No. 61

No. 60      Summer 1990

The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
Special Game Commentary [12]: Takemiya M. vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho
     8-13*  back to first part
Jimmy Cha vs. Cho Chikun
Otake Hideo vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

 
Showdown in Seoul: The Ing Champion vs. the Fujitsu Champion
Games 1 & 2

 
The 14th Kisei Title Match
Games 3-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

 
Monster Go
Kada’s Life and Death Masterpieces
Four Tesuji Problems
36 Tesuji Patterns [10]  50*, 53-54  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [10]  50*, 54-55  next of 12 parts
All About the Two-Step Hane (1)  next of 3 parts
The 28th Judan Title
Game 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
Michael Redmond: 1989 a Year of Progress

 
 
No. 59      Spring 1990

Kido Prizes for 1989

 
The 14th Kisei Title Match
Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

 
The 1st Ing Cup
Games 4 & 5: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Nie Weiping

 
The 14th Meijin Title Match
Games 3-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Awaji Shuzo

 
The 2nd IBM Lightning Go Championship
Otake Hideo vs. Ishida Yoshio

 
The 28th Judan Title
Game 1: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [9]  43, 44-45  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [9]  43, 45-46  next of 12 parts
Two Semeai Problems
The Second Line: When to Play on It, When to Leave It Alone
Two Tesuji Problems
Good Style and Correct Shape [12]  54-55, 57-58  back to first part
Go Topics, Go Trivia  55-57*  more
Tewari: How to Analyze the Efficiency of Your Stones

 
 
No. 58      Winter 1989 – 90

Go on the Roof of the World
One-Move Problem

 
Kobayashi Koichi: Modern Master
The 13th Meijin Title (1988): Kobayashi Overcomes the Kato Jinx
Game 1: Kato the Killer
Game 2: A Masterpiece Ruined by One Move
Game 3: Kobayashi’s Exquisite Move
Game 4: Outreading Kato
Game 5: Meijin Again
The 14th Meijin Title (1989): Kobayashi Outboxes Awaji
Game 1: Never Say Die
Game 2: No Quarter

Good Style and Correct Shape [11]  51*, 53-54  next of 12 parts
Eight Tesuji Problems
36 Tesuji Patterns [8]  52, 56-57  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [8]  52, 57, 64  next of 12 parts
How to Stop the Monkey Jump
Stopping the Monkey Jump
The Tale of Genji: Japan’s First Go Stamp
1989 in Statistics
Go Topics, Go Trivia  67-68  more

 
No. 57      Autumn 1989

The Rennaissance of Cho Chikun
The 27th Judan Title Match
Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Rin Kaiho
Rin and Cho in the Big Three
Top Title Winners
The 44th Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki

Go Topics, Go Trivia  31-32*  more
In Search of Harmony
How to Attack the Two-Space Extension
Attacking the Two-Space Extension: Problems
Good Style and Correct Shape [10]  57-59*  next of 12 parts
On the Edge
36 Tesuji Patterns [7]  60*, 61-63  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [7]  63-64*  next of 12 parts

 
No. 56      Summer 1989

The Irrepressible Takemiya: Fujitsu World Champion Again
Jimmy Cha vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
Final: Takemiya Masaki vs. Rin Kaiho

 
Cho Hun-hyeon Takes the 1st Ing Cup
Games 1-3

 
The 2nd IBM Lightning Championship
Ishida Yoshio vs. Michael Redmond
Cho Chikun vs. Tozawa Akinobu

 
The 13th Kisei Title Match
Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
Treasury of Life and Death
Good Style and Correct Shape [9]  57, 59-60  next of 12 parts
36 Tesuji Patterns [6]  60*, 62  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [6]  61*, 63-64  next of 12 parts
Two Perspectives on Women’s Go

 
 
No. 55      Spring 1989

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

 
The 2nd Fujitsu Cup
Jimmy Cha: Giant Killer
Jimmy Cha vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi
Jimmy Cha vs. Ohira Shuzo
Fernando Aguilar vs. Liang Weitang
Ronald Schlemper vs. Qian Yuping
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. O Meien: Round-table Discussion

 
Nie Weiping: One Win away from $400,000
Ing Cup Semifinal Games 1 & 2: Nie Weiping vs. Fujisawa Shuko

 
The Myth Crumbles: China Loses the 4th Super Go Series

 
Michael Redmond: Challenging the Top
Redmond vs. Takemiya
Redmond vs. Sakata
Redmond vs. Hashimoto Shoji
Redmond vs. Yoda

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [5]  58*, 60-61  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [5]  58-59*, 61-62  next of 12 parts
Good Style and Correct Shape [8]  59*, 62-64  next of 12 parts

 
 
No. 54      Winter 1988 – 89

The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
Final: Takemiya Masaki vs. Rin Kaiho

 
Go: The Immortal Game

 
Fighting for $400,000: The Ing Cup
Round 2: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
Ishida Yoshio Wins the IBM Haya-go Open Tournament

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [4]  28 c, 30-31  next of 12 parts
Capturing Race Problems [2]  back to first part
36 Life and Death Patterns [4]  29-30 c, 35-36  next of 12 parts

 
43rd Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-7: Takemiya Masaki vs. Otake Hideo

 
 
No. 53      Autumn 1988

The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
Semifinal 1: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping
Semifinal 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Kobayashi Koichi
Round 1: Kato Masao vs. Imamura Toshiya
Round 1: Ma Xiaochun vs. Jang Doo-Jin

 
1st IBM Haya-go Tournament
Quarterfinal 1: Ishida Yoshio vs. Suh
Quarterfinal 2: O Rissei vs. Ogata Masaki

 
Fighting for $400,000: The Ing Cup
Highlights from the first round
Round 2: Cho Chikun vs. Nie Weiping
Round 2: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Kato Masao

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [3]  33*, 59  next of 12 parts

 
The 12th Kisei Title Match
Games 2-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

 
Barbara Calhoun: America’s Ambassador of Go
36 Life and Death Patterns [3]  60*, 62-63  next of 12 parts
Further Poems of Po Lien-yi  back
Ladder Problems

 
 
No. 52      Summer 1988

The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
Round 2: Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
Round 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Ma Xiaochun
Round 1: Ronald Schlemper vs. Nie Weiping
Round 1: Lim Jung Ho vs. Shiraishi Yutaka

 
Michael Redmond vs. Kiyonari Tetsuya

 
1st IBM Haya-go Tournament
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Komatsu Hideki

 
Yoda Triumphs in Japan-China Super Go

 
12th Kisei Title Match
Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

 
12th Meijin Title Match
Games 2-4: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [2]  39, 41-42  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [2]  39, 42, 72  next of 12 parts
Interview with David Erbach
The Magnificent Obsession: Sakata Eio and Go (2)  back to first part

 
 
No. 51      Spring 1988

The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
Cho Chikun vs. Yu Bin
Kobayashi Koichi vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

 
The 3rd Japan-China Super Go
Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao

 
Go and the “Three Games”
James Chen and the American Go Institute
Alan Chen: The Shape of Things to Come

 
1987 Tournament Go (1)
The 25th Judan Title Match
Judan Prize Money, Title Winners
Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi
The 42nd Honinbo Title Match
This is the Takemiya Yonren-sei
Games 1-4: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi
The 12th Meijin Title Match
The Meijin Title in the Big Apple
Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

 
No. 50      Winter 1987 – 88

Special Issue: The World of Japanese Go

About This Issue

 
2nd Japan-China Super Go
Final: Otake Hideo vs. Nie Weiping
Takemiya Masaki vs. Nie Weiping

 
Strange and Wonderful Shapes
The Fascination of the Jubango
Michael Redmond vs. Otake Hideo
Ko Problems
Tales of Men Crazy about Go
The Classic of Go
Capturing Race Problems [1]  next of 2 parts
The Professional Rating Tournament
Suspicious Jigos and Early Resignations
The Magnificent Obsession: Sakata Eio and Go (1)  next of 2 parts
Count Pecorini’s The Game of Wei-chi

 
 
No. 49      Autumn 1987

Pro vs. Pro Blindfold Go

 
11th Kisei Title Match
The Kisei Title in Los Angeles
Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki
The Atom Bomb Game

 
36 Tesuji Patterns [1]  34, 39  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [1]  34, 40  next of 12 parts
The World of Go (2)  back to first part
Simple Fuseki Theory
Seki Quiz
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [6]  45-49*  back to first part
Good Style and Correct Shape [7]  49-51  next of 12 parts

 
5th Women’s Honinbo Title Match
Games 1 & 2: Kusunoki Teruko vs. Ogawa Tomoko

 
Go and Music: Two Fine Arts
Handicap Corner
The Great Joseki Debate [24]  59-ibc*  back to first part

 
 
No. 48      Summer 1987

34th Oza Title Match
Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

 
Japan vs. China
Kato Masao vs. Nie Weiping
Sakai Takeshi vs. Shao Zhenzhong

 
12th Tengen Title Match
Games 2-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Sonoda Yuichi

 
The World of Go [1]: Nakayama Noriyuki  next of 2 parts
Find the Best Move
Three Trick Moves [12]  42, 44-45  back to first part
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [5]  42*, 45-48  next of 6 parts
Good Style and Correct Shape [6]  43*, 48-50  next of 12 parts
Abe Makes 9-dan
Tesuji Magic [12]  51*, 55-58  back to first part
Yamabe Toshiro vs. Go Seigen
The Great Joseki Debate [23]  59-64  next of 24 parts

 
 
No. 47      Spring 1987

Grand Minister Kibi and the Transmission of Go to Japan

 
11th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao
Meijin Prize Money
Meijin Title Winners

 
A Go-Player’s Life: Iwamoto Kaoru 9-dan
Three Trick Moves [11]  38, 49-50  next of 12 parts

 
11th Gosei Title Match
Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo

 
2nd NEC Japan-China Super Go
Kobayashi Satoru vs. Liu Xiaoping

 
Tesuji Magic [11]  52, 54-57 c  next of 12 parts
Good Style and Correct Shape [5]  52*, 58-59  next of 12 parts
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [4]  53*, 59-62  next of 6 parts

 
12th Tengen Title Match
Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Sonoda Yuichi

 
 
No. 46      Winter 1986 – 87

2nd Japan-China TV Championship
Making Shape
The Bard of Computer Go

 
1986 Japan-China Go Exchange
Sonoda Yuichi vs. Ma Xiaochun

 
Return of “Kato the Killer”

 
2nd NEC Japan-China Super Go
Kobayashi Satoru vs. Jiang Zhujiu

 
Tesuji Problem

 
41st Honinbo Title Match
Games 3-5: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

 
The Secret of Kobayashi Koichi’s Strength
A Superb Transformation: Kato Masao
A Champion Long-Distance Runner: Rin Kaiho
Talent Plus Effort: Ishida Akira
An Unforgettable Game: Kobayashi Reiko

 
Good Style and Correct Shape [4]  47-49  next of 12 parts
Michael Redmond vs. Kojima Takaho
Tesuji Magic [10]  52, 54-56  next of 12 parts
Three Trick Moves [10]  53, 56, 64  next of 12 parts
The Great Joseki Debate [22]  57-63  next of 24 parts

 
 
No. 45      Autumn 1986

24th Judan Title Match
Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki
Judan Title-holders

 
1985 Move of the Year
Tesuji Problems
Endgame Problem

 
41st Honinbo Title Match
Games 1 & 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

 
Good Style and Correct Shape [3]  35-37*  next of 12 parts
The World’s Top Ten
Three Trick Moves [9]  40, 42-43  next of 12 parts
Tesuji Magic [9]  40-41*, 43-46 c  next of 12 parts
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [3]  41*, 46-49  next of 6 parts
The Go Burglar
The Great Joseki Debate [21]  51-57  next of 24 parts
When Is a Ko Not a Ko?
Why Not Eliminate the Irrational in Go?
Finesse or Brute Force? [2]  next of 3 parts

 
 
No. 44      Summer 1986

10th Kisei Title Match
Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [2]  27-31  next of 6 parts
Three Trick Moves [8]  31-33  next of 12 parts
Tesuji Magic [8]  33-34*, 35-37 c  next of 12 parts
Good Style and Correct Shape [2]  34*, 38-39  next of 12 parts
Semeai Problems
Amateur Honinbo vs. Professional Honinbo
The Great Joseki Debate [20]  41-47  next of 24 parts

 
10th Gosei Title Match
Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Kudo Norio

 
33rd Oza Title Match
Games 2 & 3: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
11th Tengen Title Match
Games 1-3: Ishida Yoshio vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
 
No. 43      Spring 1986

1985 Tournament Go
Thoughts on My Professional Career: Michael Redmond
Growing up with Go

 
10th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
NEC Japan-China Super Go
Fujisawa Shuko vs. Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao

 
Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose? [1]  47*, 49-53  next of 6 parts
Three Trick Moves [7]  47, 53-54  next of 12 parts
Good Style and Correct Shape [1]  48*, 54-55  next of 12 parts
Tesuji Magic [7]  48-49*, 55-58 c  next of 12 parts
The Great Joseki Debate [19]  59-64*  next of 24 parts

 
 
No. 42      Winter 1985 – 86

NEC Japan-China Super Go
Jiang Zhujiu vs. Awaji Shuzo
Jiang Zhujiu vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
1985 Japan-China Go Exchange
Jiang Zhujiu vs. Sakai Takeshi
Ma Xiaochun vs. Ishida Akira
Rui Naiwei vs. Kuwata Yasuaki
Cao Dayuan vs. Awaji Shuzo

 
Go in the Classics: The Tso-chuan  back
Improvement: Random Notes
Middle Game Problems
Life-and-Death Problem

 
40th Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-5: Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
33rd Oza Title Match
Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
Basic Fighting Techniques [24]  48, 50-51  back to first part
Tesuji Magic [6]  49*, 52-54 c  next of 12 parts
The Great Joseki Debate [18]  55-61  next of 24 parts
Computer Go: A Smart Board and its Applications

 
 
No. 41      Autumn 1985

China vs. Korea in California
A Champion for All Seasons: Takagawa Kaku
Takagawa’s Artistry with Thickness
How Many Moves Ahead Is It Possible to Read?

 
23rd Judan Title Match
Judan Play-off: Otake Hideo vs. Rin Kaiho
Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

 
The Three Virtues of Go
Some Poems of Po Lien-yi  more
Three Trick Moves [6]  48, 51-52  next of 12 parts
Basic Fighting Techniques [23]  48, 52-54  next of 24 parts
Problem: How to Attack
Tesuji Magic [5]  49*, 55-56, 64 c  next of 12 parts
Voice Recorder 361 [3]  back to first part
The Great Joseki Debate [17]  57-63  next of 24 parts
Endgame Problem

 
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