Nice. All of the games are also in GoGoD (and many other databases)--I also like to follow along that way, and it is easier to use an sgf even when you're placing stones on a real board.

EDIT: A quick comment on your blog entry--I would say that Shusaku is inarguably one of the greatest go players of all time, and is arguably the greatest go player of all time (not that he is arguably one of them).

i would add that Shusaku is arguably one of the most overestimated players of all time

or, to be fair, his strength is hard to evaluate because he died young and thus had played majority of his games with an advantage of having black (being under-ranked). if he had lived longer, he could have proved his superiority better

i would add that Shusaku is arguably one of the most overestimated players of all time

or, to be fair, his strength is hard to evaluate because he died young and thus had played majority of his games with an advantage of having black (being under-ranked). if he had lived longer, he could have proved his superiority better

i would add that Shusaku is arguably one of the most overestimated players of all time

or, to be fair, his strength is hard to evaluate because he died young and thus had played majority of his games with an advantage of having black (being under-ranked). if he had lived longer, he could have proved his superiority better

I don't think he's overestimated, I think he just suffers from an overabundance of publicity. Pros agree that he's among the strongest along with Go Seigen/Huang Longshi/Dosaku/Lee Changho.

Unfortunately for you, the "few" nay-sayers include many of the top professionals of the last hundred years, most of whom would post Shuei as higher. Personally, I would choose Go Seigen as the greatest.

Best wishes.

........ None of the commentary and none of the variations. My goal isn't to distribute Incvincible, but to make it easier to read through.

http://www.tucsongo.org/2012/02/invincible-sgf-pack/

I don't think he's overestimated, I think he just suffers from an overabundance of publicity. Pros agree that he's among the strongest along with Go Seigen/Huang Longshi/Dosaku/Lee Changho.

And he really had quite a lot of games. (The Jubangos with Ota Yuzo obviously). It's not just the 20 or so Castle games...

Instead of trying to prove or disprove the untestable, let's just say that Shusaku was a truly tremendous player from whom you can really learn a great deal. Does it matter all that much which pro or go saint you study? You can learn from them all.

Shusaku's memory seems to benefit from (suffer from?) a Buddy Holly-esque career, where due to a premature death no one is quite sure where he would peak. We have the benefit of seeing the young challenger rapidly rising, but have no aging master stage to really give him a thorough vetting, where he is the one the new generation is challenging. For a thought experiment -- What would we think of Lee ChangHo if something happened and his career was ended in the late 1990s? Or Cho Chikun in the Early 80's? We would only be left to speculate what heights they may be able to attain.

But still, isn't the choice of those 80 games and their numbering something that is covered by the copyright of the book?
Are we sure that Exologist isn't a thief, or at least very immoral?
Is L19 perhaps in violation of the law simply by allowing the linking to the download?