Does anyone know how he's been doing lately?

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"Those who calculate greatly will win; those who calculate only a little will lose, but what of those who don't make any calculations at all!? This is why everything must be calculated, in order to foresee victory and defeat."-The Art of War

no idea, but I love Go Seigen's perseverance with his life, illness, and struggle for excellence. A man knows fear but face it, I think, is courageous.

I want to achieve what Go Seigen achieve, not about his Go, but his attitude and steel mind. I hope to see a translated autobiography of go seigen and other interesting Go players.

How lately do you mean? I believe his study group was ongoing as recently as a few years ago--I don't know if it's going on or not anymore.

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Occupy Babel!

Currently.

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"Those who calculate greatly will win; those who calculate only a little will lose, but what of those who don't make any calculations at all!? This is why everything must be calculated, in order to foresee victory and defeat."-The Art of War

John Fairbairn is providing a full biography of Go Seigen in his books on Go's ten game matches, starting with Kamakura (published by Slate & Shell).

Thank you, I'm aware of those but I'm talking about RECENTLY.

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"Those who calculate greatly will win; those who calculate only a little will lose, but what of those who don't make any calculations at all!? This is why everything must be calculated, in order to foresee victory and defeat."-The Art of War

I realize you started the thread, but someone else who posted stated he would like to see a biography - not everyone who posts is going to be responding to your needs.

Go Seigen is pretty old, I hope his study group is continuing, but I doubt he is doing much else of interest at this point.

Quite frankly, I was convinced when I first opened this thread it was going to be my first notice of his death...I am glad the scare you gave me was a false alarm.

I can't read japanese, but according to the google translation and judging from the picture, Go Seigen recently visited the last mejin-match, because he lives nearby.
http://www.asahi.com/igo/news/TKY201010060335.html

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Magics way up the hill (personal study journal)

Sorry I missed that.

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"Those who calculate greatly will win; those who calculate only a little will lose, but what of those who don't make any calculations at all!? This is why everything must be calculated, in order to foresee victory and defeat."-The Art of War

Well he is 96 years old. Anything he is doing is a success at that age. So I would have to say he has been doing quite well.

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Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).

What a great photograph! Pity its so small.

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I remember I hold a Joseki dictionary and memorize the contents, I could repeat every variations from memory and self-satisfaction for it. After I improved some years later, I know it was a detour, wasted many years. ~ igo@Indonesia