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Na Hyeon
becomes professional   123: 9

 
Nadare joseki  see Large , Small avalanche

 
Nagahara Yoshiaki
Europe tour (1979) by   13: 3*
Swedish Summer Camp 1978 attended by   5: 40

 
Naganuma Makoto (1920–2004)
death of   102: 10

 
Nagasaka Inosuke vs. Jowa
twenty-one game series 1807 (Game 12)   16: 13-15

 
Nagasaki Yuji vs. Wimmer, Manfred
Oteai 1978   12: 34-35*

 
Nakade
“36 Life and Death Patterns” (Kato Masao)   58: 52, 55, 57, 64
“The Myriad Shapes of Go” (example and problems by Sato Masaharu)
     69: 52-53, 58-60

 
Nakagawa Kamesaburo (1827–1903)
biographical details   47: 35

 
Nakagawa Kamesaburo vs. Hayashi Sano
1881 (2 stones)   64: 41

 
Nakagawa Shinji (1907–82)
“One Page Lesson: Semeai Tesuji”   28: 54

 
Nakajima Mieko
marries Ando Kazushige   115: 8

 
Nakamura Chikako and Aoki Kikuyo
“Joseki Selection and Whole-Board Judgement”. Parts 1-3 (problems)   119: 59-62;
     120: 57-60;  122: 58-60

 
Nakamura Chikako + Sogabe Toshiyuki vs. Minatogawa Sachiko + Komori Shoji
International Amateur Pair Go Tournament 1990 (final)   62: 10-11*

 
Nakamura Doseki (Inoue founder) vs. Santetsu
1625-26   8: ibc

 
Nakamura Fukusuke (actor)
Hana Kurabe Gokaku no Torikumi  (cover note)   107: 1

 
Nakamura Hidehito
“Problem: How to Attack”   41: 48, 54

 
Nakamura Hidehito vs. Fujisawa Shuko
Kisei Tournament 1982-83 (Stage Three, quarterfinal)   36: 35-36

 
Nakamura Hidehito vs. Shao Zhengzhong
Japan-China Go Exchange 1983 (Round 6)   33: 63

 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (actor)
in kabuki play The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (cover story & notes)   55: 7;
     126: 1

 
Nakamura Kuniko vs. Kerwin, James
Kisei Tournament 1978-79 (Stage One, 1-dan final)   12: 32-33*

 
Nakamura Shinya vs. Zhou Heyang
Fujitsu Cup 2007 (Round 2, post-joseki problem)   114: 35, 38-39

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

 
Nakamura Yutaro (1908–83)
9-dan, sets new promotion record (1981) to   24: 5*
biographical details   24: 5*

 
Nakamura Yutaro vs. Abe Yoshiteru
All-Japan First Place Tournament 1973 (joseki analysis)   15: 45-46

 
Nakano Chitoku  see also his later name Chitoku Senchi

 
Nakano Chitoku vs. Genjo
1799   27: 63-ibc, 56

 
Nakano Chitoku vs. Miyashige Genjo
1788...1794 (five games)   25: 60-ibc, 47;  26: 61-63

 
Nakano Cup U20 Championship
2006 (3rd): Iyama Yuta wins   108: 6, 7
2006 (3rd): Ko Iso vs. Mitani Tetsuya   111: 35-37
2007 (4th): Iyama Yuta wins   112: 7
2011 (8th): Suzuki Shinji wins   127: 7

 
Nakano Hironari
Judan Tournament 1999-2000, wins   88: 7-8
Judan Title Match 2000, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   89: 7

 
Nakano Hironari vs. Hotta Seiji
Honinbo Preliminary Tournament 1988   64: 61-62

 
Nakao Kunitsugu vs. Yokozeki Iho
1778   64: 39

 
Nakaoka Jiro (1921–2004)
death of   101: 9
“Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play” [5 parts]   27 – 31:  ...

 
Nakatsui Yusuke vs. Frank Hansen
WAGC 1982 (play-off for 15th place)   28: 43-44

 
Nakayama Noriyuki (1932–2010)
biographical details   61: 64*
death of   122: 10
“Life-and-Death Problems”   61: 63-64*, 66-67;  64: 13, 15;  68: 58, 59-60
“Living with a False Eye”   64: 61-62
“Nemesis v. Nakayama”   39: 49-50
“Suspicious Jigos and Early Resignations”   50: 53
“Tales of Men Crazy about Go”   50: 32-40* c;  51: 66
The World of Go   46: 6;  48: 38-41*;  49: 35-38*

 
Nakayama Noriyuki vs. Kanda Ei
Kisei Tournament 1979-80 (Stage One, fuseki problem only)   50: 36-38 c

 
Nakayama Noriyuki vs. Nemesis
13×13 game (1984)   39: 49-50

 
Nakayama Noriyuki vs. Takehara Kintaro
1950s (3 stones, fuseki only)   50: 39

 
Nakazawa Ayako
1990 performance   63: 44
Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1990, wins   62: 13;  63: 41
Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1991, defeats Kobayashi Chizu in   66: 5
Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1996, loses to Yoshida Mika in   78: 3-4

 
Nakazawa Ayako vs. Kusunoki Teruko
Women’s Honinbo Title Match 1990 (Game 3)   63: 41-44*

 
Nakazono Seizo vs. Takemiya Masaki
Professional-Amateur Honinbo Play-off 1985 (reverse komi)   44: 39-40

 
Nanfang Cup
2000 (1st): Liu Xiaoguang wins   91: 14

 
Nantes Tournament
1987 report   49: 6

 
Nara board
description   61: 44, 52*

 
Narrowest margin
Kato Masao’s three half-point wins (Judan Title Match 1983)   30: 3
Ryu Shikun’s three half-point wins (Tengen Title Match 2000)   91: 6*

 
Narumi Naoshi vs. Schlemper, Ronald
WAGC 1979 (Round 1)   13: 11-13

 
Narusawa Yasuichi
retires   118: 9

 
National Champion Title (Korea)  see Kuksu

 
National Champion Title (Taiwan)  see Guoshou

 
National Champion Tournament (China)  see Da Guo Shou

 
National championships  see Argentine , Australian , Austrian , British , Chinese , Danish ,
Dutch , Finnish , French , German , Hungarian , New Zealand , Polish , Romanian ,
Swiss , U.S. , Yugoslav Championship

 
National Go Championship (Korea)  see Kukgi

 
NEC Cup (China)
1995 (1st): established   74: 4
1997 (3rd): Shao Weigang wins   81: 6
1998 (4th): Chang Hao defeats Shao Weigang (+ final game)   84: 40-41
2000 (5th): Shao Weigang wins   88: 13
2002 (7th): Chang Hao wins   94: 14
2003 (8th): Wang Lei wins   97: 60
2004 (9th): Gu Li wins   101: 11*
2005 (10th): Chang Hao wins   104: 11
2006 (11th): Gu Li wins   106: 8
2007 (12th): Qiu Jun wins   110: 9
2008 (13th): Gu Li wins   114: 9
2009 (14th): Gu Li wins   118: 10

 
NEC Cup (Japan)
1983 (2nd): Sakata Eio wins   31: 5
1984 (3rd): Cho Chikun wins   34: 3
1990 (9th): Rin Kaiho wins   58: 7
1991 (10th): Kato Masao wins   63: 8
1994 (13th): Komatsu Hideki wins   70: 10
1997 (16th): Kato Masao wins   79: 8
2000 (19th): Cho Chikun wins   88: 7
2001 (20th): Cho Chikun wins   91: 11-12
2003 (22nd): Ryu Shikun wins   98: 10
2004 (23rd): Kobayashi Koichi wins   101: 6
2005 (24th): Cho U wins   104: 8
2006 (25th): Cho Sonjin wins   107: 5
2007 (26th): Cho U wins   111: 5
2008 (27th): Kono Rin wins   115: 6
2009 (28th): Hane Naoki wins   118: 6, 7
2010 (29th): Kono Rin wins   122: 8
2011 (30th): Cho U wins   125: 7
2012 (31st): Takao Shinji wins   128: 7

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1985 (1st)
China wins   41: 3;  43: 43-44, 45
announcement   38: 6
China starts well   38: 2-3
Jiang Zhujiu’s winning streak   38: 2-3;  40: 34
series tied   39: 6;  40: 2-3
Jiang vs. Awaji   42: 6-10*
Kataoka vs. Jiang   40: 34-36
Jiang vs. Ishida A.   40: 36-38*
Kobayashi K. vs. Jiang   42: 10-11
Nie vs. Kato   43: 45-46
Fujisawa S. vs. Nie   43: 44-45

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87 (2nd)
China wins   48: 3-4;  50: 6-7*
Chinese and Japanese teams   42: 4
China starts well   43: 4
series tied   44: 3
Japan leads   45: 3*;  46: 6, 18;  47: 3-4
Kobayashi Satoru’s winning streak   45: 3*;  46: 18*
results   50: 7
Kobayashi S. vs. Jiang   46: 18-21*
Liu vs. Kobayashi S.   47: 50-51
Nie vs. Takemiya   50: 13-15*
Otake vs. Nie   50: 7-13* c

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1987-88 (3rd)
China wins   51: 11
China leads   48: 4;  49: 3*
series tied   50: 3-4
Kato vs. Nie   51: 11-13*

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988 (4th)
Japan wins   54: 2-3*;  55: 38, 42-43*
Yoda Norimoto’s winning streak   52: 16;  54: 2
Hane Yasumasa’s triumph   54: 2-3*;  55: 38, 42-43*
Ma vs. Yoda   52: 17
Hane Y. vs. Nie   55: 38-43*

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1989-90 (5th)
China wins   60: 3
series tied and interrupted   55: 3;  56: 4
China poised to win   58: 3-4*

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1991-92 (6th)
Japan wins   67: 4-5
China starts well   63: 5
Japan recovers   64: 4*
series tied   65: 3*
Japan ahead   66: 3-4*

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1992-93 (7th)
Japan wins   69: 6, 7*
Japan leads   68: 4

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1993-94 (8th)
Japan wins   70: 2-3*
Japan’s superb start   69: 6-7

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1994-95 (9th)
China wins   72: 6
even start and remaining players   70: 5
results of early rounds   71: 3

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1995 (10th)
China wins   76: 4, 60*
line-up of Japanese and Chinese teams   73: 4-5
Chang Hao’s winning streak   74: 5;  75: 5;  76: 60*
Kobayashi S. vs. Chang Hao   76: 60-62*
Chang Hao vs. Rin   76: 62-64*

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1996 (11th)
China wins   78: 4
results of early rounds   77: 5

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1997 (12th)
change to new format   81: 2
results   81: 2-3

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 2000 (15th)
results in new format   89: 6-7

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 2001 (16th)
results in last event   92: 4-5

 
NEC Shun’ei Tournament (Young Stars)
1991 (6th): O Meien wins   63: 8
1997 (12th): Yo Kagen wins   79: 8
2001 (16th): Mizokami Tomochika wins   91: 12
2003 (18th): Akiyama Jiro wins   98: 10

 
Nemesis (computer program)
doing well in Japan   43: 5, 64

 
Nemesis vs. Nakayama Noriyuki
13×13 game (1984)   39: 49-50

 
Neologisms
of Kajiwara Takeo   121: 9

 
Nessie’s face  see Giraffe’s neck

 
Net (Internet)  see Online ...

 
Net (technique)  see Geta

 
Netherlands  see Dutch ...

 
Neutral points
“exquisite dame move” by Chitoku Senchi (1812)   28: 61
Japanese and Chinese methods (discussion)   45: 60-61*, 63-64*
“Shortage of Liberties” (problems)   14: 43-47

 
New fuseki (individual moves)  see Fuseki innovations

 
New Fuseki (opening theory)  see Shin fuseki

 
New Go Society  see Igo Shinsha

 
New go terms  see Neologisms

 
New joseki  see Joseki innovations

 
New moves  see Fuseki , Joseki innovations

 
New Physical Education Cup
1983 (5th): Nie Weiping wins   34: 3
1988 (10th): current leader in League   53: 63
1989 (11th): Nie Weiping wins (+ results)   58: 8
1990 (12th): Cao Dayuan wins League   60: 48
1990 (12th): Nie Weiping wins (+ Game 3)   64: 36
1992 (14th): Chen Zude vs. Nie (League)   70: 63
discontinued   70: 62

 
New Stars Best Ten (Korean title)  see SK Gas New Stars Best Ten

 
New Stars Goodwill Series  see Japan-Korea New Stars Goodwill Series

 
New Stars, JAL (Japanese title)  see JAL New Stars Tournament

 
New Stars, King of the (title)
Chinese  see Xinren Wang
Japanese  see Shinjin-O
Korean  see BC Card Cup

 
New Stars, NEC (Japanese title)  see NEC Shun’ei

 
New Stars Play-off  see China-Korea King of the New Stars Play-off

 
New Stars, Queen of the (title)  see Queen of the New Stars

 
New Stars, Ricoh Cup  see Ricoh Cup (Rising Stars)

 
New Stars Successive Wins Strongest Player (Korean title)  see Osram Korea Cup ...

 
New Stars Tournament (China, 18 and under)
2005: Meng Tailing wins   105: 11

 
New Stars Tournament (International)  see International New Stars Tournament

 
New Stars Tournament (Japan)  see Shin’ei

 
New Stars Tournament (Japan-Taiwan)  see Japan-Taiwan Young Stars Tournament

 
New stars vs. Go Seigen matches
1929-31 match, wins   35: 14
Go vs. Suzuki (“Go Seigen vs. Rising Stars” Series 1956, no komi)   2: 61-62
Go vs. Yamabe (“First Encounters with New Stars” Series 1953, no komi)
     48: 52-55 c

 
New Zealand-Australia Team Match
1985 report   41: 4

 
New Zealand Championship
1978 note   10: 44, 59
1979 report   16: 3-4
1980 report   22: 3
1985 report   41: 4

 
New Zealand Schools Championship
1977 note   7: 5
1978 note   10: 59

 
New Zealand tournaments
see Auckland Eight Best League ,
New Zealand Championship ,
New Zealand Schools Championship

 
News sections (mostly by John Power)  see at beginning of GW issues

 
Newsletters
Canadian Go Association publishes (1979)   14: 16

 
Newspaper sponsorship
of Japanese tournaments   19: 17

 
NHK Cup (Japan)
1964 (11th): Sakata vs. Fujisawa S.   52: 56
1979 (26th): Tono Hiroaki wins   12: 40*
1980 (27th): results; Hashimoto Shoji wins   17: 4;  18: 5
1981 (28th): Fujisawa Shuko wins   24: 2*
1983 (30th): Cho Chikun wins   31: 5
1983 (30th): Hashimoto S. vs. Hane Y.   35: 54-55
1984 (31st): Honda Kunihisa wins   34: 2
1987 (35th): Koyama vs. Miyazawa (problem and game)   100: 75, 78-80*
1990 (37th): Ishida Yoshio wins   58: 7
1991 (38th): Yoda Norimoto wins   63: 8
1997 (44th): O Rissei wins   79: 8*
1999 (46th): Yoda Norimoto wins   85: 6
2000 (47th): Yoda Norimoto wins   88: 9
2001 (48th): Ishida Yoshio wins   91: 8
2001-02 (49th): Miyazawa vs. Rin   93: 22-24
2002-03 (50th): Mimura Tomoyasu wins   98: 10
2003-04 (51st): Kobayashi Koichi wins   101: 6
2004-05 (52nd): Cho U wins   104: 8
2005-06 (53rd): Hane Naoki wins   107: 5
2006-07 (54th): Cho Chikun wins   111: 4
2006-07 (54th): Mimura vs. Kobayashi K. (sacrifice problem and analysis)
     118: 63, 64
2007-08 (55th): Cho U wins   115: 6
2008-09 (56th): Yuki Satoshi wins   118: 7
2009-10 (57th): Yuki Satoshi wins   122: 8
2010-11 (58th): Yamada Kimio wins   125: 7
2011-12 (59th): Yuki Satoshi wins   128: 7
2011-12 (59th): Xie Yimin reaches quarterfinals   128: 7

 
Nichiren  see Saint Nichiren

 
Nichiro  see Kisshomaru

 
Nicknames
“the computer”  see Ishida Yoshio
“female Yi Ch’ang-ho”  see Pak Chi-eun
“iron goalkeeper”  see Nie Weiping
“the killer”  see Kato Masao
“razor-sharp Sakata”  see Sakata Eio
“Shusaku Junior”  see Hayashi Yutaro
“the stone Buddha”  see Yi Ch’ang-ho

 
Nidan-bane  see Two-step hane

 
Nie Weiping
All-China Individual Championship 1981, wins   25: 4
biographical details   63: 18*
CCTV Cup 1997, wins   80: 49
Fujitsu Cup Final 1990, loses to Rin Kaiho in   60: 3*;  61: 8
Hebei Sports Lottery Cup 2009, wins   120: 10
honorary title (1988), gets   52: 4
Ing Cup Final 1989, loses to Cho Hun-hyeon in   56: 1 c, 3*, 19;  59: 14*, 22*
Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1991, loses to Rin Kaiho in   64: 3-4
Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1992, wins   68: 3
Japanese professionals (as of 1979), record against   16: 4
Mingren League 1991, wins   65: 56
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87, interview on his triumph in   50: 6-7*
New Physical Education Cup 1983, wins   34: 3
New Physical Education Cup 1989, wins   58: 8
New Physical Education Cup 1990, wins   64: 36
Qiwang Title Match 1991, wins   63: 45
Ten Strongest Players Tournament 1989, wins   58: 8
Ten Strongest Players Tournament 1991, wins   67: 49, 64
Tianyuan Title Match 1991, wins   63: 45
Tokyo visit (1979) (+ results and games)   16: 4;  17: 15-23*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Cao Dayuan
New Physical Education Cup 1990 (Game 3)   64: 36

 
Nie Weiping vs. Cha, Jimmy
Fujitsu Cup 1990 (quarterfinal)   61: 12-15*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Chen Zude
New Physical Education Cup League 1992   70: 63
WAGC 1979 (final)   14: 22-24

 
Nie Weiping vs. Cho Chikun
Ing Cup 1988 (Round 2)   53: 28-30*
Japan-China Go Exchange 1984 (Rounds 1 & 2)   37: 41-43*, 47-49

 
Nie Weiping vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
China-Korea match in California 1985 (Games 1 & 2)   41: 6-11, 33
Fujitsu Cup 1990 (semifinal)   63: 15-18*
Ing Cup Final 1989 (Games 1-5)   56: 19-24*;  59: 14-22*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Fujisawa Hosai
Japan-China Go Exchange 1978 (Round 1)   10: 24-25

 
Nie Weiping vs. Fujisawa Shuko
haya-go game (1982)   29: 6, 7-9
Ing Cup 1988 (semifinal, Games 1 & 2)   54: 18-20*;  55: 29-38* c
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1985   43: 44-45

 
Nie Weiping vs. Hane Yasumasa
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1988   55: 38-43*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Ishida Yoshio
Japan-China Go Exchange 1980 (Round 2)   20: 14-16

 
Nie Weiping vs. Ishii Kunio
Japan-China Go Exchange 1978 (Round 3)   10: 27-28

 
Nie Weiping vs. Kajiwara Takeo
1979   17: 18-21*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Kataoka Satoshi
1979   17: 21-23

 
Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
Fujitsu Cup 1988 (Round 2)   52: 5-7
Japan-China Go Exchange 1982 (Round 2)   29: 10-12
Japan-China Go Exchange 1984 (Rounds 5 & 6)   38: 7-11
Japan-China Go Exchange 1986 (Round 1)   48: 23-26
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1985   43: 45-46
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1987-88   51: 11-13*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Kobayashi Koichi
Japan-China Go Exchange 1980 (Round 1)   21: 36-38
Japan-China Go Exchange 1983 (Round 7)   33: 62-63
Japan-China TV Championship 1986   46: 7-8

 
Nie Weiping vs. Kudo Norio
Japan-China Go Exchange 1982 (Round 1)   29: 9-10

 
Nie Weiping vs. Ma Xiaochun
CCTV Cup 1997 (semifinal)   80: 49-51

 
Nie Weiping vs. Otake Hideo
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87   50: 7-13* c

 
Nie Weiping vs. Redmond, Michael
Ing Cup 1988 (Round 1, fuseki only)   53: 26

 
Nie Weiping vs. Rin Kaiho
Fujitsu Cup 1988 (semifinal)   53: 6-13*
Fujitsu Cup Final 1990   61: 15-19*
IBM Haya-go Open Tournament 1990 (Round 3)   61: 23-24 c
Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1991 (Games 1-3)   67: 10-21*, 41;  68: 7

 
Nie Weiping vs. Sakata Eio
haya-go exhibition game (1984)   38: 6-7

 
Nie Weiping vs. Schlemper, Ronald
Fujitsu Cup 1988 (Round 1)   52: 9-11*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Seo Pong-su
Fujitsu Cup 1991 (Round 2)   65: 8-11*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Takemiya Masaki
1979 (TV game)   17: 15-18
NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1986-87   50: 13-15*

 
Nie Weiping vs. Yasunaga Hajime
WAGC 1979 (Round 2)   14: 17-19

 
Nie Weiping + Xu Ying
Chinese Weiqi Mixed Pairs Invitational Tournament 2005, win   104: 11

 
Nievergelt, Jurg and Anders Kierulf
“Computer Go: A Smart Board and its Applications”   42: 62-64*, 53, 54

 
Nigiri
Kisei Title Match 1987, done at Game 1 of   49: 9*

 
Nihon Ki-in
amateur 8-dan diplomas instituted by   89: 57
Board of Directors, election (1978) of   9: 4
Board of Directors, selection (2002) of, due to financial deficit   95: 11-12;  103: 9
Board of Directors, selection (2006) of   108: 7
Board of Directors, selection (2012) of   128: 10
building in Ichigaya and earthquake 2011   125: 5
Fujisawa Shuko expelled by   88: 10-11*
Fujisawa Shuko returns to   99: 9
game database project, notes on   74: 63;  87: 64
Hall of Fame  see Nihon Ki-in Go Hall of Fame
Kansai Ki-in, rivalry in Kisei Tournament with   13: 27, 30
Kansai Ki-in, rivalry with   27: 7;  28: 8
Kato Masao becomes Acting Chairman (2004)   101: 9;  102: 10
Kobayashi Koichi becomes Vice Chairman (2006)   108: 7
Kobayashi Satoru suspended for one year   91: 12-13;  93: 10
Okabe Hiromu becomes Chairman (2006)   108: 7
Otake Hideo becomes Chairman (2008)   118: 9
preliminary tournaments, reform (2003) of   97: 12
prizes  see Kido Prizes
promotion system introduced (2002), new   97: 11-12
promotions  see Promotions
publication department position   112: 8
rating tournament  see Oteai
rules  see Japanese rules of go
seminars  see various Nihon Ki-in seminars
Tesuji Encyclopedia (sample problems)   96: 77-78, 80;  97: 61-64
Vice Chairman position   108: 7;  112: 8

 
Nihon Ki-in vs. Kiseisha Team Match 1926-27
review   50: 29

 
Nihon Ki-in Championship
see also successor title Tengen
1961 (9th): Magari vs. Matsumoto (fuseki only)   87: 63
1973 (21st): Rin vs. Kobayashi K. (fuseki only)   46: 42-43
1974 (22nd): Otake vs. Kato (fuseki analysis)   12: 37-38

 
Nihon Ki-in Championship Title Match
1957 (4th): Game 1 (Sugiuchi vs. Sakata)   50: 70-71*
1965 (12th): Game 4 (Sakata vs. Miyashita)   52: 58-59*
1975 (22nd): Game 1 (Sakata vs. Cho Chikun)   23: 26
1975 (22nd): tesuji problem of Game 1 (Sakata vs. Cho Chikun)   98: 44, 46-47
1975 (22nd): final moves of Game 4 (Cho Chikun vs. Sakata)   52: 65

 
Nihon Ki-in Go Hall of Fame
2006 inductees   109: 8
2007: Shuho inducted   112: 7
2008 inductees   116: 8
2009: Segoe inducted   120: 9
2011: Iwamoto inducted   126: 10
2012 inductees   128: 10

 
Nihon Ki-in Seminar for Overseas Go Instructors
1977 announcement and report   4: 5;  5: 7*, 40
1978 report   10: 4

 
Nihon Ki-in Summer Go Seminar
1981: Sakata vs. Redmond (2 stones)   26: 22-24

 
Nijubango 1766-67 (challenge match Satsugen vs. Shunseki Inseki)
historic review, results and Games 2-4   16: 63-ibc;  17: 61-64

 
Niken-basami  see Two-space low pincer ...

 
Niken-biraki  see Two-space extension

 
Niken-taka-basami  see Two-space high pincer ...

 
Nikkai  see Sansa (Honinbo)

 
Nine-dan  see 9-dan

 
Nine-stone handicap games
Sakanoue vs. Sakai (unconventional handicap)   15: 46-50
Shusai vs. Takagawa (1925, fuseki & final position only)   41: 12-13

 
Nine-stone handicap strategy
“Original Handicap Strategy” (Miyamoto Naoki)   4: 48-50
“The Pillbox Formation” (Sakanoue Kanae) (game)   15: 46-50

 
Ninomiya Hideko
“1-dan Beats 9-dan” (game)   35: 63-64*
biographical details   35: 64*

 
Ninomiya Hideko vs. Chino Tadahiko
Judan Preliminary Tournament 1984 (?)   35: 63-64

 
Nirensei fuseki
avalanche joseki in relation to   34: 60-61
“The Niren-sei Opening” (Redmond)   82: 53-64

 
Nis (European Go Congress 1989)
Sogabe Toshiyuki wins European Championship (+ top results)   57: 5-6, 37

 
Nishida Terumi
see also her current name Koyama Terumi
Women’s Meijin Title Match 1997, defeats Ogawa Tomoko in   79: 8

 
NKB Cup  see International Amateur Pair Go Tournament

 
No-komi games
see also individual games of pre-komi times
as well as under Jubango , Oteai and Japan’s Strongest Player , Top Position titles
Go Seigen vs. Suzuki (“Go Seigen vs. Rising Stars” Series 1956)   2: 61-62
Go Seigen vs. Yamabe (“First Encounters with New Stars” Series 1953)
     48: 52-55 c
Hashimoto U. vs. Yamabe (East-West Team Match 1950)   4: 61-62
Kato Shin vs. Sekiyama R. (Honinbo Title Match 1941, Game 6)   3: 61-62
Kurotaki vs. Rin Shien (Go Weekly special tournament 1994, middle-game analysis)
     71: 57, 63-64

 
No-result games
Honinbo League 1993-94, in   70: 8
Meijin Title Match 1980, Game 4 (Otake vs. Cho Chikun)   23: 11-13
Meijin Title Match 1998, Game 4 (Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei)   84: 2;
     85: 23*, 29-30
Oteai 1971 (Fukui vs. Cho Chikun)   50: 18

 
No theater plays
classic play Tsuchigumo   62: 1
untitled print (cover note)   31: 1

 
Nobel prize winners  see Fukui Kenichi , Kawabata Yasunari

 
Nobi  see Stone extension

 
Nobility  see Crown Prince of Sikkim , Juan Carlos , Mitsuuji , Pecorini

 
Nobukazu (artist)  see Yosai Nobukazu

 
Nokaze (courtesan)
Matsuzakaya Nai Nokaze  (cover note)   105: 1

 
Nong Shim Cup
see also predecessor title Jinro Cup
Yi Ch’ang-ho’s winning streak (2000-2005)   105: 31-32

 
Nong Shim Cup 1999-2000 (1st)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul Rounds)   88: 3-4*, 55

 
Nong Shim Cup 2000-01 (2nd)
Korea wins (+ results)   91: 3-4
Takemiya vs. Mok (Seoul Round)   91: 40-41
Takemiya vs. Chang Hao (Seoul Round)   91: 41-42

 
Nong Shim Cup 2001-02 (3rd)
Korea wins (+ results of Seoul and Shanghai Rounds)   94: 2-3 c
China and Korea start well (+ results of Beijing Round)   93: 3-4
Awaji vs. Shao (Beijing Round)   94: 28-29*
Kobayashi K. vs. Ch’oe (Beijing Round)   94: 29-31*

 
Nong Shim Cup 2002-03 (4th)
Korea wins (+ results of Pusan and Shanghai Rounds)   97: 3-4*
Korea starts well (+ results of Beijing Round)   96: 4

 
Nong Shim Cup 2003-04 (5th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   101: 2
how teams are chosen (+ results of Beijing Round)   99: 4-5
Korea recovers (+ results of Pusan Round)   100: 4
Wang Lei vs. Kobayashi K. (Pusan Round, fuseki analysis)   108: 62-64

 
Nong Shim Cup 2004-05 (6th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   104: 2*
China doing well (+ results of Beijing and Pusan Rounds)   103: 2-3
Cho U vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho (Shanghai Round)   105: 29-31
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. O Meien (Shanghai Round)   105: 32-33

 
Nong Shim Cup 2005-06 (7th)
Japan wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   107: 2-3*
Japan starts well (+ results of Beijing Round)   105: 4
Korea doing well (+ results of Pusan Round)   106: 2*
Yoda vs. Cho Han-seung (Shanghai Round)   108: 12-13
Yoda vs. Kong Jie (Shanghai Round)   108: 13-15
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Yoda (Shanghai Round)   108: 15-18*
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Yoda (Shanghai Round, sacrifice analysis)   118: 60-62

 
Nong Shim Cup 2006-07 (8th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   111: 2-3, 30
Japan and China start well (+ results of Beijing Round)   109: 4;  110: 10
China doing well with winning streak by Peng Quan (+ results of Pusan Round)
     110: 2-3*
Takao Shinji vs. Pak Yeong-hun (Pusan Round)   111: 30-32
Pak Yeong-hun vs. Yoda (Shanghai Round)   111: 32-35

 
Nong Shim Cup 2007-08 (9th)
China wins (+ results of Pusan and Shanghai Rounds)   114: 2-3*
China starts well (+ results of Beijing Round)   113: 4-5*
Yoda vs. Mok Chin-seok (Pusan Round, middle-game problem & game)
     116: 48-54, 47

 
Nong Shim Cup 2008-09 (10th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   118: 3
dominated by new stars (+ results of Beijing and Pusan Rounds)   117: 4-5

 
Nong Shim Cup 2009-10 (11th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   122: 2
Korea and China start well (+ results of Beijing and Pusan Rounds)   121: 2
Chang Hao vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho (Shanghai Round)   123: 37-38

 
Nong Shim Cup 2010-11 (12th)
Korea wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   125: 2, 30*
Korean representatives   123: 9
highlights (+ results of Beijing and Pusan Rounds)   124: 4;  128: 64
Yuki Satoshi vs. Ch’oe Ch’eol-han (Shanghai Round)   125: 30-31

 
Nong Shim Cup 2011-12 (13th)
China wins (+ results of Shanghai Round)   128: 2
highlights (+ results of Beijing and Pusan Rounds)   127: 3

 
Nong Shim Cup 2012-13 (14th)
highlights (+ results of Pusan and Seoul Rounds)   129: 4

 
Nong Shim Spicy Noodles Cup  see Nong Shim Cup

 
Nordic Championship
1980 report   19: 3

 
North American Fujitsu Qualifying Tournament
“The 1st US Invitational Championship” (report by Laird)   51: 4-5

 
North American Masters Championship
1995 to 2000: Jiang Zhujiu wins   90: 13

 
North American tournaments
Canadian  see Canadian tournaments
professional  see North American Fujitsu Qualifying Tournament ,
     North American Masters Championship
U.S.  see U.S. Championship , U.S. Go Congress

 
North Korea
first South Korean tournament game held in   104: 10

 
North–South Team Tournament (China)
2007 (1st): northern team wins   111: 9

 
Nose attachment
“Basic Fighting Techniques” (problems and example by Miyazawa Goro)
     35: 45, 47-49
problems   41: 48, 53;  49: 34, 39;  100: 65, 68-69

 
Novak, Ernst vs. van Zeijst, Rob
WAGC 1982 (play-off for 11th place)   28: 39-41

 
Novels  see False Murasaki and the Rustic Genji , Genji Monogatari ,
Romance of Three Kingdoms

 
Novices  see Beginners

 
Nozawa Chikucho (1881–1931)
biography   50: 26, 27

 
Nozawa Chikucho vs. Suzuki Tamejiro
jubango 1927-30 (Game 7)   50: 28-29

 
Nozoki  see Peeping moves

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