Go Rival
Keywords: Culture & History
According to 'Advice from the Kansai Kiin' on how to improve (a list, which is present here on Senseis),
having a Go rival is a very stimulating element for improving one's strength.
Other recurring pieces of advice were:
- study TsumeGo
- Do study tsume go, everyday and also repeat many easy problems very often
- play serious games
- have a professional as friend (! :-) )
Famous rivalries
- Honinbo Sansa vs. Kashio Rigen
- Chitoku vs. Genjo
- Jowa vs. Gennan Inseki
- Go Seigen vs. Kitani Minoru
- Cho Hun Hyun vs. Seo Bong Soo
- Yi Se Tol vs. Yi Ch'ang Ho
- Kobayashi Koichi vs. Cho Chi Kun
- Ma Xiao Chun vs. Nie Wei Ping
The rivalry between Hikaru and Akira was one of the main themes of the popular manga.