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Ear Reddening Move
Keywords: Culture & History, People
In July 1846 Shusaku played against Gennan Inseki. Shusaku was then 17 years old and 4 dan. Gennan on the other hand was close to 50 years old, an established 8 dan, and head of the House Inoue. It was a great privilege for Shusaku to play Gennan. The first game was played with two stones handicap, but it became clear that Shusaku was too strong and that no handicap was needed. In this (their second) game Shusaku took Black. After making a mistake in the lower right corner Shusaku played flawlessly. Yet Gennan kept onto his lead. This leads us to the famous ear-reddening move.
White had just played the marked stone, when Shusaku played
Eventually Shusaku won this game by 2 points after 325 moves. See also The Ear-Reddening Move of Shusaku, a mystery short story by Jonathon Wood. This is a copy of the living page "Ear Reddening Move" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |