18 August 2017
It is surprising how many amateur go players get stuck in a rut and never improve despite years of effort. One prominent member of the go community in Los Angeles has been taking regular lessons for more than twenty years from a strong professional player who is also a gifted teacher, and yet this amateur […]
18 August 2017
5th Annual Meijin Title Match, Game 5 White: Cho Chikun 8 dan Black: Otake Hideo, Meijin Date: October 22 & 23, 1980 Place: Laforet Shuzenji Resort on the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture. Komi: 5.5 points Please enable JavaScript to view this game.
18 August 2017
45 Problems Specially Selected for Fierce Fighting Players Black to Play Triple Structure (A) Composed by Sannō Hirotaka 9 dan and published in the 45 Problems Specially Selected for Fierce Fighting Players booklet as a supplement to Kidō, May 1997. With technique, technique [suji, suji] the attack proceeds.
11 August 2017
High Mountain Traveling Minstrel In upper right: 行吟山高 [This is the traditional right to left reading of 高山吟行 = High Mountain Singing Traveling]; below: 深林人 = Shinrinjin = Deep Forest Man, artist’s signature] The game and analysis which follows comes from Kido, August 1977, with added comments to help weaker players understand how to study […]
11 August 2017
Black: Miwa Toshiro 7 dan White: Kobayashi Koichi 7 dan Date: May 12, 1977 Place: Nihon Ki-in, Ichigaya, Tokyo No komi Please enable JavaScript to view this game.
Takemiya has selected ten of his games against leading go players and formatted them into a collection of problems designed to illustrate his famous cosmic style.
This is a semi-autobiographical novel that depicts a unique American success story; a rags to riches tale of a man escaping his humble origins to make millions of dollars, but then he throws it all away due to the ancient character flaw of hubris.
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