Hashimoto Utaro
Hashimoto Utaro (橋本宇太郎 Hashimoto Utarō, February 27, 1907 - July 24, 1994) was a Japanese professional Go player. Hashimoto become a professional in 1922 and achieved the rank of 9-dan in 1954.
Hashimoto's teacher was Segoe Kensaku. He was affiliated to the Kansai Ki-in with base in Osaka.
Major titles:
Founder and first director of the Kansai Ki-in (1950).
He was one of the players in the famous atomic bomb game.
In 1954, he played a ten game uchikomi match against Fujisawa Hosai. Fujisawa was the first player to reach 9 dan under the Oteai and the Kansai Ki-in had originally sought to have Hashimoto play Fujisawa while still an 8 dan as a challenge to the Nihon Ki-in. After winning 5-1 in even games, Hashimoto managed to achieve a 2-2 result giving a handicap of sen-ai-sen. http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/hashifuji/hashifuji1.html
Publications:
- Hashimoto edited a version of the Gokyo Shumyo, a collection of more than 500 tsumego. The book was published by Sankaido?, a publishing office for the Kansai Ki-in in 1980. See Gokyo Shumyo tsumego series.
- Hashimoto edited a version of Gokyo Seimyo.
- Hashimoto edited a version of Gengen Gokyo published by 山海堂; 改訂版. Latest (2008) edition is dated June 2004. ISBN: 438107968X
Both Hashimoto Utaro and Hashimoto Shoji attended the prize-giving at the 1st Essen Open in January 1990, together with the late Kato Masao and other pros. They were in Germany to attend the opening game of 14th Kisei match in Dusseldorf - two days later - where Otake Hideo challenged Kobayashi Koichi.
His set a record at age 71 by entering the Gosei league ( source: GoGoD).
He played in the final championship match for the first Kisei title in 1977, at the age of 69, losing to Fujisawa Hideyuki by a score of 4 - 1.
He was known for "skillfully psyching out his opponents" (source: Modern Master Games).
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