This is Go the Natural Way

A recompilation of articles (commented games) originally published in Kido Magazine and an appreciation of Takemiya's style by Ishida Yoshio with sample diagrams and game records.

Reviews

to be added

Table of Contents

The twelve games covered (the list gives the White player first) are:

1. Takemiya Masaki - Hashimoto Utaro, 1972-08-08, All Japan No. 1 Tournament
2. Kato Masao - Takemiya Masaki, 1974-05-18/19, Honinbo League
3. Takemiya Masaki - Rin Kaiho, 1974-03-28, Pro Best Ten Final
4. Takemiya Masaki - Abe Yoshiteru, 1977-10-06, Oteai
5. Ishida Yoshio - Takemiya Masaki, 1970-12-20/21, Nihon Ki-in Championship
6. Hashimoto Shoji - Takemiya Masaki, 1969-05-22, Pro Best Ten
7. Ishida Yoshio - Takemiya Masaki, 1974-03-03, Nihon Ki-in Championship
8. Yamabe Toshiro - Takemiya Masaki, 1970-06-04, Nihon Ki-in Championship
9. Ishida Yoshio - Takemiya Masaki, 1974-03-30/31, Honinbo Title Match, Game 2
10. Takemiya Masaki - Rin Kaiho, 1974-01-23/24, Honinbo
11. Takemiya Masaki - Honda Kunihisa, 1974-01-14, Meijin League
12. Takemiya Masaki - Cho Chikun, 1981-05-26, Honinbo Title Match, Game 1

Other than the games the book features an article by Ishida Yoshio on Takemiya's style drawing on a different sample of games, records of which are included in a supplement, and some minor extras.

Sample Material

More or less the whole book has been published in the British Go Journal, starting with the BGJ 73, which is now publicly available for download.