Yamabe-Hashimoto tengen game
Played 1950-02-11, as part of an East-West match.
Black was Yamabe Toshiro then 5 dan; White was Hashimoto Utaro then 8 dan.
Both players use to the maximum the three first-played stones... Again, lots of fighting spirit.
When White connected with White 40 to White 46 he had already a favourable game. Yamabe resigned at move 234.
Almost exactly 7 months later, on September 13th, Hashimoto lead the secession of the Kansai Ki-in from the Nihon Ki-in, bringing the Honinbo title with him.
AvatarDJFlux: I used this game for one of the questions in my second series of quizzes.
In the solution page I gave a little historical information and the first 60 moves (Hashimoto was already ahead by then) with very sketchy comments.
When Dave started the Black Sheep Rengo 2003 on Tengen I couldn't help but reply with Hashimoto's Kakari...
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is a mistake in direction: it should have been a block at a.
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