1953-54 - Sakata Eio: match abandoned with Go leading 6-2
- 1955-56 - Takagawa Kaku: Go won 8-2
The match with Shusai
The match between Go Seigen and Honinbo Shusai to celebrate the 60th birthday of Shusai is mentioned in Magic of Go. However, the column fails to mention the controversy surrounding the match. Each player was allowed for 24 hours of playing time. But, it was Shusai's decision with regards to adjourning the game. Eventually, the game was adjourned 13 times -- critically, at Shusai's turn to play without an exception -- over the period of 3 months! As the players were allowed to go home during the adjournments, many suspect that Shusai adjourned the game at critical moments and studied the current game situation with his pupils. Though he was behind mostly during the game, Shusai made a myoshu at 160 and surged back to eventually win by two points. Later, Maeda Nobuaki, one of Shusai's pupils, hinted that the myoshu was his idea yet denied that he had discussed the move with Shusai. (However, it is well known that Shusai did discuss the game with his pupils during the adjournments.) The game was played without komi. Go Seigen played black.
More pages about Go Seigen at SL
- Have a look at the Kitani-Go first game.
- The rule disputes involving Go Seigen.
- Books by Go Seigen: Go Seigen Books
- Go Seigen was one of the main innovators that drove the New Fuseki
- Upcoming movie with the working title Kisei Go Seigen
External links
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Profile of Go Seigen in The Magic of Go column at Yomiuri On-line.
- Pieter Mioch's
interview of Go Seigen at Mindzine.
- Downloadable
book of commented games of Go Seigen.
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Jim Yu's Go Seigen Series - HTML version by Ken Warkentyne. link broken