Fukui Masaaki

(福井 正明) (b.1944) Nihon Ki-in professional 9 dan. He was a student of Iwamoto Kaoru. A noted expert on classical Go and authored many books on the subject.

Promotion History:

• 1 pro 1962
• 2 pro 1962
• 3 pro 1964
• 4 pro 1965
• 5 pro 1967
• 6 pro 1972
• 7 pro 1975
• 8 pro 1984
• 9 pro 2003

Author of:

• How to Improve on a 5x5 Board - 囲碁特訓 五×五―五道盤上達法 (碁スーパーブックス)
• Goshin Dosaku (碁神道策), a collection of all Dosaku games known today.