a Han Chinese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the greatest Go player in the 20th century. In 1933, Go Seigen won a special Nihon Ki-in tournament to have the opportunity to play a game against Honinbo Shusai Meijin. At that juncture, Honinbo Shusai embodied the highest go authority and tradition in Japan.
Hon'inbō Shūsai is the professional name of Hoju Tamura, also known as Yasuhisa Tamura (田村保寿, Tamura Yasuhisa), who was a Japanese professional Go. Go Game with Seigen GO In 1933, Seigen GO defeated 16 opponents at a tournament called "Japan Go Championship" and won the victory. Seigen fought with the leading professional go player Shusai by playing Black in every game ('senban' in Japanese).
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In , Go Seigen won a special Nihon Ki-in tournament to have the opportunity to play a game against Honinbo Shusai Meijin. At that juncture, Honinbo Shusai embodied the highest go authority and tradition in Japan. The Game of the Century: Seigen vs. Honinbo - YouTube
Go Game with Seigen GO In , Seigen GO defeated 16 opponents at a tournament called "Japan Go Championship" and won the victory. Seigen fought with the leading professional go player Shusai by playing Black in every game ('senban' in Japanese). Go Seigen - Notable Game Against Honinbo Shusai - LiquiSearch
Hon'inbō Shūsai (left), last head of house Hon'inbō, plays against then-up-and-coming Go Seigen in the game of the century. In , Go Seigen and Shūsai played a famous game. Go Seigen was then 18 years old, ranked 5 dan, and had been in Japan about five years. They had played before, but not an even game; Go Seigen had won five previous.
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Go Seigen was surely one of the greatest, but a giant seldom stood all by himself. Indeed, there was at least one other giant of Showa 1 who could easily stand shoulder by shoulder with Go Seigen. Go Seigen - Sensei's Library
The prestige of the head of the school, Honinbo Shusai, was enormous - the more so because Shusai had acquired, in addition to the title of Honinbo, the highest possible of Meijin (master). Through his position, Shusai represented centuries of go wisdom and tradition. Go on Go: The Analyzed Games of Go Seigen - Jeu de go Hon'inbō Shūsai (left), last head of house Hon'inbō, plays against then-up-and-coming Go Seigen in the game of the century. In 1933, Go Seigen and Shūsai played a famous game. Go Seigen was then 18 years old, ranked 5 dan, and had been in Japan about five years. They had played before, but not an even game; Go Seigen had won five previous.Hon'inbō Shūsai - Wikipedia Born on June 12, 1914 in Minhou County, Fujian Province, southeast China, Go Seigen did not start learning the game of Go until he was nine, a relatively late age for a professional (Honinbo Dosaku first learned Go at seven and Honinbo Shusaku before he was six).Kitani Minoru - Biography - Go Seigen was surely one of the greatest, but a giant seldom stood all by himself. Indeed, there was at least one other giant of Showa 1 who could easily stand shoulder by shoulder with Go Seigen. Honinbo Shusai - Japanese Wiki Corpus
Born on June 12, in Minhou County, Fujian Province, southeast China, Go Seigen did not start learning the game of Go until he was nine, a relatively late age for a professional (Honinbo Dosaku first learned Go at seven and Honinbo Shusaku before he was six). Go Seigen (Wu Qingyuan) — 100 Years of Legend - Go Magic
In he played a memorial retirement game with Honinbo Shusai Meijin, which was immortalized by Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari in the novel "Meijin" (published in English as "The Master of Go".) Starting in , he played a Jubango (ten game match) with Go Seigen, but was beaten down a rank by losing the match 4 wins to 6 losses.