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Raiko (10th-century samurai) legends

“Apparition of the Spider Princess” (cover story by Pinckard)   62: 2

Go Players in a Ghost House  (cover note)   112: 1

Minamoto no Raiko in Distress  (cover note)   97: 1

Raiko’s Retainers Playing Go  (cover note)   74: 1

untitled diptych (cover note)   18: 1*

untitled triptych (cover note)   65: 1

 

Ranka legend

story of and allusions to   69: ifc-1

untitled painting (cover note)   15: 1

 

Ranking  see Chinese ratings , Korean ranking , Top players

 

Ranking record

by Yi Se-tol (2008)   117: 12;  118: 10

 

Ranks

see also Dan ... , Kyu ...

“Go Grades and Early Masters” (Fairbairn)   65: 58-64, 56

sumo, comparison with   48: 38-39

Takadanobaba Go Club system   32: 7

 

Rating tests

“Test Your Rating” [2 parts] (problems)   37: 6-16;  39: 8-16

“Test Your Rating” [4 parts] (problems)   2 ... 27:  ...

 

Rating tournaments

Chinese  see Chinese Rating Tourn.

Japanese  see Kansai Ki-in Rating Tourn. , Oteai , Professional Qualifying Tourn.

 

Ratings  see Chinese ratings , Korean ranking, also Promotions

 

“Razor-sharp Sakata” (nickname)  see Sakata Eio

 

Reading

“Becoming a Better Player: A Life-and-Death Struggle” (Wood)   35: 55-56

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

     41: 30-33

 

Rebattu, Max vs. Hasibeder, Helmut

European Championship 1978   10: 31-34*

 

Rebels  see Asakura Shugo

 

Records (moves of game)  see Game records

 

Records (top performances)  see Age-gap record , Best-of-seven record , Comebacks ,

Longest-serving professionals , Marathon record , Miraculous upsets ,

Most captures , Most games , Most popular players , Most titles won , Most wins ,

Multiple crowns , Narrowest margin , Oldest players , Oldest title-holders ,

Playing-speed contrast , Prodigies , Promotion records , Ranking record ,

Shortest games , Simultaneous record , Slowest moves , Strongest 1-dan ,

Top players , Top results , Winning percentage , Winning streaks ,

Youngest ... records , Youngest 1-dan , Youngest 7-dan , Youngest 8-dan ,

Youngest 9-dan , Youngest challengers , Youngest league players ,

Youngest title-holders , Youngest women professionals

as well as under individual tournaments

 

Redmond, Michael

1-dan, almost makes   18: 5

2-dan to 3-dan, promotion from, and how the Oteai system works   50: 48-50*

“3-dan, Michael Redmond’s Promotion to” (game)   34: 31*

3-dan promotion   32: 5

4-dan promotion   35: 6

4-dan promotion (game)   38: 33-34

5-dan promotion   41: 4

5-dan promotion (game)   43: 12-14

7-dan promotion   61: 4

9-dan promotion   90: 8

9-dans, performance (till 1988) against   54: 5-6;  55: 46

500 wins, reaches   119: 7

1981 performance   25: 38

1981-89 career statistics   55: 46

1986 performance   46: 4-5*

1987 performance   50: 30

1988 performance   52: 12

1989 performance   58: 66-67 ^c

“1989 a Year of Progress, Michael Redmond: ”   60: 62-66*

biographical details   25: 39*;  32: 8

“Challenging the Top, Michael Redmond: ”   55: 1*, 44-57*

“Cho Chikun, Michael Redmond beats” (game)   84: 36-37

“First Title Challenge, Michael Redmond’s”   69: 29-37*

Gosei Tournament 2003, performance in   98: 9

“Growing up with Go” (Terry Trucco)   37: 19;  43: 14-16*;  journal

insei (1977), becomes   4: 4

“Insei League, Michael Redmond in the” (selected games from 1979)   16: 31-35, 37

Insei League progress (as of 1979)   15: 5

“Kajiwara, Redmond v.” (game)   32: 8-11*

“The Low Chinese Opening”   83: 37-42

“The Niren-sei Opening”   82: 53-64

“Opening/Fuseki, Michael Redmond on the” [4 parts]   84 – 86 ;  91:  ...

professional (1981), becomes   23: 5*

“Professional Career, Thoughts on my”   43: 6-14*

“Professional Debut, Michael Redmond’s” (selected games)   25: 38-47

Ryuen Cup 1985, wins   41: 4

Shinjin-O Title Match 1992, loses to Komatsu Hideki in   68: 6;  69: 37*

Tengen Tournament 2010, loses in quarterfinals of   122: 9

tesuji problems by   38: 53, 57

tesujis of his career, memorable   60: 64-65

“Tong Yang Triumph, Michael Redmond’s”   71: 31-34*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Cha, Jimmy

1984   38: 34-35

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Cho Chikun

Oza Tournament 1998   84: 36-37

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Cho Sonjin

Oteai 1984   38: 33-34

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Cho U

Agon Kiriyama Cup 2010   123: 6, 7;  124: 28-33

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Enda Hideki

Oteai 1985 (middle-game analysis)   43: 9-10

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Hagiwara (Mutsumi ?)

Insei League 1979   16: 32-34

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Hashimoto Shoji

Judan Tournament 1988   55: 53-56*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Inoue Machiko

Oteai 1981 (middle-game analysis)   43: 7-8

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Ishida Yoshio

IBM Haya-go Open Tournament 1989 (Round 1)   56: 26-28*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Kajiwara Takeo

NHK TV game 1983 (reverse komi)   32: 8-11*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Kaku Kyushin

Oteai 1985   43: 12-14

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Kiyonari Tetsuya

Judan Tournament 1988   52: 12-14

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Kojima Takaho

Gosei Tournament 1986   46: 49-52*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Komatsu Fujio

Oteai 1981 (middle-game analysis)   43: 6-7

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Komatsu Hideki

Professional Qualifying Tournament 1981   25: 38-41

Shinjin-O Title Match 1992 (Games 1 & 2)   69: 32-37*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Koyama Hideo

Oteai 1982 (middle-game analysis)   43: 7-8, 9

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Kuboniwa ?

Insei League 1979   16: 31-32

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Maeda (Ryoji ?)

Professional Qualifying Tournament 1980   23: 5

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Muramatsu Ryuichi

Ryuen Cup 1985 (final)   43: 10-12

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Nie Weiping

Ing Cup 1988 (Round 1, fuseki only)   53: 26

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Otake Hideo

Judan Preliminary Tournament 1987   50: 30-31

Tengen Tournament 1989-90   60: 62-64

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Sakata Eio

Judan Tournament 1988   55: 48-52

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

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Seo Pong-su

Tong Yang Securities Cup 1993-94 (Round 2)   71: 31-34*

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Shiratori Sumiko

Oteai 1983   34: 31

Tengen Preliminary Tournament 1981   25: 44-47

 

Redmond, Michael vs. So (Kofuku ?)

Insei League 1979   16: 34-35, 37

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Takemiya Masaki

Gosei Tournament 1988   55: 44-45*, 47-49

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Yoda Norimoto

Kirin Cup 1988   55: 56-57

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Yoshida Yoichi

Tengen Preliminary Tournament 1981   25: 42-44

 

Redmond, Michael vs. Yuki Satoshi

Shin’ei Tournament 1989   60: 65-66

Shinjin-O Tournament 1992   69: 29-32*

 

Reducing

of moyo (examples)   27: 62;  116: 62-64

 

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

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

 

Religious aspects

shamanism and origin of Go   70: 53-54

Tibetan Go   69: 49-50

 

Remarkable positions  see Special positions

 

Rengo games

see also Pair go

Carefree and Innocent Pleasures Collection, example (1094) from   67: 63-64;

     71: 8

 

Renju

Five-In-A-Row (Renju)  (book review)   25: 59

 

Resigning

“Suspicious Jigos and Early Resignations” (Nakayama Noriyuki)   50: 53

“Would You Resign?” Parts 1-5 (games)   109: 56;  110: 54, 64;  115: 55;  117: 64

 

Resigning won games

Ishii Kunio in Ing Cup 1992   69: 14

 

Result of game

see also Wins

determining  see Counting

reading to the very end to determine (examples)   41: 31-33

 

Results  see individual tournaments as well as Top results

 

Retirements

see also under individual players

Japanese (2003)   97: 48;  98: 11

Japanese (2004)   100: 9;  101: 9

Japanese (2005)   104: 10;  105: 9

Japanese (2006)   106: 6;  107: 8;  108: 8

Japanese (2007)   111: 7;  113: 9

Japanese (2009)   118: 9

Japanese (2010)   122: 10;  124: 9

Japanese (2011)   125: 8-9;  126: 10;  127: 8

Japanese (2012)   128: 10

 

Retsugen (10th Honinbo)  (1750–1808)

biography   22: 62

 

Retsugen vs. Senchi Senkaku

1786 & 1787 (two games)   22: 63-ibc;  23: 64-ibc, 44

 

Reverse-komi games

Kajiwara vs. Redmond (NHK TV game 1983)   32: 8-11*

Takemiya vs. Nakazono (Pro-Amateur Honinbo Play-off 1985)   44: 39-40

 

Reviews  see Annual , Book reviews

 

Ri Ishu

Shinjin-O Title Match 2009, wins   120: 7

 

Ricci, Matteo (missionary, d. 1610)

description of game of go (interpretation and translations) by   27: 50-54*;

     91: 65, 67

 

Ricoh Cup (China)

2002-03 (3rd): Kong Jie wins   98: 12

2004 (4th): Chang Hao wins (+ results)   101: 11

2005 (5th): Xie He wins   104: 12

2006 (6th): Wang Xi wins   108: 10;  109: 10

2007 (7th): semifinal results   111: 9

2007 (7th): Hu Yaoyu wins   112: 9

2008 (8th): Qiu Jun wins   115: 10

2009 (9th): Wang Yao wins   119: 8

2010 (10th): Kong Jie wins   122: 11

 

Ricoh Cup (Professional Pair Go Championship, China)

see also predecessor title Hitachi Cup

2006 (1st): Ye Gui + Kong Jie win   107: 10

2007 (2nd): Hua Xueming + Zhou Heyang win   111: 9

2008 (3rd): Li He + Wang Xi win   115: 10

2009 (4th): Tang Yi + Liu Xing win   119: 9

2010 (5th): Zhang Xuan + Luo Xihe win   122: 11

2011 (6th): Lu Jia + Qiu Jun win   126: 54-55

 

Ricoh Cup (Professional Pair Go Championship, Japan)

1997 (3rd): Chinen Kaori + Yuki Satoshi win   79: 9

2000 (6th): Yoshida Mika + Tono Hiroaki win   88: 8

2001 (7th): Kusunoki Teruko + Yoda Norimoto win   91: 11

2003 (9th): Inori Yoko + Cho Chikun win   97: 8

2004 (10th): Kobayashi Izumi + Yamashita Keigo win   100: 9

2005 (11th): Aoki Kikuyo + Mimura Tomoyasu win   104: 8

2006 (12th): Suzuki Ayumi + Cho U win   107: 6*

2007 (13th): Okada Yumiko + Yamada Kimio win   110: 8

2008 (14th): Osawa Narumi + Cho Chikun win   114: 7

2011 (17th): Xie Yimin + O Meien win   125: 8

 

Ricoh Cup (Rising Stars, China)

2011 (5th): Yang Dingxin wins   126: 55

 

Rigo, Istvan vs. Siivola, Matti

WAGC 1982 (play-off for 21st place)   28: 44-47

 

Rijswijk (European Go Congress 1977)

announcement   1: 3

report   4: 4

Hasibeder vs. Isele (European Championship)   5: 42-45

 

Rin Kaiho

1980s, performance in   61: 15

1983 performance   36: 42

2,000 games played   101: 9

awards  see subentry Shusai Prize

best-of-seven record, extends   51: 67

biographical details   19: 23*;  66: 15*

“A Champion Long-Distance Runner” (essay on Kobayashi Koichi)   46: 42-44

on Cho Chikun   33: 9

Cho Chikun, comparison with   33: 6

Cho Chikun, rivalry in the big three with   57: 13

family at Meijin award ceremony (1977)   5: 5*

forfeits Game 3 of Meijin Title Match 1987   50: 3;  52: 30-32*

Fujisawa Shuko, rivalry with   18: 24

Fujitsu Cup Final 1988, loses to Takemiya Masaki in   53: 2, 5*;  54: 7*

Fujitsu Cup Final 1989, loses to Takemiya Masaki in   56: 1 ^c, 3-4*, 10

Fujitsu Cup Final 1990, defeats Nie Weiping in   60: 3*;  61: 8

“Go and Chemistry: A Discussion with Rin Kaiho and Fukui Kenichi”   26: 64-65

Go Seigen (1952), meets   36: 8

“Good Style and Correct Shape” [6 parts] (problems)   43 – 48:  ...

Gosei Title Match 1994, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   71: 5;  72: 21, 24*

Gosei Title Match 1995, loses to Kobayashi Satoru in   74: 3*

Honinbo League 1978-79, wins   13: 2

Honinbo League 1982-83, wins   31: 4

Honinbo Title Match 1979, loses to Kato Masao in   14: 2

Honinbo Title Match 1983, defeats Cho Chikun in   31: 3, 4;  32: 4*;  34: 10*

Honinbo Title Match 1984, defeats Awaji Shuzo in   35: 5;  38: 32*

Honinbo Title Match 1985, loses to Takemiya Masaki in   39: 5;  42: 45*

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1990, defeats Liu Xiaoguang in   60: 4

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1991, defeats Nie Weiping in   64: 3-4

Judan Title Match 1989, loses to Cho Chikun in   55: 4-6*;  57: 19

Kato Masao, rivalry with   15: 16;  52: 25

Kisei Title Match 1982, loses to Fujisawa Shuko in   26: 2, 3;  28: 6, 32*

Kisei Title Match 1984, loses to Cho Chikun in   33: 35;  34: 2;  36: 31, 63

Kisei Tournament 1979 play-off, wins   17: 2

Kisei Tournament 1983 play-off, wins   33: 2;  36: 41

Meijin League 1976-77, wins   4: 2, 3*

Meijin League 1986-87, wins   49: 3

Meijin League 1990-91, wins   64: 6;  65: 4, 5;  67: 22*

Meijin League 1993-94, wins   71: 5

Meijin League 2000-01, wins   92: 7

Meijin Title Match 1977, defeats Otake Hideo in   5: ifc*, 5-6*

Meijin Title Match 1987, forfeits Game 3 of   50: 3;  52: 30-32*

Meijin Title Match 1987, loses to Kato Masao in   50: 2-3*;  51: 67;  52: 36-37*

Meijin Title Match 1991, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   65: 3-5* ^c;  68: 18*

Meijin Title Match 1994, loses to Kobayashi Koichi in   72: 27*, 57*

Meijin Title Match 2001, loses to Yoda Norimoto in   93: ifc*, 6

Meijin Titles/Leagues, appearances in   67: 22*;  80: 4;  90: 34

NEC Cup 1990, wins   58: 7

Otake Hideo, rivalry with   4: 2

Oza Tournament 1986, wins   45: 4

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

profile of   28: 13*;  36: 42*;  57: 8;  68: 18;  see also style

rivalries  see subentries Cho , Fujisawa S. , Kato , Otake

Sakata Eio about   52: 61-62

“Semeai Problems”   44: 34, 37

Shusai Prize 1983, wins   35: 2

style of   36: 42;  57: 8;  68: 18-19;  see also profile

Tengen Title Match 1989, wins   58: 5

Tengen Title Match 1990, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   62: 6-7;  63: 37

Tengen Title Match 1991, defeats Kato Masao in   66: 5 ^c

Tengen Title Match 1992, wins   69: 8

Tengen Title Match 1993, defeats Kataoka Satoshi in   70: 6-7

Tengen Title Match 1994, loses to Ryu Shikun in   72: 2*;  73: 13

Tengen Title Match 1996, loses to Ryu Shikun in   78: 4*

Tengen Tournament 1989, wins   57: 3-4

title match experience (as of 1983)   33: 6

Tong Yang Securities Cup Final 1991-92, loses to Yi Ch’ang-ho in   65: 3;  66: 4*

winning streak (1977)   5: 6

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Awaji Shuzo

Honinbo Title Match 1984 (Games 1-5)   38: 15-32*

Meijin League 1990-91   67: 30-32 ^c

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Chang Hao

NEC Japan-China Super Go Series 1995   76: 62-64*

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Chen, Alan

1987 (4 stones)   51: 24-25, 10

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Cho Chikun

1962 (5 stones)   22: 28

Honinbo Title Match 1983 (Games 1-7)   33: 6-35*;  34: 6-10*

Judan Title Match 1989 (Games 1-3)   57: 8-13 ^c, 15-19* ^c

Kisei Title Match 1984 (Games 1-6)   36: 43-63*

Meijin League 1988-89 (tesuji problem)   98: 45, 49

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

Fujitsu Cup 1994 (semifinal, joseki analysis)   76: 43

Fujitsu Cup 2001 (semifinal)   93: 19-22

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Fujisawa Shuko

Kisei Title Match 1980 (Games 1-5)   17: ifc*;  18: ifc*, 24-29*;  19: 44-49*,

     51-58*

Kisei Title Match 1982 (Games 1-7)   26: ifc*;  28: 14-32*

Meijin League 1990-91   67: 24-27

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Hashimoto Shoji

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

Kisei Tournament 1979 (play-off, Games 1-3)   19: 36-44

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Ishida Yoshio

Honinbo Title Match 1971 (joseki analysis of Game 4)   66: 55

Oza Tournament 1978   11: 7-8

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Ishii Kunio

Kisei Tournament 1978-79 (Stage One, 9-dan final)   19: 22-24

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Kato Masao

Honinbo League 1976-77   1: 14-15

Honinbo Title Match 1979 (Games 1-5)   14: ifc*;  15: 16-30*

Judan Title Match 1976 (fuseki analysis of Game 5)   13: 41-42

Judan Title Match 1978 (Games 1-4)   8: 19-30*

Judan Title Match 1978 (fuseki analysis of Game 2)   11: 36

Kisei Tournament 1977 (play-off, Games 1-3)   7: 15-24*

Kisei Tournament 1979 (Stage Three, quarterfinal)   19: 30-32

Meijin League 1976-77   5: 15

Oza Title Match 1986 (Games 1-4)   48: 7-22*

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Koichi

Fujitsu Cup 1990 (semifinal)   63: 12-15*

Gosei Title Match 1994 (Game 4)   72: 21-24*

Honinbo League 1989-90 (analysis of Kobayashi’s surprise move)   58: 16

Kisei Tournament 1981 (play-off, Games 1 & 2)   28: 10-13

Meijin League 1983-84 (fuseki and middle game)   46: 43-44

Meijin Title Match 1991 (Games 1-5)   68: 19-41*

Meijin Title Match 1994 (Games 1-4)   72: 27-58*

Nihon Ki-in Championship 1973 (fuseki only)   46: 42-43

Tengen Title Match 1990 (Game 4)   63: 38-40*

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Satoru

Gosei Title Match 1995 (Game 5)   75: 45-51

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Kubouchi Shuchi

Kisei Tournament 1977 (Stage One, 9-dan final)   5: 28-29

Kisei Tournament 1977 (Stage Two, final)   7: 11-13

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Kuroda Yukio

Tengen Tournament 1977 (ladder problem)   1: 23, 24

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Miyazawa Goro

NHK Cup 2001-02   93: 22-24

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping

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

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Ohira Shuzo

Kisei Tournament 1982-83 (Stage One, 9-dan final)   36: 31-33

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Otake Hideo

Judan Tournament 1984-85 (play-off)   41: 34-35

Kisei Tournament 1979 (Stage Three, semifinal)   19: 35-36

Meijin League 1989-90   61: 7

Meijin League 1990-91   67: 27-30

Meijin Title Match 1977 (Games 1-4)   5: 16-27;  6: 5-13

Meijin Title Match 1978 (Games 1-6)   10: ifc*;  11: 16-34, 39

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Ryu Shikun

Tengen Title Match 1994 (Game 4)   73: 13-16

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Sakata Eio

Honinbo Title Match 1967 (Game 3)   52: 62-63

Meijin Title Match 1965 (middle-game position of Game 2)   52: 60

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Sato Masaharu

Kisei Tournament 1978-79 (Stage Two, semifinal)   19: 26-28

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Shiraishi Yutaka

Kisei Tournament 1980-81 (Stage One, 9-dan final)   28: 6-8

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Sonoda Yuichi

Kisei Tournament 1983 (play-off, Games 1 & 2)   36: 38-41*

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Takagawa Kaku

Meijin Title Match 1968 (Game 3)   41: 26

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki

Fujitsu Cup Final 1988   54: 7-12*

Fujitsu Cup Final 1989   56: 13-18*

Honinbo League 1979-80   21: 14-15

Honinbo Title Match 1985 (Games 1-5)   42: 26-45*

Meijin League 1990-91   67: 22-24 ^c

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Tong Yang Securities Cup Final 1991-92 (Games 1 & 2)   66: 14-19*

 

Rin Kaiho vs. Yoda Norimoto

Meijin Title Match 2001 (Games 1-6)   93: 35-45;  94: 38-52

 

Rin Shien vs. Kurotaki Masaki

Go Weekly special tourn. 1994 (no komi, middle-game analysis)   71: 57, 63-64

 

Rio Alvarez, Juan Del vs. Blair, John

WAGC 1983 (play-off for 13th place)   33: 46-47

 

Rising stars  see New stars ...

 

Rivalries

overview (as of 1986)   43: 3

Chitoku Senchi–Genjo   25: 60;  26: 61;  27: 63

Cho C.–Fujisawa S.   31: 30-31

Cho C.–Kato   26: 44;  30: 3;  32: 12;  74: 7

Cho C.–Kobayashi   29: 26;  43: 16;  44: 7;  61: 25-26*;  66: 19-20*;  79: 11;

     84: 2, 3

Cho C.–Otake   24: 39;  30: 16;  34: 33;  120: 8

Cho C.–Otake, in Meijin Title   34: 32;  39: 17

Cho C.–Rin, in the big three   57: 13

Cho C.–Sakata   14: 2, 3*

Cho C.–Takemiya   40: 9;  57: 20

Cho H.–Seo   120: 10

Cho U–Iyama   125: 32

Cho U–Takao   128: 41

Cho U–Yi S.   112: 50

Fujisawa S.–Otake   24: 50

Fujisawa S.–Rin   18: 24

Gennan Inseki–Jowa   100: 72

Go–Sekiyama   12: 51

Hane N.–Yamashita   107: 48;  126: 45;  129: 44

Iyama–Yamashita   126: 7

Kato–Kobayashi   47: 10;  51: 31;  58: 17*;  64: 18-19

Kato–Otake   35: 33;  39: 55

Kato–Rin   15: 16;  52: 25

Kobayashi–Otake   60: 30-31

Kobayashi–Takemiya   45: 6;  49: 9;  54: 4;  56: 30-32*

Nihon Ki-in–Kansai Ki-in   27: 7;  28: 8

Nihon Ki-in–Kansai Ki-in, in Kisei Tournament   13: 27, 30

Otake–Rin   4: 2

Otake–Sakata   16: 17

Otake–Takemiya   54: 37*

Sakata–Takagawa   41: 24-25

Yi C.–Yi S.   123: 56-57

Yi C.–Yoda   102: 33, 36;  117: 20-21

 

Robberies

Yata Naoki mugged (2006)   110: 7

 

Robert’s Cup [misnomer]  see Lebaishi Cup

 

Robust Cup  see Lebaishi Cup

 

Rock songs

first appearance   19: 4-5

 

Romance of Three Kingdoms, The  (classic novel)

General Kuan Yu (cover notes)   7: 1;  83: 1

 

Romanian Championship

1986 report   46: 6

 

Ronin (masterless samurai)  see under Samurai

 

Rotating ko

example   50: 18-19

 

Rotten-axe legend  see Ranka legend

 

Rotterdam Tournament

1984 report (van Grieken)   37: 5

 

Royal Master Title (Korea)  see Kuksu

 

Royalty  see Juan Carlos , also Princes

 

Ru Lai Fo

“A Comparison of the New Ko Rules”   71: 14-18

 

Rui Naiwei

9-dan promotion   53: 4

All-China Individual Championship 1989, wins Women’s Division of   64: 50

biographical details   69: 14*;  90: 10

Bohae Cup Final 1995, wins   72: 7*, 8

Bohae Cup Final 1998, wins   82: 3

Cheongkwanjang Cup Final 2003, wins   98: 2

China, reasons for leaving   90: 11

China, returning to   127: 10

China Eastern Airlines Cup 2000, wins   90: 3-4

Cui Bao Cup 1993, wins   70: 4

exile in Japan and the U.S.   90: 11, 12-13

fighting style   89: 9

Hanguk Kiweon, becomes guest member of   85: 6;  90: 13-15

Hung Chang Cup Final 2000, wins   88: 5

Hung Chang Cup Final 2001, wins   91: 4

Ing Cup 1992, performance in   69: 14*, 18;  90: 11-12

Korean Go, her effects on   90: 15

Kuksu Title Match 2000, defeats Cho Hun-hyeon in   88: 11-12, 15;  90: 14-15

“retires” from active play (1989)   56: 64*

Maxim Cup 2004, wins   101: 10*

Women’s Kiseong Tournament 2006, wins   110: 9

Women’s Kiseong Tournament 2007, wins   113: 10

Women’s Kiseong Tournament 2008, wins   117: 11

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2000, wins   90: 28

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2002, wins   96: 40;  97: 56

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2006, wins   107: 9

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2007, wins   111: 8-9

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2011, wins   125: 12

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2001, wins   91: 13

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2002, wins   94: 13

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2004-05, wins   103: 11

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2006, wins   106: 7;  107: 8

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2007, wins   110: 9

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2008, wins   114: 9

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2009, wins   118: 10

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2010, wins   121: 11

Women’s Myeongin Title Match 2011, wins   125: 12

“The World Her Stage: The Rui Naiwei Story” (Akiyama Kenji)   90: 10-27*

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

Kuksu Title Match 2000 (Games 1-3)   89: 9-18, 20-25*

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Cho Hye-yeon

Women’s Kuksu Title Match 2003 (Game 2)   100: 57-58

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Feng Yun

Bohae Cup Final 1995 (Game 3)   72: 8

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Hikosaka Naoto

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

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Hua Xueming

All-China Individual Championship 1989 (Women’s Division)   64: 50-51

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Komatsu Hideki

Fujisawa Shuko’s Winter Training Camp 1991   66: 47-48

Ing Cup 1992 (Round 1)   69: 15-16 ^c

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Kusunoki Teruko

Japan-China Go Exchange 1982 (Round 5)   29: 13-14

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Kuwata Yasuaki

Japan-China Go Exchange 1985 (Round 6)   42: 16-17

 

Rui Naiwei vs. O Rissei

LG Cup 1997-98 (Round 2)   81: 17-22

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Otake Hideo

Ing Cup 1992 (semifinal, Games 1-3)   69: 20-28

 

Rui Naiwei vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Ing Cup 1992 (Round 2)   69: 16-18

KBS invitational game (2000)   90: 15-21

Kuksu Tournament 1999-2000 (final game)   88: 15-20

LG Petroleum Cup 2000   90: 21-27*

 

Rules of go

see also Chinese , Ikeda , Ing , Japanese , Korean , Tibetan rules

disputes  see under End of game , Ko rules

final game stages  see End of game , Counting

“History of the Codification of Goe Rules” (Ing Chang-ki)   72: 12-13

pair go   63: 11

special positions/rules  see Ko rules , Special positions

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

     Murakami Akira)   45: 60-64*

 

Russia  see also USSR ...

 

Russian National Go Congress

1978 report   7: 4

 

Rustic Genji  see Mitsuuji

 

Ryo-gakari  see Double approach moves

 

Ryo-ko  see Double ko

 

Ryu Chae-hyeong  see Yu Chae-hyeong

 

Ryu Shikun

1997 performance   81: 4

career data   71: 26*

half-point wins, three, in Tengen Title Match 2000   91: 6*

Honinbo challenger, becomes   77: 31

Honinbo League 1995-96, wins   76: 3-4

Honinbo Title Match 1996, loses to Cho Chikun in   77: 2

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1995, loses to Ma Xiaochun in   74: 46

Japan-China Tengen Play-off 1997, loses to Chang Hao in   80: 2

Kisei Leagues 2001 play-off, wins   93: ifc

Kisei Title Match 2002, loses to O Rissei in   94: 6-7*

Kisei Tournament 1996 play-off, loses to Kobayashi Satoru in   78: 2

Kisei Tournament 1997 play-off, loses to Yoda Norimoto in   81: 5

NEC Cup 2003, wins   98: 10

Oza Title Match 1996, defeats O Rissei in   78: 2

Oza Title Match 1997, loses to Yamada Kimio in   81: 4

Tengen Title Match 1994, defeats Rin Kaiho in   72: 2*;  73: 13

Tengen Title Match 1995, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   75: 2-3*

Tengen Title Match 1996, defeats Rin Kaiho in   78: 4*

Tengen Title Match 1997, loses to Kudo Norio in   81: 4-5

Tengen Title Match 2000, defeats Kobayashi Koichi in   91: 6*

Tengen Tournament 2000, wins   90: 8

Yi Ch’ang-ho, opinion about   71: 26-27*

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Cho Chikun

Honinbo Title Match 1996 (Games 1-6)   77: 31-44;  78: 36-50*, 35

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Hikosaka Naoto

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

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Kim Man-su

1998 (joseki analysis)   101: 44-45

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

Tengen Title Match 1995 (Game 4)   76: 15-18

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Ma Xiaochun

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

 

Ryu Shikun vs. O Rissei

Kisei Title Match 2002 (Games 1-6)   94: 15-18;  95: 18-39, 44

 

Ryu Shikun vs. Rin Kaiho

Tengen Title Match 1994 (Game 4)   73: 13-16

 

Ryuen Cup

1985 (9th): Michael Redmond wins   41: 4

1985 (9th): Redmond vs. Muramatsu (final)   43: 10-12

 

Ryukyu missions (Edo period)

evaluation of Japanese vs. Chinese playing strength   29: 59

matches against Japanese players   18: 62-64;  20: 63-ibc;  21: 63-ibc, 60

 

Ryusei Tournament (China)

2011 (3rd): Li Zhe wins (+ results)   127: 10

 

Ryusei Tournament (Dragon Star, Japan)

1999 (8th): Yamada Kimio wins   87: 4

2001 (10th): Kato Masao wins   93: 8

2002 (11th): Kobayashi Koichi wins   96: 6

2003 (12th): Kobayashi Koichi wins   99: 9

2004 (13th): Takao Shinji wins   103: 7

2006 (15th): Cho U wins   109: 8

2007 (16th): Cho U wins   113: 6

2008 (17th): Kono Rin wins   117: 7

2009 (18th): Iyama Yuta wins   120: 5

2010 (19th): Yamashita Keigo wins   123: 7

2011 (20th): Iyama Yuta wins   127: 6

2012 (21st): Iyama Yuta wins   129: 5

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