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Kobayashi Koichi
Japanese 9 dan professional. Born 10 September 1952 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. One of the most sucessful pupils of the legendary go school of Kitani Minoru. Well known for his rivalry in the 1980s and 90s with another Kitani pupil, Cho Chikun. He was married to Kitani's daughter Kobayashi Reiko, who was a 6 dan professional at the moment of her death in 1996. Their daughter Kobayashi Izumi? is currently a 4 dan professional. Kobayashi has won so many titles that listing them all would be utterly boring. If you want to get a feel for this, read the English language book "Tournament Go?", which contains detailed commentaries of all major title games of the 1992 Japanese go scene. It is hard to find a title game in which Kobayashi Koichi didn't play as either holder or challenger. --Stefan This is a copy of the living page "Kobayashi Koichi" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |