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Ma Hsiao-ch’un  see Ma Xiaochun

 

Ma Xiaochun

9×9 Tournament 1993, wins   69: 11

Agon Kiriyama Cup 1999, wins   88: 13

All-China Individual Championship 1991, wins Men’s Division of   65: 7

Bawang Title Match 1997, loses to Wang Lei in   80: 48

Beijing Sports Gymnasium public match (1984), defeats Kiyonari Tetsuya in   36: 18

biographical details   63: 25-26*

CCTV Cup 1992, wins   68: 64

CCTV Cup 1995, wins   74: 4

Chinese grand slam (1992), completes   67: 64

Chinese title matches in 1993, monopolizes   70: 10-11

Chunlan Cup Final 2000, loses to O Rissei in   89: 3-4*

Da Guo Shou Tournament 1993, wins   70: 64

Feixiang Cup 1988, wins   53: 63

Four Strongest Players Tournament 2000, wins   89: 58

Fujitsu Cup Final 1995, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   74: 5

Fujitsu Cup Final 1996, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   77: 4

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1990, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   62: 5*

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1991, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   66: 3;

     68: 41-42*, 48

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1992, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   69: 3*

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1993, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   70: 3-4

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1994, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   72: 5*, 6

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1994, wins   71: 2, 3*

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1995, defeats Ryu Shikun in   74: 46

Japan-China TV Championship 1985, wins   41: 3

Lebaishi Cup Final 2000, loses to Chang Hao in   88: 14;  89: 58

LG Cup Final 1999, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   85: 3-4;  86: 6

Mingren League 1989, wins   56: 61

Mingren Title Match 1990, wins   62: 72

Mingren Title Match 1991, wins   65: 56

Mingren Title Match 1994, wins   72: 5

Mingren Title Match 1996, defeats Liu Xiaoguang in   79: 21

Mingren Title Match 1997, defeats Luo Xihe in   81: 6;  82: 16

Mingren Title Match 1998, wins   84: 5

Mingren Title Match 1999, defeats Chang Hao in   88: 13, 38

Mingren Title Match 2000, wins   91: 14

Mingren Title Match 2001, wins   94: 14*

Qisheng Title Match 1999, loses to Chang Hao in   86: 16

Qiwang Title Match 1992, wins   67: 64

Qiwang Title Match 1995, wins   74: 4

Samsung Cup Final 1998-99, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   85: 15

Tianyuan Title Match 1995, wins   74: 4

Tianyuan Title Match 1997, loses to Chang Hao in   80: 47

Tong Yang Securities Cup Final 1995, wins   74: 4-5

Tong Yang Securities Cup Final 1996, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   76: 7-8, 10*

WAGC 1983, wins   30: 3;  32: 36*

Zhaoshang Bank Cup 2002, wins   95: 14

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Chang Hao

Mingren Title Match 1999 (Game 3)   88: 38-39

Qisheng Title 1999 (Game 7)   86: 16-18

Tianyuan Title Match 1997 (Game 4)   80: 47-48

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Fujisawa Shuko

Ing Cup 1988 (Round 1)   53: 27-28

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Hane Yasumasa

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

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Hashimoto Shoji

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

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

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Ishida Akira

Japan-China Go Exchange 1985 (Round 1)   42: 14-16*

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Jang Doo-jin

Fujitsu Cup 1988 (Round 1)   53: 17-18*

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Kato Masao

Japan-China Go Exchange 1984 (Round 1)   37: 50-51

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

Fujitsu Cup Final 1995   74: 35-36

Japan-China Go Exchange 1983 (Round 2)   33: 56-58

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1990 (Games 1 & 2)   63: 20-25, 26-28*

Japan-China Meijin Play-off 1991 (Games 1 & 2)   68: 42-48

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Liu Xiaoguang

Mingren Title Match 1996 (Game 5)   79: 21-23

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Luo Xihe

Mingren Title Match 1997 (Game 4)   82: 16-17

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Miura Hiroshi

WAGC 1983 (final)   32: 37-39

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Murakami Bunsho

WAGC 1981 (semifinal)   25: 8-11

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Nie Weiping

CCTV Cup 1997 (semifinal)   80: 49-51

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Ohira Shuzo

Japan-China Go Exchange 1982 (Round 2)   29: 12-13

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Ryu Shikun

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1995 (Game 2 including joseki analysis)   74: 43-47

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Schlemper, Ronald

WAGC 1983 (Round 2)   32: 44-45

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Shao Zhengzhong

WAGC 1981 (final)   25: 11-14

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Sonoda Yuichi

Japan-China Go Exchange 1986 (Round 7)   46: 14-16*

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Takemiya Masaki

Fujitsu Cup 1988 (Round 2)   52: 7-9

Fujitsu Cup 1991 (Round 1)   64: 8-11*

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Wang Lei

Bawang Title Match 1997 (Game 6)   80: 48-49

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Fujitsu Cup Final 1996   78: 20-22

LG Cup Final 1999 (Game 3)   86: 6-8

Samsung Cup Final 1998-99 (Games 1 & 5)   85: 15-19

Tong Yang Securities Cup Final 1996 (Game 4)   76: 8-10

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Yoda Norimoto

NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988   52: 17

Shuko’s China Tour 1984   36: 19-20*

 

Ma Xiaochun vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok

Fujitsu Cup Final 1999   86: 4-6

 

Macfadyen, Matthew

European Championship 1980, wins   21: 3, 4*

European Championship 1987, wins   49: 5*

 

Macfadyen, Matthew vs. Lam, Michael

WAGC 1982 (play-off for 13th place)   28: 41-43

 

Macfadyen, Matthew vs. Mattern, Jürgen

European Championship 1980   22: 57-59

 

Macfadyen, Matthew vs. Stacey, Terry

British Championship 1979 (Game 4)   16: 57-60

British Championship 1980 (Game 4)   23: 58-60

 

Maeda (Ryoji ?) vs. Redmond, Michael

Professional Qualifying Tournament 1980   23: 5

 

Maeda’s Tsume-go

recommended to improve one’s reading ability   35: 56

 

Magari

proper move analysis (example)   126: 60-61

thickness building (examples)   70: 38-41

 

Magari Reiki

“Good and Bad Shape” [4 parts]   30 ;  32 – 34:  ...

 

Magari Reiki vs. Kajiwara Takeo

Kisei Tournament 1978 (joseki analysis)   10: 60-61

 

Magari Reiki vs. Kato Masao

Oteai 1973 (fuseki analysis)   13: 41

 

Magari Reiki vs. Matsumoto Tokuji

Nihon Ki-in Championship 1961 (fuseki only)   87: 63

 

Magari Reiki vs. Otake Hideo

Honinbo League 1976-77   2: 23-24

 

Magazines

see also Newsletters

computer  see Computer Go

French  see Go – Revue Française de Go

Ishi Press/Kiseido  see Go World

Japanese  see Go Weekly , Igo , Igo Club

Korean  see Baduk

other  see Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

 

Magic sword joseki  see Two-space high pincer against one-space high approach

 

“Magnificent Obsession, The: Sakata Eio and Go” (Bob Terry)

Parts 1 & 2 (autobiography)   50: 54-77* ^c;  52: 43-68*

 

Main tournaments  see individual tournaments without the word Main,

e.g. Kisei Tournament, also Leagues

 

Malaysia

team at Asian Games 2010   125: 24

 

Mali Losinj (European Go Congress 1980)

Matthew Macfadyen wins European Championship (+ top results)   21: 3, 4*

Mattern vs. Macfadyen (European Championship)   22: 57-59

 

Mane-go  see Mimic go

 

Mannami Kana

Daiwa Securities Cup Net Igo Ladies 2010, wins   123: 7

Women’s Kisei Title Match 2004, wins   101: 8*

Women’s Kisei Title Match 2006, wins   107: 7*

 

Mannami sisters

clash in Daiwa Securities Cup Net Igo Ladies 2010   123: 7

 

Mannen-ko  see Thousand-year ko

 

Marathon record

set by Mitchell (1977)   2: 4*

 

Marriages

2003/2004   100: 9

2006   108: 7

2009   118: 9

Ando Kazushige and Nakajima Mieko   115: 8

Chang Hao   85: 6

Cho U and Kobayashi Izumi   99: 10;  100: 9

Ishida Yoshio’s opinion about go performance and   4: 2

Iyama Yuta   128: 9

Yi Ch’ang-ho and Yi To-yun   123: 9;  124: 10, 11*

 

Mashiko Fumihiko (1964–2011)

death of   125: 11;  126: 10;  128: 64

 

Masters  see Ancient masters

 

Masters Tournament (Korea)

founding of (2005)   104: 11

2005 (1st): Pak Cheong-sang wins   105: 9

 

Masubuchi Tatsuko

about Sakata Eio   52: 69

tesuji problem by   126: 54, 57

 

“Match the Joseki to the Fuseki” (Sekiyama Toshio)

[5 parts]   1 – 5:  ...

 

Matches

see Challenge , Invitational , Team , Title matches and Play-offs

and Three-game , Four-game , Five-game , Six-game , Jubango , Nijubango ,

     Sanjubango , Sixty-game matches

as well as under Go Seigen

 

Mathematical aspects

“The Advantage of Playing Last” (Davies)   12: 56-57

“Where Is the ‘$1,000 Ko’?” (Berlekamp and Kim Yonghoan)   71: 65-80

 

Matsumoto Koshiro V (actor)

Matsumoto Koshiro V and Nakamura Utaemon III as Ikyu  (cover note)   111: 1

 

Matsumoto Takehisa

Shinjin-O Title Match 2006, wins   109: 8

 

Matsumoto Tokuji vs. Magari Reiki

Nihon Ki-in Championship 1961 (fuseki only)   87: 63

 

Matsuoka Hideki

Okan Tournament 2006, wins   110: 7-8*

 

Mattern, Jürgen (1944–95)

European Championship 1979, wins   15: 5

 

Mattern, Jürgen vs. Macfadyen, Matthew

European Championship 1980   22: 57-59

 

Mattern, Jürgen vs. Schlemper, Ronald

European Championship 1979   15: 31-33

 

Mattern, Jürgen vs. Wolter, Bernd

German Championship 1980   22: 52-54

 

Mattner, Lutz vs. Tomes, Ray

WAGC 1982 (play-off for 7th place)   28: 38-39

 

Maxim Coffee Cup  see Maxim Cup

 

Maxim Cup 9-dan Successive Wins Strongest Player (Korean title)

2001 (2nd): Yu Ch’ang-hyeok wins   91: 13

2002 (3rd): Yu Ch’ang-hyeok wins   94: 13

2002-03 (4th): Jiang Zhujiu wins (+ results)   97: 56

2004 (5th): Rui Naiwei wins (+ results)   101: 10*

2008 (9th): Pak Yeong-hun wins (+ results)   115: 9

2009 (10th): Ch’oe Ch’eol-han wins (+ results)   118: 10

2010 (11th): Ch’oe Ch’eol-han wins (+ results)   122: 11

2011 (12th): Pak Yeong-hun wins (+ results)   125: 12

2012 (13th): Pak Cheong-hwan wins (+ results)   128: 63-64

 

Mays, Steven J.C.

Quebec Open 1987 (report)   49: 5

 

Meijin (Chinese title)  see Mingren

 

Meijin godokoro  see Godokoro , Meijin (historical)

 

Meijin (historical)

Honinbo  see Sansa (1st) , Dosaku (4th) , Dochi (5th) , Satsugen (9th) ,

     Jowa (12th) , Shusai (21st)

Inoue  see Nakamura Doseki (founder) , Dosetsu Inseki (3rd)

Yasui  see Sanchi (2nd)

 

Meijin-Honinbos (modern)

list of   110: 49

Meijin (Japanese title)

see also Meijin Preliminary Tournament , League , Title Match

as well as predecessor title Japan’s Strongest Player

most titles (as of 1991)   67: 28

Rin Kaiho’s appearances in title matches/leagues   67: 22*;  80: 4;  90: 34

title-holders and challengers 1962...1990   16: 17;  26: 56;  34: 35;  47: 31;  62: 63

title-holders and challengers 2001-2005   107: 39

youngest title-holder (2009)   120: 4

 

Meijin (Korean title)  see Myeongin

 

Meijin League

Kato Masao’s performance (around 1980)   26: 44

most appearances (as of 1991)   67: 28

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

perfect scores (as of 2003) in   100: 52

 

Meijin League 1961-62 (1st Yomiuri)

historic review and placings   21: 5

notes on   36: 10*

Sakata Eio about   52: 46-47

Go Seigen vs. Sakata (problem only)   52: 47-48

Hashimoto S. vs. Go Seigen   21: 5-10

Sakata vs. Fujisawa S.   21: 10-13

 

Meijin League 1962-63 (2nd)

Sakata Eio about   52: 49

Go Seigen vs. Sakata   52: 49-50

 

Meijin League 1963-64 (3rd)

Ohira vs. Go Seigen (fuseki analysis)   5: 61

 

Meijin League 1973-74 (13th)

Fujisawa S. vs. Ishida Y. (tesuji problem)   99: 45, 47

 

Meijin League 1976-77 (2nd Asahi)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   4: 2, 3*

results   1: 4;  2: 2*, 3;  3: 3

Ishida Y. vs. Sakata   1: 16-18

Hashimoto U. vs. Kajiwara   1: 18-21

Rin vs. Kato   5: 15

Kato vs. Cho Chikun (fuseki analysis)   11: 36

 

Meijin League 1977-78 (3rd)

Otake Hideo wins (+ final chart)   10: 2

new players   5: 65

results   6: 2;  7: 4;  8: 2-3;  9: 2, 3*

Cho Chikun vs. Kato (fuseki analysis)   14: 34, 47

Kato vs. Shiraishi   11: 8-13*

Otake vs. Kato (play-off)   11: 13-15

Sakata vs. Kudo (fuseki analysis)   15: 37

 

Meijin League 1978-79 (4th)

Sakata Eio wins (+ final chart)   15: 2*

new players   11: 3-4*

results   12: 4-5;  13: 3;  14: 2

 

Meijin League 1979-80 (5th)

Cho Chikun wins (+ final chart)   21: 2

new players   16: 2

results   17: 3;  18: 3;  19: 2, 3;  20: 3*

 

Meijin League 1980-81 (6th)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   25: 2*, 3, 4*

new players   22: 2

results   22: 3;  23: 2, 3;  24: 3, 4

 

Meijin League 1981-82 (7th)

Shimamura Toshihiro suffers stroke   27: 2

results   26: 3, 4;  27: 2, 3;  28: 2, 3

final chart   29: 2

Takemiya vs. Honda   28: 48-49

 

Meijin League 1982-83 (8th)

new players   29: 3

results   30: 3;  31: 5

final chart   32: 5

 

Meijin League 1983-84 (9th)

Otake Hideo wins (+ final chart)   36: 2

new players   33: 3

results   33: 3;  34: 2*, 3;  35: 5*, 6

Rin vs. Kobayashi K. (fuseki and middle game)   46: 43-44

 

Meijin League 1984-85 (10th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins (+ final chart)   40: 2

new players   37: 2-3*

results   38: 3;  39: 5-6

 

Meijin League 1985-86 (11th)

Kato Masao wins (+ final chart)   45: 2-3 ^c

game fees   48: 39

results   42: 3, 4;  43: 4;  44: 2, 3

Cho Chikun vs. O Meien (fuseki only)   45: 19, 24-25

Cho Chikun vs. Kato (play-off)   46: 17, 21

 

Meijin League 1986-87 (12th)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   49: 3

new players   46: 4

results   47: 4;  48: 5

Kobayashi K. vs. Fujisawa S. (problem and game)   100: 75, 76-78*

 

Meijin League 1987-88 (13th)

Kobayashi Koichi wins   53: 3

new players   50: 4

results   51: 4;  52: 2-3*

final chart   53: 3

Ishida A. vs. Cho Chikun (proper move analysis)   124: 62-63

 

Meijin League 1988-89 (14th)

Awaji Shuzo wins   56: 6-7

results   54: 5;  55: 6;  56: 29

final chart   56: 6

Takemiya vs. Ishida Y. (analysis of timing mistake)   58: 67-68

Cho Chikun vs. Rin (tesuji problem)   98: 45, 49

 

Meijin League 1989-90 (15th)

Otake Hideo wins   60: 6;  65: 4, 5;  67: 22*

pairings for vacant places   56: 8

new players   57: 4-5

results   58: 6-7;  59: 4

final chart   60: 6

Otake vs. Cho Chikun   61: 6

Otake vs. Rin   61: 7

 

Meijin League 1990-91 (16th)

Rin Kaiho wins   64: 6;  65: 4, 5;  67: 22*

new players   61: 4-5

results   62: 13;  63: 6-7;  64: 6

final chart   65: 4, 5

Round 2: Takemiya vs. Rin   67: 22-24 ^c

Round 3: Fujisawa S. vs. Rin   67: 24-27

Round 4: Rin vs. Otake   67: 27-30

Round 5: Awaji vs. Rin   67: 30-32 ^c

Round 5: Takemiya vs. Fujisawa S.   67: 35-38 ^c

Round 7: Fujisawa S. vs. Cho Chikun   67: 32-35 ^c

 

Meijin League 1991-92 (17th)

Otake Hideo wins (+ final chart)   68: 5, 6

new players   65: 5

results   66: 6;  67: 6

 

Meijin League 1992-93 (18th)

Otake Hideo wins (+ final chart)   69: 11, 12

 

Meijin League 1993-94 (19th)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   71: 5

results   70: 8, 9

Awaji vs. Cho Chikun (joseki analysis)   76: 43-45

 

Meijin League 1994-95 (20th)

Takemiya Masaki wins (+ final results)   74: 2-3*

new players   72: 5

results   72: 4;  73: 2-3

 

Meijin League 1995-96 (21st)

Cho Chikun wins (+ final chart)   77: 3

results   75: 4;  76: 4

 

Meijin League 1996-97 (22nd)

Kobayashi Koichi wins   80: 3

new players   78: 3

results   78: 3;  79: 9-10;  80: 4

 

Meijin League 1997-98 (23rd)

O Rissei wins   83: 4, 36

new players   81: 3

results   81: 4;  82: 5-6

Kobayashi K. vs. Yoda (joseki analysis)   87: 62-63

 

Meijin League 1998-99 (24th)

Yoda Norimoto wins (+ final chart)   86: 2-3

results   84: 4;  85: 5-6

 

Meijin League 1999-2000 (25th)

Yoda Norimoto wins (+ final chart)   90: 4-5

new players   87: 7

results   88: 9;  89: 52, 57

 

Meijin League 2000-01 (26th)

Rin Kaiho wins (+ final chart)   92: 7

new players   90: 6

results   91: 9-10

 

Meijin League 2001-02 (27th)

Cho Chikun wins (+ final chart)   96: 6, 7

new players   93: 6

results   94: 8;  95: 10, 11

 

Meijin League 2002-03 (28th)

Yamashita Keigo wins (+ final chart)   99: 7

new players   96: 6

results   97: 9;  98: 9

 

Meijin League 2003-04 (29th)

Cho U wins (+ final chart)   102: 8

new players   100: 8

results   100: 8;  101: 8

 

Meijin League 2004-05 (30th)

Kobayashi Satoru wins (+ final chart)   105: 6-7

new players   103: 7

results   103: 7;  104: 8, 9

 

Meijin League 2005-06 (31st)

Takao Shinji wins (+ final chart)   109: 5-6*;  110: 10

new players   106: 4

results   106: 5;  107: 6-7;  108: 7, 8

 

Meijin League 2006-07 (32nd)

Cho U wins (+ final chart)   112: 6

new players   110: 6

results   110: 7;  111: 6, 7;  113: 6

Yamada Kimio vs. Cho U   112: 47-49

 

Meijin League 2007-08 (33rd)

Iyama Yuta wins (+ final chart)   116: 6, 7

new players   113: 6

results   114: 6, 7;  115: 8

 

Meijin League 2008-09 (34th)

Iyama Yuta wins (+ final chart)   119: 6-7*;  120: 4, 5

new players   117: 9

results   117: 9;  118: 7-8;  119: 6-7*

 

Meijin League 2009-10 (35th)

Takao Shinji wins (+ final chart)   123: 5

results   121: 7;  122: 8

 

Meijin League 2010-11 (36th)

Yamashita Keigo wins (+ final chart)   126: 7

new players   124: 9

results   124: 9;  125: 8

 

Meijin League 2011-12 (37th)

Hane Naoki wins (+ final chart)   128: 8

new players   127: 6

results   127: 7

 

Meijin League 2012-13 (38th)

new players   129: 9

results   129: 9

 

Meijin Play-offs

see Japan-China , Japan-China-Korea Meijin Play-off

and Changde Cup

 

Meijin Preliminary Tournament

1974 (14th Yomiuri): Takagawa vs. Kato (fuseki analysis)   10: 40-41

1976 (2nd Asahi) (?): Hashimoto S. vs. Tono   1: 38-45

1978 (4th): Ushinohama vs. Kajiwara (including joseki analysis)   12: 59-61

1979 (5th): Shinkai vs. Sugiuchi M.   20: 57-58

1979 (5th): Sonoda vs. Yamashiro   17: 12-15

1980 (6th): Honda vs. Sekiyama T.   23: 28-34

1986 (12th): game fees   48: 39

1991 (17th): Kurotaki vs. Kano   66: 62-64*

 

Meijin (Taiwanese title)  see Mingren

 

Meijin Title Match 1963 (2nd Yomiuri)

Sakata Eio about   52: 50-53*

tesuji problems of Games 1 & 7 (Sakata vs. Fujisawa S.)   52: 52, 54;  99: 45, 46

 

Meijin Title Match 1964 (3rd)

Game 5 (Sakata vs. Fujisawa S.)   52: 57-58

 

Meijin Title Match 1965 (4th)

Sakata Eio about   52: 59-61

middle-game position of Game 2 (Sakata vs. Rin)   52: 60

 

Meijin Title Match 1968 (7th)

Takagawa Kaku about   41: 25-26

Game 3 (Rin vs. Takagawa)   41: 26

 

Meijin Title Match 1977 (2nd Asahi)

Rin Kaiho defeats Otake Hideo   5: ifc*, 5-6*

results   4: 2;  5: 5

Games 1-4   5: 16-27;  6: 5-13

Rin family at Meijin award ceremony   5: 5*

 

Meijin Title Match 1978 (3rd)

Otake Hideo defeats Rin Kaiho (+ results)   10: 2-3

Games 1-6   10: ifc*;  11: 16-34, 39

deciding tesuji of Game 6 (problem)   10: 3;  11: 34, 39

 

Meijin Title Match 1979 (4th)

Otake Hideo defeats Sakata Eio   16: 2

results   15: 3;  16: 2

Games 1-5   15: ifc*;  16: 17-30*;  17: 6-11*

Otake offers respects at his teacher’s grave   16: ifc*

 

Meijin Title Match 1980 (5th)

Cho Chikun wins   21: 2;  22: 2;  23: 25

results   21: 2;  22: 2

Game 4 declared no result   22: 2;  23: 12, 13

Games 1-6   22: ifc*, 29-41*;  23: 8-25*, 27*

 

Meijin Title Match 1981 (6th)

Cho Chikun wins (+ results)   25: 2*, 5

Games 1-4   25: ifc*;  26: 44-59 ^c

 

Meijin Title Match 1982 (7th)

Cho Chikun defeats Otake Hideo   29: 2;  30: 58

results   29: 2

Games 1-5   30: 16-35*, 58

 

Meijin Title Match 1983 (8th)

Cho Chikun defeats Otake Hideo   32: 4;  33: ifc*, 2;  35: 26

prize money   34: 34

results   32: 4;  33: 2

Games 1-5   34: 32-45*;  35: 23-32*

 

Meijin Title Match 1984 (9th)

Cho Chikun defeats Otake Hideo   36: 2, 5;  37: 2*;  39: 17, 40

results   36: 2, 5;  37: 2

Games 1-7   39: 17-40*

 

Meijin Title Match 1985 (10th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Cho Chikun   40: 2, 3*;  41: 2*;  43: 16, 42-43*

results   40: 2;  41: 2

Games 1-7   43: 17-43*

tesuji problem of Game 2   98: 45, 49

 

Meijin Title Match 1986 (11th)

Kato Masao defeats Kobayashi Koichi   45: 3;  46: 2-3*;  47: 10, 30-31*

prize money   47: 21;  48: 39

results   46: 3

Games 1-4   47: 10-31*

 

Meijin Title Match 1987 (12th)

Kato Masao defeats Rin Kaiho   50: 2-3*;  51: 67;  52: 36-37*

results   50: 3

“The Meijin Title in the Big Apple” (Laird)   51: 67-69*

Rin Kaiho forfeits Game 3   50: 3;  52: 30-32*

Games 1-4   51: 69-72*, 13;  52: 25-37*

 

Meijin Title Match 1988 (13th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Kato Masao   53: 2-3*;  54: 3;  58: 17-18

prize money   58: 16

results   53: 3;  54: 3

Games 1-5   58: 18-38* ^c

 

Meijin Title Match 1989 (14th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Awaji Shuzo   56: 6-7*;  57: 3*;  59: 23*

prize money   58: 16

game scenes   56: ifc*;  57: ifc*

Games 1-5   58: 40-50*;  59: 23-38* ^c

 

Meijin Title Match 1990 (15th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Otake Hideo   61: 3-4;  62: 6, 39

prize money   62: 41

results   61: 3-4

Games 1-6   62: 40-63* ^c

 

Meijin Title Match 1991 (16th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Rin Kaiho   65: 3-5* ^c;  68: 18*

prize money   68: 25

results   65: 5

Games 1-5   68: 19-41*

 

Meijin Title Match 1992 (17th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Otake Hideo (+ results)   68: 5-6;  69: 7-8

proper move analysis of Game 7   126: 61-62

 

Meijin Title Match 1993 (18th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Otake Hideo (+ results)   70: 6

 

Meijin Title Match 1994 (19th)

Kobayashi Koichi defeats Rin Kaiho   72: 27*, 57*

Games 1-4   72: 27-58*

 

Meijin Title Match 1995 (20th)

Takemiya Masaki defeats Kobayashi Koichi   75: 11, 38*

Games 1-5   75: 11-40*

 

Meijin Title Match 1996 (21st)

Cho Chikun defeats Takemiya Masaki   78: 23*

Games 1-6   78: 24-35*;  79: 29-40

 

Meijin Title Match 1997 (22nd)

Cho Chikun defeats Kobayashi Koichi   81: 3;  82: 19

results   81: 3

Games 1-6   82: 19-34*

 

Meijin Title Match 1998 (23rd)

Cho Chikun defeats O Rissei   84: 2;  85: 23

results (no result in Game 4)   84: 2

Games 1-7   85: 23-38*

fuseki analysis of Game 5   84: 43-50

 

Meijin Title Match 1999 (24th)

Cho Chikun defeats Yoda Norimoto   87: 3-4*, 28

results   87: 4

Games 1-5   87: 28-40*

 

Meijin Title Match 2000 (25th)

Yoda Norimoto defeats Cho Chikun (+ results)   90: 5-6*;  91: 15*

Games 1-4   91: 16-24

 

Meijin Title Match 2001 (26th)

Yoda Norimoto defeats Rin Kaiho (+ results)   93: ifc*, 6

Games 1-6   93: 35-45;  94: 38-52

 

Meijin Title Match 2002 (27th)

Yoda Norimoto defeats Cho Chikun (+ results)   96: 6

Games 1-5   97: 13-36

 

Meijin Title Match 2003 (28th)

Yoda Norimoto defeats Yamashita Keigo (+ results)   99: 7

Games 1-5   100: 52-57*;  101: 24-42*

 

Meijin Title Match 2004 (29th)

Cho U defeats Yoda Norimoto   102: 7-8;  103: 5;  104: 22

prize money   103: 30

results   102: 8;  103: 5

Games 1-6   104: 22-40, 56;  105: 35-55*

interview with Cho U   105: 47

 

Meijin Title Match 2005 (30th)

Cho U defeats Kobayashi Satoru (+ results)   105: 7*;  106: 4

Games 1-7   107: 12-39* ^c

interview with Cho U   107: 39

 

Meijin Title Match 2006 (31st)

Takao Shinji defeats Cho U (+ results)   109: 6*

Games 1-6   110: 11-49*

Fujisawa Shuko at Takao’s investiture ceremony   113: 14*

 

Meijin Title Match 2007 (32nd)

Cho U defeats Takao Shinji (+ results)   113: 6*

Games 1-7   114: 12-33*;  115: 10, 12-30*

 

Meijin Title Match 2008 (33rd)

Cho U defeats Iyama Yuta (+ results)   117: 6-7*

Games 1-7   118: 12-51*

 

Meijin Title Match 2009 (34th)

Iyama Yuta defeats Cho U (+ results)   120: 4, 5*

Games 1-5   121: 12-45* ^c;  126: 55

 

Meijin Title Match 2010 (35th)

Iyama Yuta defeats Takao Shinji (+ results)   123: 6*;  126: 55

Games 1-4   124: 37-60* ^c

 

Meijin Title Match 2011 (36th)

Yamashita Keigo defeats Iyama Yuta (+ results)   127: 4;  128: 40*

interview with both players before the match   128: 12

Games 1-6   128: 12-40*

 

Meijin Title Match 2012 (37th)

Yamashita Keigo defeats Hane Naoki (+ results)   129: 5-6*

Games 1-7   129: 44-61*

 

Memorials

to Fujisawa Shuko   122: 9-10

 

Memory

“Tricks of Memory” (Kiyushi)   121: 46

 

Mencius  (classic text)

passages on go (discussion)   37: 18-19;  70: 57, 58

 

Meng Tailing

New Stars Tournament 2005, wins   105: 11

 

Miai

second line (examples), playing on   59: 50-51, 53-54

 

Michel, Jean vs. Feldman, Denis

French Championship 1979 (Game 2)   18: 31-33, 54*

 

Michel, Jean vs. Moussa, Andre

French Championship 1980 (Game 2)   23: 56-58

 

Microgo (computer program)

“The Bard of Computer Go” (Wood)   46: 9-13*

“Go-Playing Program on Home Computers” (Daly)   38: ifc

 

Middle game

see also individual game analyses

“Correcting the Mistake” (analysis by Kato Masao)   12: 57-58

Go Secrets, as described in classic text   67: 62-63

Yi Se-tol on being strong at   124: 34

 

Middle-game joseki  see Post-joseki

 

Middle-game problems

“The Art of Shinogi”   89: 47-51

“Blueprint 361” [8 parts] (Miyamoto Naoki)   1 – 8:  ...

“‘Fighting Spirit” (Ishida Yoshio)   120: 60

“Four Middle Game Problems” [3 parts]   91: 43-46, 64;  93: 59-61, 64;

     95: 51-53

“Four Shinogi Problems”   114: 41-43

by Fujisawa Shuko   42: 25, 47-48

“Highlights from Korean Tournaments” (analysis by Yu Ch’ang-hyeok)   80: 8-24

“How Would You Play Here?” [3 parts] (Miyamoto Naoki)   14: 59-62;  15: 41-44;

     16: 49-52

“Making Good Shape”   85: 44-51

“Middle Game Strategy: An Advanced Problem” (Sugiuchi Kazuko)   35: 45, 46-47

“Play Moves with a Purpose”   71: 57, 63-64

“Professional Uncommon Sense” [7 parts] (middle-game problems by van Zeijst)

     114 – 118 ; 125 ; 127:  ...

proverbs-related   73: 58, 60, 61

rating test, as part of   37: 6-7, 10-12;  39: 8-9, 12-13

 

Mikawa Shinji vs. Ota Seido

endgame exercise   7: 49-53

 

Miki Masa

“Annals of Handicap Go: Sekiyama vs. Miki”. Parts 1-3   11: 45-50;  12: 50-55;

     13: 49-54

“Five-Stone Strategy, Testing the Undefeatable”   14: 48-52

 

Miki Masa vs. Sekiyama Riichi

1947 (4 stones, two games)   11: 45-50;  12: 51-55

1949 (3 stones)   13: 49-54

 

Miki Masa vs. Sonoda Yuichi

1979 (5 stones)   14: 48-52

 

Military aspects  see Generals , Samurai , War

 

Mimic go

Kitani vs. Go Seigen (1929)   35: 17-19

 

Mimura Tomoyasu

biographical details   114: 51*

“The Clever Way to Sacrifice”. Parts 1-8   111 – 118:  ...

NHK Cup 2002-03, wins   98: 10

 

Mimura Tomoyasu vs. Cho Chikun

? (sacrifice analysis)   115: 51-53

 

Mimura Tomoyasu vs. Kanda Ei

? (sacrifice analysis)   115: 53-55

 

Mimura Tomoyasu vs. Kobayashi Koichi

NHK Cup 2006-07 (sacrifice problem and analysis)   118: 63, 64

 

Mimura Tomoyasu vs. Miyazawa Goro

Kisei Leagues 2001   93: 25-27

 

Mimura Tomoyasu vs. O Meien

Honinbo League 2003-04 (sacrifice analysis)   114: 48-52

 

Mimura Tomoyasu + Aoki Kikuyo

Ricoh Cup 2005, win   104: 8

 

Minami Yoshimi (1941–2011)

death of   126: 10

 

Minamoto no Yorimitsu (10th-century samurai)  see Raiko legends

 

Minamoto no Yoshiie (11th-century samurai)

untitled print (cover note)   37: 1

untitled triptych (cover note)   123: 1

 

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (12th-century warlord)

fate of   63: 1-2

 

Minatogawa Sachiko + Komori Shoji vs. Nakamura Chikako + Sogabe Toshiyuki

International Amateur Pair Go Tournament 1990 (final)   62: 10-11*

 

Mind sports events

see All-China Intellectual Olympics ,

SportAccord World Mind Games ,

World Mind Sports Games

 

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

game from late   28: 63-65

 

Ming-jen Title (Taiwan)  see Mingren Title

 

Mingren League/Tournament (Chinese Meijin)

1989 (2nd): Ma Xiaochun wins   56: 61

1990 (3rd): Yu Bin wins   60: 7

1991 (4th): Nie Weiping wins (+ final chart)   65: 56

1997 (10th): Luo Xihe wins   81: 6, 43

1997 (10th): Liu Xiaoguang vs. Luo Xihe   81: 44-45

1997 (10th): Luo Xihe vs. Zhang Wendong   81: 43-44

2000 (13th): Shao Weigang wins   90: 28

2004 (17th): Nie Weiping reaches play-off   102: 10*

2004 (17th): Gu Li wins   103: 11

2005 (18th): Yu Bin wins   106: 7-8

2006 (19th): opponents for play-off   109: 10

2007 (20th): Ding Wei wins play-off   113: 11*

2008 (21st): opponents for play-off   115: 10

 

Mingren Title Match (Chinese Meijin)

1988 (1st): Liu Xiaoguang wins   52: 4

1990 (3rd): Ma Xiaochun wins   62: 72

1991 (4th): Ma Xiaochun wins   65: 56

1994 (7th): Ma Xiaochun wins   72: 5

1996 (9th): Ma Xiaochun defeats Liu Xiaoguang (+ Game 5)   79: 21-23

1997 (10th): Ma Xiaochun defeats Luo Xihe (+ Game 4)   81: 6;  82: 16-17

1998 (11th): Ma Xiaochun wins   84: 5

1999 (12th): Ma Xiaochun defeats Chang Hao (+ Game 3)   88: 13, 38-39

2000 (13th): Ma Xiaochun wins (+ results)   91: 14

2001 (14th): Ma Xiaochun wins (+ results)   94: 14*

2003 (15th): Zhou Heyang wins (+ results)   97: 60

2004 (16th): Qiu Jun wins (+ results)   100: 11

2004 (17th): Gu Li wins (+ results)   103: 11

2005-06 (18th): Gu Li wins   106: 7-8*

2007 (19th): Gu Li wins (+ results)   110: 9

2007 (20th): Gu Li wins (+ results)   114: 9

2008 (21st): Gu Li defeats Piao Wenyao (+ results)   117: 12-13*;  119: 12

2009-10 (22nd): Gu Li wins (+ results)   121: 11

2010 (23rd): Jiang Weijie wins (+ results)   124: 12

2011 (24th): Jiang Weijie wins (+ results)   127: 9-10

 

Mingren Title Match (Taiwanese Meijin)

1978 (5th): Zhou Chengheng vs. Ch’en Shih (Game 2)   14: 37-40

2004 (31st): Zhou Junxun wins   103: 11

2006 (32nd): Zhou Junxun wins   107: 10

2007 (34th): Zhou Junxun wins (+ results)   114: 10

2009 (36th): Zhou Junxun wins (+ results)   119: 9

 

Mini-Chinese fuseki

counter options   86: 36-39

“The Korean Style: Korean Joseki Innovations”. Parts 6-9 (Oya Koichi)

     102: 59-64;  103: 57-58;  104: 60-61;  105: 62-63

“Redmond, Michael on the Opening/Fuseki”   86: 34-39;  91: 56-63

 

Miraculous upsets

as of 1984   39: 37

as of 1991   67: 22

as of 2005   103: 25

as of 2008   116: 5

by Cho Chikun  see Kisei Title Match 1983 , Meijin Title Match 1984 ,

     Honinbo Title Match 1992

foiled   126: 45

god of   116: 4 ^c

by Hane Naoki  see Honinbo Title Match 2008

by Rin Kaiho  see Honinbo Title Match 1983

 

Missingham, Joanne

biographical details   123: 4

Qionglong Mt. Bingsheng Cup 2010, 2nd place in   123: 3

 

Missionaries  see Matteo Ricci

 

Mistakes

see also Hallucinations , Overplays , Oversights

bad moves/style  see under Shape and technique

“Correcting the Mistake” [6 parts] (Kato Masao)   11 – 16:  ...

timing mistake (analysis) in Meijin League game   58: 67-68

 

Mitani Tetsuya

Hiroshima Aluminium Cup Young Carp Tournament 2008, wins   117: 10

 

Mitani Tetsuya vs. Ko Iso

Nakano Cup 2006   111: 35-37

 

Mitchell, David

marathon record (1977) set by   2: 4*

 

Mitsunaga Junzo

“Developing Good Judgment: Four Problems in the Opening”   91: 47-50

 

Mitsuuji, Prince (novel character)

Edo Murasaki Sugata Kurabe  (oban diptych, cover note)   120: 1

Edo Murasaki Sugata Kurabe  (oban triptych, cover note)   114: 1

Hana-zakari Kinki Shoga  (cover note)   109: 1

 

Miura Hiroshi vs. Ma Xiaochun

WAGC 1983 (final)   32: 37-39

 

Miwa Yoshiro (1921–94)

death of   70: 12

“One Page Lesson: Endgame Technique”   28: 53-54

 

Mixed doubles  see Pair Go

 

Miyamoto Naoki (1934–2012)

“Blueprint 361” [8 parts] (middle-game problems)   1 – 8:  ...

Chinese Weiqi Association, awarded by   108: 10

death of   129: 10

“How Would You Play Here?” [3 parts] (middle-game problems)   14: 59-62;

     15: 41-44;  16: 49-52

“Original Handicap Strategy” [7 parts]   1 – 7:  ...

 

Miyamoto Naoki vs. Akagi Kazuo

Kansai Ki-in Number One Position Tournament 1977   20: 41

 

Miyamoto Naoki vs. Takemiya Masaki

Tengen Preliminary Tournament 1980   25: 16-25

 

Miyasaka Shinji vs. Shugen

21×21 game (1915)   60: 46-48

 

Miyashige Genjo  see also his later name Genjo

 

Miyashige Genjo vs. Nakano Chitoku

1788...1794 (five games)   25: 60-ibc, 47;  26: 61-63

 

Miyashita Shuyo

“After the Joseki: Early Middle Game Strategy” [3 parts]   30: 43-45;  31: 58-59;

     32: 46-48

 

Miyashita Shuyo vs. Sakata Eio

Nihon Ki-in Championship Title Match 1965 (Game 4)   52: 58-59*

 

Miyazaki Shimako

China, studies in   56: 64*

Women’s Meijin Tournament 1988-89, wins   56: 9

 

Miyazaki Yutaro

“An Interview with Yi Se-tol”. Parts 1&2   123: 56-57;  124: 34-36

 

Miyazawa Goro

800 wins, reaches   119: 8

“Basic Fighting Techniques” [24 parts] (problems)   13 ... 42:  ...

“Fighting Spirit, Miyazawa Goro: The Epitome of”   93: 22-27

Shinjin-O Title Match 1980, wins   20: 4

Shinjin-O Title Match 1985, wins   40: 4

tesuji problem by   38: 53, 57-58

 

Miyazawa Goro vs. Koyama Yasuo

NHK Cup 1987 (problem and game)   100: 75, 78-80*

 

Miyazawa Goro vs. Mimura Tomoyasu

Kisei Leagues 2001   93: 25-27

 

Miyazawa Goro vs. Rin Kaiho

NHK Cup 2001-02   93: 22-24

 

Miyazawa Goro vs. Yoda Norimoto

Shinjin-O Title Match 1983 (Game 2)   35: 42-43*

 

Mizokami Tomochika

marries Kato Keiko   110: 8

NEC Shun’ei Tournament 2001, wins   91: 12

Shinjin-O Title Match 2004, wins   102: 8-9

 

Mizokami Tomochika vs. Cho U

Tengen Tournament 2006   125: 55-61

 

Mizokami Tomochika vs. Kong Jie

International Youth Tournament 2001   94: 34-36

 

Mizuguchi Fujio

“The Tale of Genji: Japan’s First Go Stamp”   58: 65*

 

Mizuno Hiroshi vs. Wu Songsheng

Japan-China Go Exchange 1980 (Round 5)   21: 35-36

 

Mobile Communications Cup (Korean title)  see Paedal Wang

 

Mobile phones  see iPhone

 

Mogarashi Soten (Edo-period sword manufacturer)

sword-guard (cover note)   60: 1

 

Mojie Cup (Taiwan)

past title-holders   104: 12

2005 (3rd): Zhou Junxun wins   104: 12

 

Mok Chin-seok

2007 performance   114: 9

biographical details   102: 13*

Kiseong Title Match 1999, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   85: 9-10

Nong Shim Cup 2007-08, good performance in   114: 2*, 3

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Chang Hao

Chunlan Cup 1998-99 (Round 2)   85: 13-15

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Ch’oe Myeong-hun

Myeongin Tournament 1997 (Round 2)   80: 9, 16-19

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Kim Yeong-sam

Bacchus Cup Chunweon Tournament 2004   117: 64

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Pak Yeong-hun

Kiseong Tournament 2003-04 (quarterfinal)   110: 54

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Takemiya Masaki

Nong Shim Cup 2000-01 (Seoul Round)   91: 40-41

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Kiseong Title Match 1999 (Game 1)   85: 9-10

LG Cup Final 2004 (Games 1-4)   102: 12-21

 

Mok Chin-seok vs. Yoda Norimoto

Nong Shim Cup 2007-08 (Pusan Round, middle-game problem & game)

     116: 48-54, 47

 

Mok Jin-seuk  see Mok Chin-seok

 

Mokuhazushi joseki  see 5-3 point joseki

 

Monarch Title

Chinese  see Bawang

Korean  see P’aewang

 

Mon’etsu Monnyu (9th Hayashi)  (1755–1816)

biographical details   30: 57

 

Mon’etsu Monnyu vs. Genjo

castle game (1801)   30: 57-58

 

Monkey jump

cover note   41: 1

“How to Stop the Monkey Jump” (Sato Masaharu)   58: 58-61

“Six Monkey-Jump Problems”   79: 69;  80: 27, 33

“Stopping the Monkey Jump” (problems by Haruyama Isamu)   58: 61-64

“Stopping the Monkey Jump”. Parts 1 & 2 (problems)   78: 53-54, 57-61;

     79: 61, 65-68

value of, as endgame move   58: 60-61

 

“Monster Go” (John Fairbairn)

(21×21 go)   60: 46-48

 

Montreal Honinbo Tournament

1980 note   19: 5

1981 note   24: 6

1986 report   43: 4-5

1987 report   48: 6, 58

 

Moonshine life

analysis and discussion of Japanese rule (example)   12: 46

comparison of Ing and Japanese rules   5: 37

 

Morikawa Masao (1919–2006)

death of   108: 8

 

Moriyama Naoki

Japan-China Go Exchange 1991, gets perfect score in   64: 4*

 

Mosczynski, Krzysztof vs. Kraszek, Janusz

Polish Championship 1980 (Game 3)   23: 53-55

 

Most captures

“Most Captures in One Game”   100: 72-74

 

“Most Difficult Go Problem Ever, The”

(life-and-death problem)   29: 43, 47-49

 

Most games

1,000 landmark, four top players pass   59: 55-56

2,000 (Cho Chikun)   116: 7

2,000 (Rin Kaiho)   101: 9

2,500 (Cho Hun-hyeon)   117: 11

between two players   74: 63;  115: 10;  120: 8, 10;  123: 8

Japanese annual  see Annual reviews

in one year (Yoda Norimoto)   60: 7

 

Most popular players

see also Top players

Igo Club magazine poll on (1986)   45: 3-4

Kato Masao in Japanese go world   103: 9

 

Most prize money  see under Prize money

 

Most titles won

see also individual tournaments

Cho Chikun extends record   102: 8;  104: 7*

Cho Chikun tops Sakata Eio’s record   96: 5*

Cho Hun-hyeon and Yi Ch’ang-ho   117: 11

international (as of 2000)   89: 5

international (as of 2001)   91: 2;  92: 4;  93: 2

international (as of 2002)   94: 3;  95: 8;  96: 4

international (as of 2003)   97: 5;  98: 6;  99: 5

international (as of 2004)   100: 5;  101: 5;  102: 7

international (as of 2005)   103: 5;  104: 6;  105: 5

international (as of 2006)   106: 4;  107: 4;  108: 5;  109: 5

international (as of 2007)   110: 5;  111: 4;  112: 5;  113: 6

international (as of 2008)   114: 4;  115: 5;  116: 4;  117: 6

international (as of 2009)   118: 5;  119: 5;  120: 3

international (as of 2010)   121: 4;  122: 6;  123: 3;  124: 5

international (as of 2011)   125: 5;  126: 5;  127: 4

international (as of 2012)   128: 6

international (as of 2013)   129: 5

international team (as of 2002)   95: 8;  96: 4

international team (as of 2003)   97: 5;  98: 6;  99: 5

international team (as of 2004)   100: 5;  101: 5;  102: 7

international team (as of 2005)   103: 5;  104: 6;  105: 5

international team (as of 2006)   106: 4;  107: 4;  108: 5;  109: 5

international team (as of 2007)   110: 5;  111: 4;  112: 5;  113: 6

international team (as of 2008)   114: 4;  115: 5;  116: 4;  117: 6

international team (as of 2009)   118: 5;  119: 5;  120: 3

international team (as of 2010)   121: 4;  122: 6;  123: 3;  124: 5

international team (as of 2011)   125: 5;  126: 5;  127: 4

international team (as of 2012)   128: 6

international team (as of 2013)   129: 5

Japanese (as of 1980s)   20: 3-4*;  43: 3;  48: 3;  57: 14*

Japanese (as of 1990s)   74: 61-62*;  87: 4

Japanese (as of 2001)   93: 8

Japanese (as of 2002)   94: 9;  95: 10;  96: 5

Japanese (as of 2004)   101: 6;  102: 7

Japanese (as of 2005)   103: 5;  104: 6;  105: 5

Japanese (as of 2006)   106: 4;  107: 4;  108: 6;  109: 5

Japanese (as of 2007)   110: 6;  111: 4;  112: 5

Japanese (as of 2008)   114: 5;  115: 5;  116: 4;  117: 7

Japanese (as of 2009)   118: 6;  119: 5;  120: 4

Japanese (as of 2010)   121: 4;  122: 6;  123: 4;  124: 6

Japanese (as of 2011)   125: 5, 7;  126: 6;  127: 4

Japanese (as of 2012)   128: 6

Japanese (as of 2013)   129: 5

Japanese big-three (as of 2006)   106: 4

Japanese TV (as of 1985)   38: 4

Japanese women (as of 2004)   101: 7

Japanese women (as of 2009)   120: 6

Japanese women (as of 2011)   125: 7

Sakata Eio wins 60th title   12: 6, 40

“Top Title Winners”   57: 14*

 

Most Valuable Player

2002: Yi Se-tol chosen as   97: 56

 

Most wins

see also Winning streaks

Awaji Shuzo reaches 900 wins   120: 8

Chino Tadahiko reaches 700 wins   120: 8

Cho Chikun reaches 1,000 wins   84: 2, 3

Cho Chikun reaches 1,200 wins   104: 9

Cho Chikun reaches 1,300 wins   115: 8-9

Cho Chikun reaches 1,364 wins   124: 7

Cho Chikun reaches 1,400 wins   129: 8

Cho U reaches 500 wins   105: 9

Cho U reaches 600 wins   113: 7

Cho U reaches 700 wins   121: 6, 7

Hane Naoki reaches 700 wins   118: 9

Hane Yasumasa makes 1,000 wins (+ list of other players)   94: 9-10

Hane Yasumasa reaches 1,100 wins   115: 9

Ishida Yoshio reaches 900 wins   101: 9

Ishida Yoshio reaches 1,000 wins   122: 8, 9

Japanese 1,000+ wins (as of 2002)   97: 55-56

Japanese 1,000+ wins (as of 2008)   115: 9

Japanese annual  see Annual reviews

Japanese various (2008)   116: 7

Kobayashi Koichi reaches 1,000 wins   84: 3

Kobayashi Koichi reaches 1,200 wins   105: 9

Kobayashi Satoru reaches 1,000 wins   127: 7, 8

Korean annual  see Korean prizes

Kudo Norio reaches 1,000 wins   127: 7

Miyazawa Goro reaches 800 wins   119: 8

O Meien reaches 900 wins   122: 9

O Rissei reaches 900 wins   100: 9

O Rissei reaches 1,000 wins   114: 7

Ogawa Tomoko reaches 500 wins   115: 8

Redmond, Michael reaches 500 wins   119: 7

Sakata Eio passes 1,000 wins   59: 56*

Takao Shinji reaches 600 wins   107: 8

Takao Shinji reaches 700 wins   118: 9

Takao Shinji reaches 800 wins   128: 9

Takemiya Masaki reaches 1,000 wins   107: 8

Yamada Kimio reaches 700 wins   113: 7

Yamashiro Hiroshi reaches 1,000 wins   116: 7

Yamashita Keigo reaches 700 wins   120: 8;  121: 7

Yoda Norimoto reaches 900 wins   112: 7

Yoda Norimoto reaches 1,000 wins   126: 9

Yuki Satoshi reaches 900 wins   118: 9

 

Motare  see Leaning attack

 

Motoharu (governor)  see Yurugi Motoharu

 

Mountain sages

untitled print (cover note)   33: 1

 

Moussa, Andre vs. Michel, Jean

French Championship 1980 (Game 2)   23: 56-58

 

Move of the Year (prize)

“1985 Move of the Year”   45: 18-19, 21-25*

 

Moves  see Fake , Famous , Original , Proper , Slowest , Trick , Urgent moves

as well as individual shapes & techniques

 

Movies

about Takagawa Kaku, wins prize (1977)   5: 6-7

 

Moyo

see also Influence

3-3 point joseki and   5: 60-61

Chinese fuseki, option of moyo contest in   14: 47

defending by dropping back (problem and example)   47: 53, 58-59;  69: 54

destroying by use of counter hane (examples)   63: 62-63

expanding and restricting by use of magari (examples)   70: 39-40

“Failure of a Large Moyo” (game)   18: 12-13 ^c

forcing move (example) against   65: 50-52

“Four Moyo Problems”   113: 53-56

invading (example)   121: 47-49

“Joseki Selection and Whole-Board Judgement”. Parts 1-3 (problems by Aoki

     Kikuyo and Nakamura Chikako)   119: 59-62;  120: 57-60;  122: 58-60

problem from actual game   100: 75, 83-85*

proper move analysis (examples)   126: 58-60, 61

reducing (examples)   27: 62;  116: 62-64

Sonoda Yuichi’s success with ultra-large-moyo style   45: 4

Takagawa Kaku’s aversion (examples) to   41: 28-29

“Takemiya’s Cosmic Go” (game)   28: 48-49

 

Mukai Chiaki

Women’s Honinbo Tournament 2010, wins   123: 7

Women’s Honinbo Tournament 2011, wins   126: 9

Women’s Meijin League 2009-10, wins   121: 6

Women’s Meijin League 2010-11, wins   125: 6, 7

Women’s Meijin League 2011-12, wins   127: 7;  128: 7

 

Mukai Chiaki vs. Xie Yimin

Women’s Honinbo Title Match 2011 (Game 4)   127: 63-64

 

Mukai sisters

distinction   114: 5

 

Multiple crowns  see Double , Triple , Quadruple , Quintuple crown and Grand slam

 

Mun To-weon

winning streak in Cheongkwanjang Cup 2011   125: 2

 

Murakami Akira

“The Top Ten Life-and-Death Problems: As selected by 40 professional go players”

     77: 56-64* ^c

“The Top Ten Tesujis: As selected by 40 professional go players”   100: 65-71

“Why Not Eliminate the Irrational in Go?” (discussion with Kudo Norio and O Meien)

     45: 60-64*

 

Murakami Bunsho vs. Ma Xiaochun

WAGC 1981 (semifinal)   25: 8-11

 

Murakawa Daisuke

Kansai Ki-in Number One Position Tournament 2010, wins   124: 8

Sankei Pro-Ama Tournament 2011, wins   127: 6, 7

Shinjin-O Title Match 2011, wins   127: 6

 

Muramatsu Ryuichi vs. Kobayashi Kenji

middle game problem (by Fujisawa Shuko)   42: 25, 47-48

 

Muramatsu Ryuichi vs. Redmond, Michael

Ryuen Cup 1985 (final)   43: 10-12

 

Muramatsu Ryuichi vs. Yo Kagen

ca. 1986   45: 64

 

Muramatsu Shofu vs. Go Seigen

1940 (6 stones)   36: 16

 

Muraoka Shigeyuki vs. Kishimoto Kazuo

endgame exercise   9: 45-49

 

Murashima Yoshinori (1905–83)

death of   31: 63

 

Murders

Hans Pietsch shot dead (2003)   97: 10-11*

 

Music  see Piano music , Shamisen , Songs

 

Myak-shing Cup (Strongest 9-dan Title)

2000 (1st): Ch’oe Kyu-pyeong wins final   88: 13

2005 (6th): Yi Se-tol wins final (+ results)   104: 10

2006 (7th): Yi Se-tol wins final (+ results)   107: 9*

2007 (8th): Yi Se-tol wins final (+ results)   111: 8

 

Myeongin Title (Korean Meijin)

format, prize money, 1996 winner   80: 6

 

Myeongin Title Match

1997 (28th): Cho Hun-hyeon wins (+ Games 3 & 5)   81: 5, 40-42

2000 (31st): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins   90: 28

2001 (32nd): Yi Ch’ang-ho defeats Yu Ch’ang-hyeok (+ results)   93: 10;  94: 13

2002 (33rd): Yi Ch’ang-ho defeats An Cho-yeong (+ results)   96: 40

2003 (34th): results   99: 10

2003 (34th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results)   100: 10

2007 (35th): Yi Se-tol wins (+ results)   113: 10

2008 (36th): Yi Se-tol wins (+ results)   117: 12;  118: 9

2009 (37th): Yi Ch’ang-ho wins (+ results)   121: 10

2010 (38th): Pak Yeong-hun wins (+ results)   124: 10

2011 (39th): Pak Yeong-hun wins (+ results)   127: 9

 

Myeongin Tournament

1997 (28th): Mok Chin-seok vs. Ch’oe Myeong-hun (Round 2)   80: 9, 16-19

1997 (28th): Ch’oe Myeong-hun reaches final stage   80: 4

1997 (28th): Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Ch’oe Myeong-hun (play-off, Game 1)

     81: 39-40

2009 (37th): tournament system modified   120: 10

2010 (38th): amateurs doing well   122: 11

2011 (39th): amateurs doing well   126: 54

 

“Myriad Techniques of Go, The” (Sato Masaharu)

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