Go Seigen -

Left is Honinbo Shusai, right is Go Seigen.

Wu Qingyuan ( 吳清源, Pinyin: Wú Qīngyuán, born May 19, 1914 ), generally known in the West by his Japanese name Go Seigen, is considered by many players to be the greatest player of the game of Go in the 20th century.

Born May 19, 1914 in Fuzhou, 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 quickly excelled and soon became known as a Go prodigy.

Go Seigen began his rise to the top of professional Go world early.

In 1933, along with his great friend Kitani Minoru, Go Seigen developed and popularized the Shinfuseki that broke away from the traditional opening patterns.

It is for this very important contribution that Go Seigen and Kitani Minoru are recognized as the fathers of modern Go.

Starting in 1939, Go Seigen began a spectacular series of Jubango matches against other top players of the day.

It was through these matches that Go Seigen convincingly demonstrated an overwhelming dominance over his contemporaries.

Go Seigen had only one formal disciple-Rin Kaiho, Honorary Tengen.

However, Go Seigen remained active in the Go community through teaching, writing, and promoting Go around the world.

Go Seigen is commonly considered to be among the best to have ever played the game and the best player of the 20th century.

Some ten years later, Go Seigen took revenge on Fujisawa by beating him in two consecutive jubango with lopsided scores of 7-2 and 5-1 respectively.

One must note that these jubango matches were all played without komi, and indeed the same applied to the vast majority of games Go Seigen played during his career.

Go Seigen won the Oteai six times, and won a special Nihon Ki-in championship tournament in 1933.

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It is a semi-fictional chronicle of the lengthy 1938 " retirement game " of Go by the respected master Honinbo Shūsai, against the up-and-coming player Minoru Kitani ( although the latter's name is changed to Otaké in the book ).

Go and Kitani were the vanguard of the Shinfuseki or " New Opening " theory, a period roughly 1933-6 which saw great innovations in go opening theory.

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Stones: Go is played with playing tokens known as stones.

Go lost just one jubango, and that was against Fujisawa Hosai.