Kobayashi Chizu
Kobayashi Chizu (小林 千寿, born 1954) is a Nihon Ki-in female professional Go player who reached 5-dan in 1978.
Kobayashi was a pupil of Kitani Minoru. One of four children, three of whom are professional players: Kobayashi Chizu Kobayashi Satoru and Kobayashi Kenji.
Kobayashi lost as a finalist in Female Honinbo 1976, 1977, 1978.
Women's Kakusei 1989.
Bill: Kobayashi sensei visited Santa Fe, NM, around 1980. A friend and I taxied her around. She is muy simpatica. :-)
xue: She now resides in the french part of Switzerland, and often visits the local go clubs.
maruseru: Since March 2007 Kobayashi Chizu-sensei is living in Vienna, Austria, for one year, sponsored by the Government of Japan. If we can build up a sizable Go community within this year, she could stay beyond 2008.