G

H

Ha Sung-bong

WAGC 2008, wins   115: 4-5

 

Hachiman Taro (samurai)  see Minamoto no Yoshiie

 

Hagiwara (Mutsumi ?) vs. Redmond, Michael

Insei League 1979   16: 32-34

 

Hahn Sang-Dae vs. Tsang Ping-fai

WAGC 1983 (play-off for 17th place)   33: 49-50

 

Haifeng Cup (Taiwan)

2009 (1st): Lin Zhihan wins (+ results)   120: 56

2010 (2nd): Xiao Zhenghao wins (+ results)   124: 12

2011 (3rd): Lin Zhihan wins (+ results)   127: 10

 

Hakugen (8th Honinbo) vs. Satsugen

1752   17: ibc

 

Half-point wins

three by Kato Masao in Judan Title Match 1983   31: 3

three in a row by Ryu Shikun in Tengen Title Match 2000   91: 6*

 

Hall, T. Mark

Official British Go Association Song Book available (1989)   57: 32

 

Hall, T. Mark and John Fairbairn

“Go World 100th Issue Commemorative Quiz”   100: 12-13;  102: 11

 

Hall of Fame  see Nihon Ki-in Go Hall of Fame

 

Hallucinations

Takagi Shoichi’s, of ladder sequence   24: 5

Takemiya Masaki’s, of ladder   29: 61

 

Hamburg Affensprung Tournament

1979 report   14: 3

 

Hamburg (European Go Congress 1988)

announcement   50: 5

 

Hamete  see Trick moves

 

Han Ch’eol-kyun vs. Oya Koichi

1998 (joseki analysis)   101: 45-46

 

Han Sang-hun

2-dan promotion   114: 9

LG Cup 2007-08, performance in   112: 2

LG Cup Final 2008, loses to Yi Se-tol in   114: 3-4

as strongest 1-dan   112: 2;  113: 3*, 37*;  114: 34;  115: 48

 

Han Sang-hun vs. Liu Jing

LG Cup 2007-08 (quarterfinal)   114: 34, 40

 

Han Sang-hun vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Samsung Cup 2007 (Round 2)   113: 37-42*, 59

Samsung Cup 2007 (Round 2, fuseki analysis)   116: 56

 

Han Sang-hun vs. Yi Se-tol

LG Cup Final 2008 (Game 3)   115: 48-49, 55

 

Han Zenki

biographical details   111: 54*

“Exterminating the Magic Sword”   111: 52-64* ^c

 

Han Zenki vs. Takahashi Hideo

Shinjin-O Tournament 1999 (?) (tesuji analysis)   123: 62-63;  128: 64

 

Hana-zuke  see Nose attachment

 

Hanawa Yasutoki vs. Ezura Yuichi

Oteai 1977 (?) (joseki analysis)   1: 46-47;  5: 67-68

 

Handicap games

see also Two-stone , Three-stone , Four-stone , Five-stone , Six-stone ,

     Seven-stone , Nine-stone handicap games

“Annals of Handicap Go: Sekiyama vs. Miki”. Parts 1-3 (Miki Masa)   11: 45-50;

     12: 50-55;  13: 49-54

 

Handicap strategies

see also Two-stone , Three-stone , Four-stone , Five-stone , Nine-stone handicap

     strategy

“Akagi style”   5: 75-77

“Original Handicap Strategy” [7 parts] (Miyamoto Naoki)   1 – 7:  ...

“Pyramid Power in Handicap Openings” (Koyama Shizuo)   82: 35-38

“Suzuki style”   1: 48-49

 

Handicap systems

see also Uchikomi

early Chinese placements of stones   29: 60-61

 

Handicap tactics

“Handicap Corner”   49: 58

“Practical Tactics and Tesuji(s)” [9 parts] (Rin Kaiho)   11 ... 17 ;  38 – 40:  ...

 

Hane

see also Counter , Two-step hane and Hanekomi

alternatives to (part of essay by Takagawa Kaku)   42: 22-24

avalanche joseki and hane at the head of two stones   34: 55-56

“Basic Fighting Techniques” (problems and examples by Miyazawa Goro)

     15: 33-36;  16: 39

defending against (examples)   69: 56-57

opponent’s hane at the head (examples), avoiding   34: 48-50

“Play hane at the head of two stones” (proverb)   73: 59, 62

problem   41: 48, 54

“There’s death in the hane” (proverb)   73: 59, 62

 

Hane Naoki

9-dan, sets new promotion record (2002) to   95: 11

700 wins, reaches   118: 9

2004 performance   106: 12, 14

2005 performance   107: 48*

Agon Kiriyama Cup 2004, wins   103: 7-8

Agon Kiriyama Cup 2009, wins   120: 5

family   117: 50*

Gosei Title Match 2011, wins   126: 7*

Honinbo League 2007-08, wins   115: 6, 7

Honinbo League 2010-11, wins   125: 7

Honinbo Title Match 2008, defeats Takao Shinji in   115: 6-7*;  116: 4-5* ^c;

     117: 49-50*

Honinbo Title Match 2008, interview after winning   117: 49

Honinbo Title Match 2009, defeats Takao Shinji in   119: 6;  120: 3-4

Honinbo Title Match 2010, loses to Yamashita Keigo in   123: 4;  124: 18

Honinbo Title Match 2011, loses to Yamashita Keigo in   126: 6*;  127: 36*

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 2002, wins   95: 8

Kisei Leagues 2003 play-off, wins   100: 7

Kisei Title Match 2004, defeats Yamashita Keigo in   100: 7;  101: 5-6

Kisei Title Match 2005, defeats Yuki Satoshi in   103: 6;  104: 6-7

Kisei Title Match 2006, loses to Yamashita Keigo in   107: 4*

Meijin League 2011-12, wins   128: 8

Meijin Title Match 2012, loses to Yamashita Keigo in   129: 5-6*

NEC Cup 2009, wins   118: 6, 7

NHK Cup 2005-06, wins   107: 5

Okan Tournament 2002, wins   97: 11

Okan Tournament 2003, wins   100: 9

Okan Tournament 2004, wins   103: 8

Okan Tournament 2007, wins   114: 7

Okan Tournament 2008, wins   117: 10

Okan Tournament 2009, wins   121: 6

Okan Tournament 2011, wins   127: 7

Okan Tournament 2012, wins   129: 8

Oza Tournament 2011, wins   126: 9;  127: 5

rivalries  see subentry Yamashita

Shusai Prize 2001, wins   94: 10-11

Tengen Title Match 2001, wins   94: 6*

Tengen Title Match 2002, wins   97: 7*

Tengen Title Match 2003, defeats Yamashita Keigo in   100: 6-7*

Tengen Tournament 2001, wins   93: 8*

Yamashita Keigo, rivalry with   107: 48;  126: 45;  129: 44

 

Hane Naoki vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

Chunlan Cup 2002-03 (quarterfinal)   97: 45-48

 

Hane Naoki vs. Cho U

Honinbo League 2007-08 (middle-game problem & game)   118: 53-56

 

Hane Naoki vs. Ch’oe Ch’eol-han

Fujitsu Cup 2010 (Round 1)   122: 40*, 41-45

 

Hane Naoki vs. Hikosaka Naoto

Judan Tournament 1997-98   86: 52-53

 

Hane Naoki vs. Luo Xihe

TV Asia Tournament 2006 (Round 1)   109: 48-49*

 

Hane Naoki vs. Sun Tengyu

Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup Play-off 2009   123: 32-35

 

Hane Naoki vs. Takao Shinji

Honinbo Title Match 2008 (Games 1-7)   115: 7*;  116: 5*, 30-36, 38-47;

     117: 25-49*

Honinbo Title Match 2009 (Games 1-6)   120: 12-45*

 

Hane Naoki vs. Yamashita Keigo

Honinbo Title Match 2010 (Games 1-5)   123: 12-32* ^c;  124: 14-18*

Honinbo Title Match 2011 (Games 1-7)   126: 6*, 45-53*;  127: 12-21*, 22-36*

Kisei Title Match 2004 (Games 1-7)   101: 48-58;  102: 38-42;  103: 12-30*

Kisei Title Match 2006 (Games 1-4)   107: 49-56*;  108: 19-31*

Kisei Title Match 2006 (joseki analysis of Game 1)   111: 59-60

Meijin Title Match 2012 (Games 1-7)   129: 44-61*

 

Hane Naoki vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Chunlan Cup Final 2003 (Games 1 & 2)   98: 14-21

CSK Cup 2003 (Round 2)   99: 15-17*

 

Hane Naoki vs. Yi Se-tol

Fujitsu Cup 2003 (Round 2)   98: 30-33

Toyota & Denso Cup 2006-07 (quarterfinal)   110: 50-51*

 

Hane Naoki vs. Yuki Satoshi

Kisei Title Match 2005 (Games 1-7)   106: 12-39*

 

Hane seki

example   50: 17

 

Hane Yasumasa

1,000 wins, makes   94: 9

1,100 wins, reaches   115: 9

biographical details   31: 26*;  55: 40*

family   117: 50*

NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988, triumph in   54: 2-3*;  55: 38, 42-43*

Oza Title Match 1989, loses to Kato Masao in   57: 3 ^c;  58: 5 ^c

Oza Title Match 1990, defeats Kato Masao in   62: 6*;  63: 34 ^c

Oza Title Match 1991, loses to Fujisawa Shuko in   65: 6*

Oza Tournament 1989, wins   56: 8

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Hashimoto Shoji

NHK Cup 1983   35: 54-55

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Hua Yigang

Japan-China Go Exchange 1978 (Round 3)   10: 28-29

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Kato Masao

Oza Title Match 1990 (Game 5)   63: 34-37*

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Kobayashi Koichi

Kisei Tournament 1981-82 (Stage Two, final)   31: 24-27

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Ma Xiaochun

IBM Haya-go Open Tournament 1990 (Round 3)   61: 21-22*

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Nie Weiping

NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988   55: 38-43*

 

Hane Yasumasa vs. Qian Yuping

Fujitsu Cup 1991 (Round 1)   65: 14-16*

 

Hanekaeshi  see Counter hane

 

Hanekomi

“Basic Fighting Techniques” (problems and example by Miyazawa Goro)

     32: 46, 49-51

splitting the opponent (example)   33: 38

 

Hanging scrolls

Seven Gods of Good Fortune (cover note)   12: 1

various (cover notes)   15: 1

 

Hanguk Kiweon (Korean Go Association)

in conflict with Yi Se-tol (2009)   119: 4-5*

foreign members of   85: 6;  86: 58;  90: 13-15

number of players (as of 2007)   110: 9

regional centres of   86: 60

Western professionals, first   96: 40

 

Hanover Tournament

1985 report   41: 5

1987 report   49: 5-6

 

Hansen, Frank vs. Nakatsui Yusuke

WAGC 1982 (play-off for 15th place)   28: 43-44

 

Hao Kechiang

NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87, interview on   50: 6, 7*

 

Haojue Cup (World Women’s Professional Go Championship)

2002 (1st): report and results of Rounds 1 & 2 and semifinals   94: 4-5

2002 (1st): Yun Yeong-seon wins (+ results)   95: 2

 

Hara-zuke  see Belly attachment

 

Harada Minoru vs. Cho Chikun

Professional-Amateur Honinbo Play-off 1997 (3 stones)   81: 54-56

 

Harunobu (artist)  see Suzuki Harunobu

 

Haruyama Isamu

“Monkey Jump, Stopping the” (problems)   58: 61-64

Prime Minister’s Cup 1979, wins   15: 3*

“Strange and Wonderful Shapes”   50: 16-22* ^c

 

Hasami  see Pincers

 

Hasami-tsuke  see Clamp

 

Hasegawa Kayoko (1939–2007)

death of   111: 7

 

Hasegawa Sunao vs. O Rissei

Shinjin-O Title Match 1981 (Game 1)   26: 39

 

Hashimoto Shoji (1935–2009)

biographical details   19: 28*

death of   121: 10*

Judan Tournament 1978-79, wins   12: 5*, 6

Judan Tournament 1980-81, wins   23: 2*

NHK Cup 1980, wins   18: 5

Oza Title Match 1981, wins   26: 2*

Oza Title Match 1981, interview after winning   27: 17

Oza Tournament 1981, wins   25: 4

profile   27: 13-14*

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Go Seigen

Japan’s Strongest Player League 1960 (no komi)   100: 61-64*

Meijin League 1961-62   21: 5-10

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Hane Yasumasa

NHK Cup 1983   35: 54-55

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Ishida Akira

Judan Tournament 1978-79 (play-off)   14: 25-27

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Kato Masao

Judan Title Match 1979 (Games 1-4)   14: 27-29;  15: 6-15*

Oza Title Match 1981 (Games 1-3)   27: 7-17

Oza Title Match 1982 (Games 1 & 2)   30: 36-40*

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Kobayashi Koichi

Judan Tournament 1980-81   24: 10-17*

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Ma Xiaochun

IBM Haya-go Open Tournament 1990 (Round 1)   61: 19-21*

Japan-China Go Exchange 1984 (Round 6)   38: 11-12

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Otake Hideo

Gosei Tournament 1977 (?) (joseki analysis)   5: 66-67

Judan Title Match 1981 (Games 1-3)   24: 3*;  25: 26-37*

Kisei Tournament 1979-80 (Stage Three, quarterfinal)   24: 35-37;  25: 5

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Redmond, Michael

Judan Tournament 1988   55: 53-56*

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Rin Kaiho

Kisei Tournament 1978-79 (Stage Two, final)   19: 28-30

Kisei Tournament 1978-79 (play-off, Games 1-3)   19: 36-44

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Sakata Eio

Kisei Tournament 1979-80 (Stage One, 9-dan final)   24: 28-31

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Shiraishi Yutaka

Judan Preliminary Tournament 1983   35: 52-53

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Sonoda Yuichi

blindfold game (1987)   49: 7

 

Hashimoto Shoji vs. Tono Masaharu

Meijin Preliminary Tournament 1976 (?)   1: 38-45

 

Hashimoto Utaro (1907–94)

death of   71: 5-6*

“Ko Problems”   30: 51-52

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Fujisawa Shuko

Kisei Title Match 1977 (Games 3-5)   1: 5-13;  2: 5-7

Kisei Title Match 1977 (joseki analysis of Game 4)   3: 46-47;  5: 69

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Go Seigen

jubango 1946-48 (Game 4, fuseki analysis)   5: 61-62

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Ishida Yoshio

Kisei Tournament 1978 (joseki analysis)   11: 53-54

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Kajiwara Takeo

Meijin League 1976-77   1: 18-21

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Sakata Eio

Honinbo League 1960-61 (problem only)   50: 71-72

Honinbo Title Match 1951 (Game 1, problem only)   50: 67-68

Honinbo Title Match 1951 (Game 7)   50: 62-64*

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Takagawa Kaku

Honinbo Title Match 1952 (Game 3)   41: 16

 

Hashimoto Utaro vs. Yamabe Toshiro

East-West Team Match 1950 (no komi)   4: 61-62

 

Hasibeder, Helmut

European Championship 1978, wins   10: 31

 

Hasibeder, Helmut vs. Isele, Wolfgang

European Championship 1977   5: 42-45

 

Hasibeder, Helmut vs. Rebattu, Max

European Championship 1978   10: 31-34*

 

Hasibeder, Helmut vs. van Zeijst, Rob

Go World Invitational Cup 1983   32: 32-35*

 

Hatakeyama Shigetada (general)

Kiritsubo, Hatakeyama Shoji Shigetada (oban print, cover note)   121: 1

 

Hatsuyoron  (classic problem book by Dosetsu Inseki)

“The Most Difficult Go Problem Ever”   29: 43, 47-49

 

Hattori Rittetsu  see Gennan Inseki

 

Haya-go Championship

1978 (11th): Takemiya Masaki wins   10: 44

1979 (12th): Ishida Yoshio wins   19: 2, 3

1982 (15th): Ishida Yoshio wins   31: 5

1983 (16th): Ishida Yoshio wins   34: 3

1990 (23th): Cho Chikun wins   61: 5

1991 (24th): Cho Chikun wins   65: 7

1992 (25th): Cho Chikun wins   69: 9

2000 (33rd): Kobayashi Satoru wins   90: 27

2001 (34th): Cho Chikun wins   94: 5-6

 

Haya-go tournaments  see Internet , Lightning , TV tournaments

 

Hayase Hiroshi (1937–2012)

death of   129: 10

 

Hayashi (historical)  see Incho Monnyu (5th) , Yugen Monnyu (8th) ,

Mon’etsu Monnyu (9th)

 

Hayashi Sano (1825–1901)

biography   64: 40

 

Hayashi Sano vs. Nakagawa Kamesaburo

1881 (2 stones)   64: 41

 

Hayashi Yutaro (1900–83)

biographical details   47: 35

death of   31: 63

 

Health problems

see also Illnesses , Traffic accidents

acupuncture against   125: 16

Chen Zude’s   125: 13

“Comebacks by Chen and Qian”   70: 62-64*

Fujisawa Shuko’s   31: 2;  36: 34-35;  55: 28-29;  119: 9, 27

Go Seigen’s   35: 16

Otake Hideo’s   30: 20-21

 

Heavy shape

fixing up with proper move (example)   123: 59-60

 

Hebei Sports Lottery Cup

2009: Nie Weiping wins   120: 10

 

Hei Jiajia  see Missingham, Joanne

 

Heine, Klaus

Scientific Theory of Go Seminar 1979 (report)   15: 15, 57

 

Hem approach (4-4 point joseki)

“The Korean Style: Korean Joseki Innovations”. Part 1 (Oya Koichi)   86: 61-64

 

Heo Yong-ho

9-dan promotion   126: 10

 

Heydenrijk, Joachin

Dutch Junior Championship 1982 (report)   27: 3*

 

Hideyoshi (warlord)  see Toyotomi Hideyoshi

 

High Chinese fuseki

approach moves in   13: 41-42;  49: 43-44

new move introduced by O Meien   45: 19, 24-25

 

“High-dan Players” vs. Go Seigen Series 1949-50

Go vs. Kubouchi (middle-game problem)   14: 59, 60-61

 

Highest number of wins  see Most wins

 

Hikaru no Go

Korea, telecasting in   102: 10

Okura Prizes 2002 awarded to creators of   98: 9, 10

 

Hikosaka Naoto

1997-98 performance   82: 4

Judan Title Match 1998, defeats Kato Masao in   82: 4

Judan Title Match 1999, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   85: 4

Judan Tournament 1997-98, wins   82: 4;  86: 52

Kisei Tournament 1999 play-off, loses to O Rissei in   87: 6

 

Hikosaka Naoto vs. Awaji Shuzo

Tengen Tournament 1983 (play-off)   35: 38

 

Hikosaka Naoto vs. Hane Naoki

Judan Tournament 1997-98   86: 52-53

 

Hikosaka Naoto vs. Ishida Akira

Honinbo League 1998-99 (proper move analysis)   126: 62-63

 

Hikosaka Naoto vs. Rui Naiwei

Fujitsu Cup 2000 (Round 1)   89: 26-29

 

Hikosaka Naoto vs. Ryu Shikun

Honinbo League 1996-97 (joseki analysis)   88: 65

 

Hinaya Rippo vs. Dosaku

? (5 stones, tesuji problem)   97: 57, 60

 

Hiraki  see Extensions

 

Hiraoka Satoshi

Inch’on International Amateur Ch’ship 2003, wins   99: 4

Professional-Amateur Honinbo Play-off 2005, wins   106: 6

WAGC 1994, wins   71: 3

WAGC 2006, wins   108: 4-5

 

Hirata Hironori

WAGC 1995, wins   73: 63

WAGC 2011 Japanese representative   123: 8;  126: 4

 

Hirata Hironori vs. Park Sung Kyun

WAGC 1995 (Round 8)   73: 63-64, 54, 57

 

Hironobu (artist)

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (oban print, cover note)   118: 1

 

Hirose Heijiro (1865–1940)

biographical details   47: 35

Iwamoto Kaoru becomes disciple of   47: 33

 

Hirose Heijiro vs. Iwamoto Kaoru

1915 (5 stones)   47: 36

 

Hiroshima Aluminium Cup Young Carp Tournament

founding of (2006)   108: 8

2006 (1st): Xie Yimin wins   110: 7*

2007 (2nd): Shida Tatsuya wins   113: 9

2008 (3rd): Mitani Tetsuya wins   117: 10

2009 (4th): Uchida Shuhei wins   120: 8-9

2010 (5th): Terayama Rei wins   124: 8

2011 (6th): Uchida Shuhei wins   129: 9

2012 (7th): Suzuki Shinji wins   129: 9

 

Hisahito, Prince

imperial ceremony using a go board   127: 11*

 

Hisai Keishi (1920–2000)

death of   88: 11

 

Hisajima Kunio (1946–2006)

death of   107: 8*

 

History of go

see also Chinese , European , Japanese , Korean , Tibetan , Western history of go

as well as 17th century , 18th century , 20th century , Ancient games ,

     Ancient masters , Annual reviews , Classic texts , Origin of go

description till Edo era   54: 13-14

“Grand Minister Kibi and the Transmission of Go to Japan” (Pinckard)   47: 6-9*

“Women in Go” (Fairbairn)   64: 37-51

 

Hitachi Cup (Chinese Professional Pair Go Tournament)

see also successor title Ricoh Cup

2001 (5th): Li Chunhua + Zhou Heyang win   92: 9

2002 (6th): Zhang Xuan + Chang Hao win   95: 14

 

Hobson/Brakes’s program vs. Reiss’s program

Acornsoft Computer Go Tournament 1984 (Round 1)   35: 9

 

Hoensha

history of   47: 35

 

Hohenschurz, Ralf

German Open 1989 (report)   55: 6, 7

 

Hokkai Yusho (artist)

Four Accomplishments (painting, cover note)   48: 1

 

Hokusai (artist)  see Katsushika Hokusai

 

Holland  see Dutch ...

 

Hollyhock Go Workshop

1987 announcement   46: 64;  47: 5*

1988 announcement   51: 5*

1994 announcement   70: ibc*

1995 announcement   72: ibc*

 

Honda Kunihisa

“Aji-keshi: Erasing Potential” [4 parts]   7 ;  8 ;  26 ;  27:  ...

biographical details   22: 8*

“The Great Joseki Debate” [24 parts]   17 ... 49:  ... ;  book

Kansai Ki-in No. One Place Tournament 2001, wins   94: 10

NHK Cup 1984, wins   34: 2

 

Honda Kunihisa vs. Kudo Norio

Oza Tournament 1977 (joseki analysis)   4: 46-47;  5: 69-70

 

Honda Kunihisa vs. Otake Hideo

Gosei Tournament 1980 (play-off, Games 1 & 2)   22: 6-11

 

Honda Kunihisa vs. Sekiyama Toshio

Meijin Preliminary Tournament 1980   23: 28-34

 

Honda Kunihisa vs. Takemiya Masaki

Meijin League 1981-82   28: 48-49

 

Honda Sachiko

“Simple Fuseki Theory”   49: 41-45*

Women’s Championship 1981, wins   24: 4*

Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1982, wins   29: 4

Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1984, wins   36: 3;  40: 54

 

Honda Sachiko vs. Kusunoki Teruko

Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1984 (fuseki analysis of Game 2)   40: 54-55

 

Hong Kong Liman Mountain Cup

2008 (1st): Gu Li wins   117: 12

 

Hong Mal-eun Saem

becomes professional   120: 9

 

Hong Seong-chi

Commodity Prices Information Cup 2008, wins   116: 9

 

Honinbo (Japanese player title)

400th anniversary of founding of Honinbo school   128: 7;  129: 12*

historical  see Sansa (1st) , San’etsu (2nd) , Doetsu (3rd) , Dosaku (4th) ,

     Doteki (heir) , Dochi (5th) , Shuhaku (7th) , Hakugen (8th) , Satsugen (9th) ,

     Retsugen (10th) , Genjo (11th) , Jowa (12th) , Shuwa (14th) , Shusaku (heir) ,

     Shugen (16th & 20th) , Shuho (18th) , Shusai (21st)

modern  see Takagawa Kaku (22nd) , Sakata Eio (23rd) , Ishida Yoshio (24th) ,

     Cho Chikun (25th)

modern formal names  see Dowa , Eiju , Kensei , Shushin

 

Honinbo (Japanese tournament title)

see also Honinbo Preliminary Tournament , League , Title Match

Cho Chikun’s winning streak   125: 63

comebacks (as of 1986)   42: 26

first tournament 1939-41, system of   36: 6

mini-encyclopaedia   42: 27

title-holders and challengers 1941...1988   15: 30;  33: 8;  54: 64

title-holders and challengers 2001...2009   106: 59;  109: 45;  120: 27;  123: 12

title-holders at Jakkoji temple (2012)   129: 12*

 

Honinbo League

new rule in case of tie (1977)   11: 13

record of league appearances   56: 7-8

Sakata Eio about his unlucky performance in 1950s   50: 75

 

Honinbo League 1952 (7th)

Sakata vs. Takagawa (play-off)   41: 15

 

Honinbo League 1957 (12th)

Fujisawa H. vs. Suzuki   31: 64

 

Honinbo League 1960-61 (16th)

Sakata vs. Kitani (play-off)   50: 76-77

Sakata vs. Hashimoto U. (problem only)   50: 71-72

 

Honinbo League 1969-70 (25th)

Iwata vs. Kano (joseki analysis)   15: 44-45

Takagawa vs. Kato (fuseki analysis)   8: 36-37

 

Honinbo League 1976-77 (32nd)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   2: 2

results   1: 3-4

Kato vs. Rin   1: 14-15

Magari vs. Otake   2: 23-24

Otake vs. Kato   3: 10-14

Otake vs. Kato (play-off)   3: 14-19

 

Honinbo League 1977-78 (33rd)

Ishida Yoshio wins (+ final chart)   7: 2, 4

new players   5: 74

results   6: 2

 

Honinbo League 1978-79 (34th)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   13: 2

new players   10: 4;  11: 3

results   12: 4, 5

 

Honinbo League 1979-80 (35th)

Takemiya Masaki wins (+ final chart)   19: 2

new players   15: 5*;  16: 2

results   17: 2-3*;  18: 2-3

Shiraishi vs. Fujisawa H.   18: 12-13 ^c

Takemiya vs. Rin   21: 14-15

 

Honinbo League 1980-81 (36th)

Cho Chikun wins (+ final chart)   24: 2, 3

new players   21: 3;  22: 2

results   22: 2;  23: 2, 3

 

Honinbo League 1981-82 (37th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins (+ final chart)   27: 2

results   26: 3, 4

 

Honinbo League 1982-83 (38th)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   31: 4

new players   29: 3

results   29: 3;  30: 2, 3

Kobayashi Koichi’s costly blunder   31: 4

 

Honinbo League 1983-84 (39th)

Awaji Shuzo wins (+ final chart)   34: 2, 3

new players   32: 4

results   33: 3*;  35: 32

 

Honinbo League 1984-85 (40th)

Takemiya Masaki wins (+ final chart)   39: 5

new and eliminated players   36: 2-3

results   37: 3, 5;  38: 3

 

Honinbo League 1985-86 (41st)

Yamashiro Hiroshi wins (+ final chart)   43: 3-4

new players   40: 4

results   41: 3;  42: 3

 

Honinbo League 1986-87 (42nd)

Yamashiro Hiroshi wins (+ final chart)   48: 2-3

results   46: 4;  47: 4

 

Honinbo League 1987-88 (43rd)

Otake Hideo wins (+ final chart)   51: 3

results   50: 4

 

Honinbo League 1988-89 (44th)

Cho Chikun wins   57: 20

new players   53: 3-4

results   54: 5

final chart   55: 6

 

Honinbo League 1989-90 (45th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins (+ final chart)   59: 3-4

new players   56: 7

results   56: 8;  58: 6

Rin vs. Kobayashi K. (analysis of Kobayashi’s surprise move)   58: 16

 

Honinbo League 1990-91 (46th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins (+ final chart)   63: 6, 7

new players   60: 7;  61: 5

results   61: 5;  62: 7

 

Honinbo League 1991-92 (47th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins (+ final chart)   67: 6, 49

new players   64: 6

results   65: 4, 5;  66: 6

 

Honinbo League 1992-93 (48th)

final chart   69: 12

new players   68: 5

 

Honinbo League 1993-94 (49th)

Kataoka Satoshi wins (+ final chart)   70: 8, 9

new players   69: 11

one game ends in no result   70: 8

 

Honinbo League 1994-95 (50th)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   73: 2-3*;  74: 7

new players   71: 4-5

results   72: 3-4

Kato vs. Yuki (joseki analysis)   78: 62-64

 

Honinbo League 1995-96 (51st)

Ryu Shikun wins (+ final chart)   76: 3-4

new players   74: 3

results   75: 4

 

Honinbo League 1996-97 (52nd)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   79: 7-8

results   78: 3

Hikosaka vs. Ryu (joseki analysis)   88: 65

 

Honinbo League 1997-98 (53rd)

O Rissei wins   82: 5;  84: 7

results   81: 3

final chart   82: 5

 

Honinbo League 1998-99 (54th)

Cho Sonjin wins (+ final chart)   85: 4-5

results   84: 4;  125: 63

Hikosaka vs. Ishida Akira (proper move analysis)   126: 62-63

O Rissei vs. Ishida Akira (proper move analysis)   123: 58-59

Yamada vs. Ishida Akira (proper move analysis)   125: 63, 64

Yamada vs. O Rissei (joseki analysis)   104: 61

 

Honinbo League 1999-2000 (55th)

O Meien wins (+ final chart)   89: 8, 39

results   87: 6;  88: 8

 

Honinbo League 2000-01 (56th)

Cho U wins   92: 7, 13

new players   89: 39;  90: 9

results   90: 9;  91: 8

final chart   92: 6

 

Honinbo League 2001-02 (57th)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   95: 9

results   93: 7;  94: 8

 

Honinbo League 2002-03 (58th)

Cho U wins (+ final chart)   98: 8

results   96: 8;  97: 9

 

Honinbo League 2003-04 (59th)

Yoda Norimoto wins (+ final chart)   101: 6-7

results   99: 6;  100: 8

O Meien vs. Mimura (sacrifice analysis)   114: 48-52

 

Honinbo League 2004-05 (60th)

Takao Shinji wins (+ final chart)   104: 7-8*

new players   102: 9

results   103: 6-7

 

Honinbo League 2005-06 (61st)

Yamada Kimio wins (+ final chart)   107: 5-6*;  109: 12

new players   105: 9

results   106: 6

 

Honinbo League 2006-07 (62nd)

Yoda Norimoto wins (+ final chart)   111: 6

new players   109: 8

results   109: 8;  110: 6

 

Honinbo League 2007-08 (63rd)

Hane Naoki wins (+ final chart)   115: 6, 7

new players   113: 8

results   113: 8;  114: 6, 7

Cho U vs. Hane Naoki (middle-game problem & game)   118: 53-56

 

Honinbo League 2008-09 (64th)

Takao Shinji wins (+ final chart)   118: 7

new players   116: 6

results   117: 8-9;  119: 6

 

Honinbo League 2009-10 (65th)

Yamashita Keigo wins   122: 6, 7;  123: 12

new players   120: 8

results   120: 8;  121: 6

final chart   122: 7

 

Honinbo League 2010-11 (66th)

Hane Naoki wins (+ final chart)   125: 7

new players   123: 5;  124: 7-8*

results   124: 7-8

 

Honinbo League 2011-12 (67th)

Iyama Yuta wins (+ final chart)   128: 7

new players   126: 8

results   127: 8

 

Honinbo League 2012-13 (68th)

results   129: 9

 

Honinbo Play-off  see Professional-Amateur Honinbo Play-off

 

Honinbo Preliminary Tournament

1977 (33rd): Fujisawa S. vs. Kobayashi K. (joseki analysis)   6: 57-58

1978 (34th): Sato vs. Cho Chikun (joseki analysis)   11: 53, 54

1978 (34th): Takagi vs. Cho Chikun   11: 40

1988 (44th): Hotta vs. Nakano   64: 61-62

 

Honinbo school  see under Honinbo (Japanese player title)

 

Honinbo Title Match 1941 (1st)

Sekiyama Riichi wins   3: 61

Game 6 (Kato Shin vs. Sekiyama R., no komi)   3: 61-62

 

Honinbo Title Match 1945 (3rd)

atomic-bomb game, history of   49: 20-21*;  74: 32

 

Honinbo Title Match 1951 (6th)

Sakata Eio about   50: 61-62

Game 1 (problem only)   50: 67-68

Game 7 (Sakata vs. Hashimoto U.)   50: 62-64*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1952 (7th)

Takagawa Kaku about   41: 15-16

Game 3 (Hashimoto U. vs. Takagawa)   41: 16

 

Honinbo Title Match 1954 (9th)

Game 5 (Sugiuchi vs. Takagawa)   41: 17-18

 

Honinbo Title Match 1956 (11th)

endgame analysis of Game 5   41: 31-33

 

Honinbo Title Match 1957 (12th)

Takagawa Kaku about   41: 18, 19-20

Game 3 (Fujisawa H. vs. Takagawa)   41: 19

 

Honinbo Title Match 1960 (15th)

Takagawa Kaku about   41: 23-24

non-existent ko threat in Game 4 (analysis)   41: 24

 

Honinbo Title Match 1961 (16th)

Sakata Eio about   52: 43-44

Takagawa Kaku about   52: 70

Game 5 (Takagawa vs. Sakata)   52: 45-46

game scene   50: ifc*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1963 (18th)

fuseki position of Game 2   52: 72

fuseki analysis of Game 6   6: 38-40

 

Honinbo Title Match 1964 (19th)

fuseki position of Game 1   52: 71-72

 

Honinbo Title Match 1965 (20th)

eternal life variation in Game 1   50: 19-20

 

Honinbo Title Match 1967 (22nd)

Game 3 (Sakata vs. Rin)   52: 62-63

 

Honinbo Title Match 1971 (26th)

joseki analysis of Game 4   66: 55

 

Honinbo Title Match 1974 (29th)

fuseki analysis of Game 2   12: 39-40

 

Honinbo Title Match 1975 (30th)

Sakata Eio about   52: 65-66*

final moves of Game 5 (Sakata vs. Ishida Y.)   52: 65-66

 

Honinbo Title Match 1977 (32nd)

Kato Masao wins   4: 2*

results   3: 2, 3*

Games 1-5   3: 19-22*;  4: 11-35*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1978 (33rd)

Kato Masao defeats Ishida Yoshio (+ results)   8: 2*;  9: 2*;  10: 2

Games 1-7   8: ifc*;  9: ifc*, 12-31*;  10: 7-11*

fuseki analysis of Game 2   16: 48

 

Honinbo Title Match 1979 (34th)

Kato Masao defeats Rin Kaiho   14: 2

results   13: 2;  14: 2

Games 1-5   14: ifc*;  15: 16-30*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1980 (35th)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Kato Masao   19: 2;  20: ifc*, 2*

results   19: 2;  20: 2

Games 1-5   21: ifc*, 16-28*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1981 (36th)

Cho Chikun wins (+ results)   25: 2*

Games 1-6   25: 48-59*;  26: 6-12

 

Honinbo Title Match 1982 (37th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kobayashi Koichi   28: 2;  29: 42

results   28: 2

Games 1-6   28: ifc*;  29: 26-42* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 1983 (38th)

Rin Kaiho defeats Cho Chikun   31: 3, 4;  32: 4*;  34: 10*

prize money   33: 8

results   32: 4

Games 1-7   33: 6-35*;  34: 6-10*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1984 (39th)

Rin Kaiho defeats Awaji Shuzo   35: 5;  38: 32*

results   35: 5

Games 1-5   38: 15-32*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1985 (40th)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Rin Kaiho   39: 5;  42: 45*

Games 1-5   42: 26-45*

possible variation of thousand-year ko in Game 1   42: 29

 

Honinbo Title Match 1986 (41st)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Yamashiro Hiroshi   44: 2*;  45: 26;  46: 22, 36-38*

prize money   45: 28

results   44: 2

Games 1-5   45: 26-35*;  46: 22-37*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1987 (42nd)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Yamashiro Hiroshi   48: 2;  49: 2*;  51: 47*

results   49: 2

Games 1-4   51: 53-66*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1988 (43rd)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Otake Hideo   52: 2*;  54: 37*

results   52: 2

time taken for each game   54: 64

Games 1-7   54: 38-64* ^c;  55: 64

 

Honinbo Title Match 1989 (44th)

Cho Chikun defeats Takemiya Masaki   55: 4-6*;  57: 20*

results   55: 6

Games 1-4   57: 21-31* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 1990 (45th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kobayashi Koichi   60: 5-6*;  61: 24-25, 26;  62: 24

prize money   62: 37

results   60: 6

Games 1-7   61: 26-42*, 68;  62: 24-38*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1991 (46th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kobayashi Koichi   64: 5*;  66: 46*

prize money   66: 23

results   64: 5

Kobayashi wins Game 1   63: 45

Games 1-6   66: 20-47* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 1992 (47th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kobayashi Koichi (+ results)   68: 4-5

 

Honinbo Title Match 1993 (48th)

Cho Chikun defeats Yamashiro Hiroshi (+ results)   69: 10-11

 

Honinbo Title Match 1994 (49th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kataoka Satoshi   71: 4*;  72: 15*, 20

results   71: 4

Game 7   72: 15-21*

joseki analysis of Game 3   76: 45-46

 

Honinbo Title Match 1995 (50th)

Cho Chikun defeats Kato Masao   74: 32

Games 1-5   74: 7-32*

interview with Cho Chikun   74: 32

Iwamoto Kaoru reminisces about Atomic Bomb Game   74: 32

 

Honinbo Title Match 1996 (51st)

Cho Chikun defeats Ryu Shikun   77: 2

Games 1-6   77: 31-44;  78: 36-50, 35*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1997 (52nd)

Cho Chikun defeats Kato Masao   80: 65

Games 1-4   80: 65-68;  81: 46-53*

 

Honinbo Title Match 1998 (53rd)

Cho Chikun defeats O Rissei (+ results)   83: 4*

prize money   84: 7

Games 1-6   84: 6-35* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 1999 (54th)

Cho Sonjin defeats Cho Chikun   86: 2*;  87: 15

Games 1-6   87: 15-27*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2000 (55th)

O Meien defeats Cho Sonjin (+ results)   89: 7-8*

Games 1-6   89: 36-38*;  90: 43-53

 

Honinbo Title Match 2001 (56th)

O Meien defeats Cho U   92: 6-7*;  93: 29

results   92: 6-7

Games 1, 2 & 7   92: 13-23*;  93: 29-33

 

Honinbo Title Match 2002 (57th)

Kato Masao defeats O Meien (+ results) and sets various records   95: 8-10*

Games 1-6   96: 41-74* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 2003 (58th)

Cho U wins (+ results)   98: 8;  99: 5-6*

award ceremony   122: 39*

Games 1-6   99: 6*;  100: 14-52*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2004 (59th)

Cho U defeats Yoda Norimoto   102: 7

prize money   103: 30

results   101: 7;  102: 7

Games 1-6   103: 32-56* ^c

 

Honinbo Title Match 2005 (60th)

Takao Shinji defeats Cho U (+ results)   104: 8;  105: 5-6*

prize money   106: 59

Games 1-5   106: 40-59*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2006 (61st)

Takao Shinji defeats Yamada Kimio (+ results)   108: 5-6*

Games 1-6   109: 12-45* ^c

sacrifice analysis of Game 2   118: 62-63

 

Honinbo Title Match 2007 (62nd)

Takao Shinji defeats Yoda Norimoto   112: 5*

results   112: 6

Games 1-5   112: 24-45*;  113: 12-18*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2008 (63rd)

Hane Naoki defeats Takao Shinji   115: 6-7*;  116: 4-5* ^c;  117: 49-50*

results   115: 7;  116: 4

Games 1-7   115: 7*;  116: 5*, 30-36, 38-47;  117: 25-49*

interview with Hane Naoki   117: 49

 

Honinbo Title Match 2009 (64th)

Hane Naoki defeats Takao Shinji (+ results)   119: 6;  120: 3-4

Games 1-6   120: 12-45*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2010 (65th)

Yamashita Keigo defeats Hane Naoki   123: 4;  124: 18

results   122: 7;  123: 5

Games 1-5   123: 12-32* ^c;  124: 14-18*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2011 (66th)

Yamashita Keigo defeats Hane Naoki (+ results)   126: 6*;  127: 36*

Games 1-7   126: 6*, 45-53*;  127: 12-21*, 22-36*

 

Honinbo Title Match 2012 (67th)

Iyama Yuta defeats Yamashita Keigo (+ results)   128: 7, 8;  129: 43*

Games 1-7   129: 12-43* ^c

 

Honorary degrees

Go Seigen receives (1986)   44: 4

 

Honorary Kisei

conditions for becoming   60: 30

 

Honorary title-holders

see also individual honorary title-holders

Amateur Honinbos awarded (2010)   123: 8

Cho Chikun   129: 9-10

Japanese big-seven titles (as of 1993)   70: 7

Japanese big-seven titles (as of 2008)   116: 7, 8

Kobayashi Koichi (2012)   128: 9;  129: 9

Nie Weiping (1988)   52: 4

Xie Yimin earns first women’s (2011)   127: 4

 

Honte  see Proper move

 

Horikomi  see Throw-in

 

Hosai  see Fujisawa Hosai

 

Hoshi joseki  see 4-4 point joseki

 

Hoshi-komoku fuseki  see 3-4/4-4 point fuseki

 

Hoshino Toshi (1918–91)

biographical details   50: 33*

death of   63: 7

“Life or Death?” (essay by Nakayama Noriyuki)   50: 34-35 ^c

“One’s Whole Body and Soul in One Move” (essay by Nakayama Noriyuki)

     50: 32-34*;  51: 66

 

Hot stones (Ing rules)

“Double Ko Stones and Double Hot Stones” (Yang Yu-Chia)   73: 10-11

types of   71: 16

 

Hotta Seiji vs. Nakano Hironari

Honinbo Preliminary Tournament 1988   64: 61-62

 

Hotta Yozo vs. Umeda Haruhiko

endgame exercise   6: 47...53

 

“How Many Moves Ahead Is It Possible to Read?” (Takagawa Kaku)

(essay)   41: 30-33

 

“How to Attack the Two-Space Extension” (Kamimura Kunio)

(analysis)   57:1, 38-45* ^c

 

“How to Capture?”

(problems)   38: 40-41, 46-48

 

“How to Improve at Fuseki” (Kato Masao)

Parts 1-12   5 – 16:  ...

 

“How to Stop the Monkey Jump” (Sato Masaharu)

(analysis)   58: 58-61

 

“How Strong is Cho?”

(game)   81: 54-56

 

“How Would You Play Here?” (Miyamoto Naoki)

[3 parts] (middle-game problems)   14: 59-62;  15: 41-44;  16: 49-52

 

Hu Qinghu  see Hu Yuqing

 

Hu Yaoyu

Ricoh Cup 2007, wins   112: 9

WMSG training tournament 2008, wins   117: 12

Xinren Wang Title Match 1999, defeats Qiu Jun in   85: 6

 

Hu Yaoyu vs. Cho U

Chunlan Cup 2003-05 (quarterfinal)   102: 31-32

 

Hu Yaoyu vs. Kong Jie

Xinren Wang Title Match 2003 (Game 2)   100: 59-60, 64

 

Hu Yaoyu vs. Qiu Jun

Xinren Wang Title Match 1999 (Game 3)   85: 12-13

 

Hu Yaoyu vs. Zhou Junxun

LG Cup Final 2007 (Game 3)   113: 44-45*

 

Hu Yueyu  see Hu Yaoyu

 

Hu Yuqing

WAGC 2005, wins   104: 5-6

WAGC 2009, wins   119: 3

 

Hua I-kang  see Hua Yigang

 

Hua Xueming vs. Otake Hideo

Fujitsu Cup 1994 (Round 2)   71: 43-46*

 

Hua Xueming + Zhou Heyang

Ricoh Cup 2007, win   111: 9

 

Hua Yigang vs. Hane Yasumasa

Japan-China Go Exchange 1978 (Round 3)   10: 28-29

 

Hua Yigang vs. Ishii Kunio

Japan-China Go Exchange 1980 (Round 6)   21: 38-39

 

Huading Tea Industries Cup (World’s Women Team Tournament)

2012 (1st): Korea wins (+ full results)   128: 4-5

 

Huang Longshi Jiayuan/Shuangdeng Cup (World Women’s Team Championship)

2011 (1st): China wins (+ full results) and format   125: 4-5

2012 (2nd): China wins (+ full results)   128: 2

 

Huang T’ung-tzu (17th century)

biography   27: 57, 61

 

Huang T’ung-tzu vs. Chou T’ung-hou

1660s   27: 57-61;  50: 79-80

 

Huang Yizhong

Tianyuan Title Match 2002, wins   95: 14

 

Huating Tea Industries Cup  see Huading Tea Industries Cup

 

Human-heartedness

as virtue of go   41: 46

 

Humorous stories

“The Go Burglar” (Pinckard)   45: 49-50 ^c

 

Hung Chang Cup (Women’s World Professional Championship)

see also predecessor title Bohae Cup and successor title Cheongkwanjang Cup

1999-2000 (1st): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results of semifinals)   88: 5

2000-01 (2nd): highlights of Rounds 1 & 2   90: 4

2000-01 (2nd): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results of quarter- and semifinals)   91: 4

suspended   94: 4

 

Hungarian Championship

1979 note   20: 5

 

Hungarian tournaments  see Budapest Tournament , Hungarian Championship

 

Hyde, Thomas (17th-century sinologue)

excerpts on go (interpretation) by   27: 54-55*, 56*

 

Hyuga

leading go manufacturing city   92: 5

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