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Go, as it were, is life in miniature. It is not a mere game. Inaba Osamu (Japanese minister at time of Lockheed scandal)

An index to topics in the Go Wisdom theory corpus presented in earlier books is also given.

The coverage of the title match is preceded by a substantial account of the history of the Meijin title. The games themselves are also given with their atmospheric content and biographical details.

The first four games are presented with traditional commentaries, but the momentous fifth game - regarded as being of unusually high quality - combines tradition with AI analysis, which confirms the quality.

When he became the new Meijin, it was almost as if the story of the manga Hikaru no Go had come true. This book tells the story of the title match against Cho U.

The First Teenage Meijin. New book from John Fairbairn available now on Amazon. At the end of 2019, Shibano Toramaru became the first teenage player to win a major title in the Japanese go world.

If you prefer modern stuff, there are 55 games by child prodigy Nakamura Sumire.

Special goodies in this edition include several newly discovered Shusaku games and – best of all, maybe – a new Castle Game, involving Shuwa, which was found in the collection of the late Yamazaki Masuo 8-dan. He found it in a book in the second-hand area of Kanda.

This latest update to the GoGoD database brings the total of games now to well over 108,000, and the associated names dictionary now has 4,400 entries.

New Summer 2020 GoGoD database available now at gogodonline.co.uk #igo #weichi

Games of Shuei: with Commentaries - new book from John Fairbairn for anyone stuck at home and looking for some reading material. Available on Amazon. More info here: gogodonline.co.uk/books Stay safe! #igo #weichi #StaySafeStayHome

Also new for 2019: Extracts from the GoGoD Encyclopaedia available as a separate download.

GoGoD Winter 2019 Edition with 106,000 games available now! gogodonline.co.uk Especially suitable for AI fans: includes latest AlphaGo & DeepZen games and many more Shin Fuseki (“old AI”) games.

The Meijin (or Master) has long been the most prestigious title in Japan for the best players of the oriental game of go. Only one Meijin at a time was allowed. Two of the very best players were Honinbo Genjo and Yasui Chitoku. Neither was Meijin.

New book from John Fairbairn - Genjo-Chitoku: Friends and Rivals at the Pinnacle of the Go World. Available now on Amazon.

At first I scoffed at their claim that Go was comparable in depth to our game of Chess. On second thought, however, I realized that my Occidental pride was quite unfounded, because Chess, after all, was also an Oriental game. Edward Lasker (1885-1981; author of Go and Go-moku)

Almost everything I earn I give to my parents. Zhou Heyang, filial Chinese 8-dan

Spring 2018 GoGoD database is now available at gogodonline.co.uk/ This edition includes 96,800 games. More Go Seigen games added (about 900 and more to come next time), a new Huang Longshi game, and the continuing Shin Fuseki games now includes some from China in the 1930s.

真中に　碁盤据ゑたる　毛布かな Go board needs placing Flat and right in the middle: Oh, wretched blanket!)

The reference to a tanuki racoon, as a belly drummer, will be instantly familiar to go players, but it alludes also to other senryu about go-playing tanukis.