Sakata Eio

gently-kiai · #1

Does somebody know at what age Sakata Eio start to play the game of go?

DrStraw · #2

I don't know at what age he started but he did not reach 1p until age 15 so I doubt he started much earlier than the typical pro of his era.

xed_over · #3

gently-kiai wrote:

Does somebody know in what age Sakata Eio start to play the game of go?

Sakata was born in 1920
The Showa era started in 1926

oren · #4

I assume I answered your question on facebook.

Go school at 9, Insei at 10.

DrStraw · #5

oren wrote:

I assume I answered your question on facebook.

Go school at 9, Insei at 10.

That's kind of what I was expecting when I said typical for the era.

xed_over · #6

oren wrote:

I assume I answered your question on facebook.

what? he didn't ask on reddit too?

Shenoute · #7

From Go World 50, "The Magnificient Obsession. Sakata Eio and Go", p. 55,

Sakata Eio wrote:

I learned to play go just around the time I entered elementary school. (...) I picked up the game from watching, which made my father very happy.

Bonobo · #8

xed_over wrote:

oren wrote:

I assume I answered your question on facebook.

what? he didn't ask on reddit too?

FWIW, it was me who suggested asking here if he got no answer on FB ;-)