No. 81

No. 80      Autumn 1997

Special Report on Korean Go
A Year of Korean Go: 1996-97
Highlights from Korean Tournaments
4th Paedal Wang Title Match
2nd Tekron Tournament
32nd P’aewang Title Match
28th Myeongin Tournament
31st Wangwi League
32nd P’aewang Tournament
2nd LG Cup

New Moves and New Josekis [7]  24-27  next of 8 parts

 
Six Monkey-Jump Problems

 
31st Wangwi Title Match
Game 1: Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
7th BC Card Cup
Game 4: Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

International Tournaments
8th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Satoru
1st LG Cup Final
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok

Chinese Tournaments
11th Tianyuan (Tengen) Title Match
Game 4: Ma Xiaochun vs. Chang Hao
3rd Bawang (Monarch) Title Match
Game 6: Ma Xiaochun vs. Wang Lei
1997 CCTV Cup
Semifinal: Ma Xiaochun vs. Nie Weiping

Twelve Life and Death Problems

 
Japanese Title Matches
35th Judan Title Match
Games 1 & 2: Yoda Norimoto vs. Kato Masao
The 52nd Honinbo Title Match
Game 1: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao

 
No. 79      Spring 1997

Korean Tournaments
The 36th Top Position Title
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
The 8th Kiseong (Kisei) Title Match
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Ch’oe Myeong-hun
The 1st Bacchus Cup - Tengen Title Match
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

Chinese Tournaments
The 11th Tianyuan (Tengen) Tournament
Wang Lei vs. Zhou Heyang
The 3rd Bawang Tournament
Wang Lei vs. Zhang Wendong
The 9th Mingren (Meijin) Title Match
Ma Xiaochun vs. Liu Xiaoguang

International Tournaments
8th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Satoru
8th Tong Yang Securities Cup
Semifinal: Kobayashi Satoru vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

Japanese Title Matches
The 21st Meijin Title Match
Games 5 & 6: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki
The 21st Kisei Title Match
Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru

An Introduction to Tesuji (8)  61, 62-64  back to first part
Stopping the Monkey Jump (2)  back to first part
New Moves and New Josekis [6]  70-71  next of 8 parts

 
No. 78      Winter 1996 – 97

The 3rd Ing Cup Final
Games 1-4: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok

 
The 1st Samsung Cup Final
Games 1-3: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yu Ch’ang-hyeok

 
The 9th Fujitsu Cup Final
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Ma Xiaochun

 
The 21st Meijin Title Match
Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
The 51st Honinbo Title Match
Games 3-6: Cho Chikun vs. Ryu Shikun

 
An Introduction to Tesuji (7)  53, 54-57  next of 8 parts
Stopping the Monkey Jump (1)  next of 2 parts
New Moves and New Josekis [5]  62-64  next of 8 parts

 
 
No. 77      Summer 1996

Kobayashi Reiko (1939-96)

 
The 20th Kisei Title Match
Games 5-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru

 
The 34th Judan Title Match
Game 4: Yoda Norimoto vs. O Rissei

 
New Moves and New Josekis [4]  30, 55  next of 8 parts

 
The 51st Honinbo Title Match
Games 1 & 2: Cho Chikun vs. Ryu Shikun

 
An Introduction to Tesuji (6)  44-47  next of 8 parts
Go Proverbs That Are Always True (4)  48-54  back to first part
The Top Ten Life-and-Death Problems

 
 
No. 76      Spring 1996

The 1st China-Korea-Japan Meijin Tournament
Takemiya vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

 
The 7th Tong Yang Securities Cup
Semifinals Game 2: Cho Chikun vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho
Final Game 4: Ma Xiaochun vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

 
The 43rd Oza Title Match
Game 3: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei

 
An Introduction to Tesuji (5)  13, 57-59  next of 8 parts
Ten Easy Life-and-Death Problems

 
The 21st Tengen Title Match
Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ryu Shikun

 
The 20th Kisei Title Match
Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru

 
New Moves and New Josekis [3]  41-46  next of 8 parts
Go Proverbs That Are Always True (3)  46-56  next of 4 parts

 
The 10th NEC Cup: Japan-China Super Go

 
 
No. 75      Winter 1995 – 96

The 18th Kukgi Title Match

 
1995 All-China Individual Championship
The Final of the Men’s Division

 
Letters to the Editor

 
The 20th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
New Moves and New Josekis [2]  41-45  next of 8 parts

 
The 20th Gosei Title Match
Game 5: Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Satoru

 
Go Proverbs That Are Always True (2)  52-56  next of 4 parts
An Introduction to Tesuji (4)  57, 58-61  next of 8 parts
Important Stones and Useless Stones [4]  57, 61-63  back to first part

 
 
No. 74      Autumn 1995

Message to our Readers

 
The 50th Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao

 
The 8th Fujitsu Cup
Round 1: Kobayashi Satoru vs. Seo Pong-su
Final Round: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun

 
Go Proverbs That Are Always True (1)  37-43  next of 4 parts
New Moves and New Josekis [1]  43-45  next of 8 parts

 
The 8th Japan-China Tengen Match
Game 2: Ma Xiaochun vs. Ryu Shikun

 
An Introduction to Tesuji (3)  49, 52-54  next of 8 parts
Important Stones and Useless Stones [3]  49-51  next of 4 parts

 
The 22nd Wangwi Title Match
Game 7: Yoo Chang-hyeok vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

 
The First FOST Cup: World Open Computer Go Championship

 
Who is the World’s Strongest Player?
International Tournaments

 
China Adopts Points Rating System

 
The Top Dogs in Japanese Go
Ranking the Top Players

 
 
No. 73      Summer 1995

Message to our Readers

 
Determining Life or Death by Breath Patterns
Three Elementary Problems
Double Ko Stones and Double Hot Stones
An Introduction to Tesuji (2)  11, 55-57  next of 8 parts

 
The 20th Tengen Title Match
Game 4: Rin Kaiho vs. Ryu Shikun

 
The 19th Kisei Title Match
Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru

 
The 33rd Judan Title Match
Games 1-3: Otake Hideo vs. Yoda Norimoto

 
Important Stones and Useless Stones [2]  52-54  next of 4 parts
Ten Go Proverbs Every Go Player Should Know

 
The 17th World Amateur Go Championship

 
 
No. 72      Spring 1995

Rui Naiwei: The Women’s World Champion
A Commemoration of Dr. Yang Liansheng’s Contribution
     to Goe Rules (2)  back to first part
Three Life-and-Death Problems
History of the Codification of Goe Rules
An Introduction to Tesuji (1)  13, 61-63  next of 8 parts
Joseki Exercises

 
The 49th Honinbo Title Match
Game 7: Cho Chikun vs. Kataoka Satoshi

 
The 19th Gosei Title Match
Game 4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho

 
Endgame-Calculation Exercises

 
The 19th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho

 
Important Stones and Useless Stones [1]  58-61  next of 4 parts

 
 
No. 71      Autumn 1994

A Commemoration of Dr. Yang Liansheng’s Contribution
     to Goe Rules (1)  next of 2 parts
A Comparison of the New Ko Rules

 
The 5th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Cho Chikun

 
Michael Redmond’s Tong Yang Triumph

 
The 6th Fujitsu Cup
Yang Hui vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
The 7th Fujitsu Cup

 
Korean Go: The Age of Lee

 
Play Moves with a Purpose
A Taste for Thickness (5-6)  back to first 2 parts

 
The Solution to the $1,000-Ko Problem

 
 
No. 70      Summer 1994

2nd Ing Cup Final
Games 1-5: Otake Hideo vs. Seo Pong-su

 
The Definition of Territory
What Players Should Know About the Ing Rules

 
The 6th Fujitsu Cup Final
Yoo Chang-hyeok vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

 
The Myriad Shapes of Go [6]  38, 43-46  back to first part
A Taste for Thickness (3-4)  next 2 of 6 parts
The Earth, the Dead and the Darkness
Comebacks by Chen and Qian

 
 
No. 69      Autumn 1993

2nd Ing Cup (1)  next of 2 parts
Rui Naiwei vs. Komatsu Hideki
Rui Naiwei vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

 
Two Life-and-Death Problems

 
2nd Ing Cup (2)  back to first part
Games 1-3: Rui Naiwei vs. Otake Hideo

 
Michael Redmond’s First Title Challenge
Redmond vs. Yuki Satoshi
Games 1 & 2: Redmond vs. Komatsu Hideki

 
The 1st Jinro Cup
Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
The 5th Fujitsu Cup Final
Otake’s First International Success

 
Go in the Snow
The Myriad Shapes of Go [5]  52-53, 58-60  next of 6 parts
A Taste for Thickness (1-2)  next 2 of 6 parts
Spot the Tesuji

 
 
No. 68      Summer 1992

The 29th Judan Title Match
Games 1, 3-5: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun

 
The 16th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho

 
The 4th Japan-China Meijin Play-off
Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun

 
Life-and-Death Problems: Ezura 7-dan
The Myriad Techniques of Go [4]  49, 54-57, 64  next of 6 parts
Efficiency (5)  49-54  back to first part
Life-and-Death Problems: Nakayama 6-dan
Fuseki Problems

 
 
No. 67      Spring 1992

1991 in Review
1991 in Statistics

 
The 4th Japan-China Tengen Play-off
Games 1-3: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping

 
The 1991 Meijin League
Round 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki
Round 3: Rin Kaiho vs. Fujisawa Shuko
Round 4: Rin Kaiho vs. Otake Hideo
Round 5: Rin Kaiho vs. Awaji Shuzo
Round 7: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Cho Chikun
Round 5: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Takemiya Masaki

 
Takemiya Wins 3rd TV Asian Championship

 
16th Gosei Title Match
Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kobayashi Satoru

 
The Myriad Techniques of Go (3)  41, 46-49  next of 6 parts
Efficiency (4)  42-46  next of 5 parts
Twenty 2nd-Line Tesujis
Liu Zhongfu’s Go Secrets

 
 
No. 66      Winter 1991 – 92

The 4th Fujitsu Cup
Semifinal: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
Semifinal: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Qian Yuping

 
The 3rd Tongyang Securities Cup
Games 1 & 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Yi Ch’ang-ho

 
The 46th Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
Shuko’s Winter Training Camp
Find the Tesuji
Life-and-Death Problems
Corner Problem
The Myriad Techniques of Go (2)  53, 58-61, 64  next of 6 parts
Efficiency (3)  53-57  next of 5 parts
1-dan Beats 9-dan

 
 
No. 65      Autumn 1991

The 4th Fujitsu Cup
Round 2: Seo Pong-su vs. Nie Weiping
Round 2: O Rissei vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
Round 1: Hane Yasumasa vs. Qian Yuping

 
The 29th Judan Title Match
Game 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun

 
The 15th Kisei Title Match
Games 4-7: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

 
Teacher vs. Disciple in the Tongyang Cup

 
The Yoda-Lee Challenge Match
Game 3

 
Schlemper’s Triumph in the WAGC

 
The Myriad Techniques of Go (1)  43-47  next of 6 parts
Efficiency (2)  48-52  next of 5 parts
My Secret Strategies for Handicap Games
Go Grades and Early Masters

 
 
No. 64      Summer 1991

The 4th Fujitsu Cup
Round 1: Takemiya Masaki vs. Ma Xiaochun
Round 1: O Rissei vs. Liu Xiaoguang

 
The 15th Kisei Title Match
Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

 
Nie Wins the New Physical Education Cup

 
Women in Go

 
Conventional Wisdom: Right or Wrong?
Strange and Wonderful Shapes

 
 
No. 63      Spring 1991

The 2nd International Amateur Pair Go Tournament: NKB Cup

 
The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
Semifinal: Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Koichi
Semifinal: Nie Weiping vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

 
Kobayashi Triumphs Again in Japan-China Meijin Play-off
Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun

 
1990: Prizes and Statistics

 
Tournament Go 1990
15th Gosei Title, Game 3
38th Oza Title, Game 5
16th Tengen Title, Game 4
9th Women’s Honinbo Title, Game 3

 
The Gateway to a Professional Career
Efficiency (1)  52-56  next of 5 parts
All About the Two-Step Hane (3)  back to first part
Go Topics, Go Trivia  64  back

 
 
No. 62      Winter 1990 – 91

The 1st International Go Amateur Pair Tournament: NKB Cup
Kobayashi Satoru Wins 3rd IBM Lightning Go Championship

 
The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
Quarterfinal: Yamashiro Hiroshi vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
Play-off for 3rd Place: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
The 45th Honinbo Title Match
Games 5-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
The 15th Meijin Title Match
Games 1-6: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

 
In Pursuit of Elegance: A Survey of the Best in Go Equipment (2-3)  back to first part
36 Tesuji Patterns [12]  69*, 70-71  back to first part
36 Life and Death Patterns [12]  69, 71-72  back to first part

 
 
No. 61      Autumn 1990

Otake in the Meijin League

 
The 3rd Fujitsu Cup: Rin Finally Triumphs
Quarterfinal: Yi Ch’ang-ho vs. Kobayashi Koichi
Quarterfinal: Jimmy Cha vs. Nie Weiping
Final: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping

 
The 3rd IBM Lightning Go Championship
Ma Xiaochun vs. Hashimoto Shoji
Ma Xiaochun vs. Hane Yasumasa
Nie Weiping vs. Rin Kaiho

 
The 45th Honinbo Title Match
Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

 
In Pursuit of Elegance: A Survey of the Best in Go Equipment (1)  next 2 of 3 parts
36 Tesuji Patterns [11]  53, 59-60  next of 12 parts
36 Life and Death Patterns [11]  53, 60-61  next of 12 parts
All About the Two-Step Hane (2)  next of 3 parts
Sanno’s Life and Death Problems
Fukui’s Life and Death Problems
Ito’s Life and Death Problems
Nakayama’s Life and Death Problems
Onda’s Life and Death Problems

 
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