RIP Go Seigen

[trout]

Great man has passed away today. Very sad day.

http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoSeigen

[EdLee]

100 years of age.

[HKA]

on the endless road
with he who went the farthest
the path seems less clear

[daal]

Here's another short poem, I read it in the comments to GoGameGuru's post on Go Seigen's death. It was posted by Freeman Ng; I assume he wrote it.


the next stone in hand
he pauses over a board
grown suddenly vast

[snorri]

On Sunday I was taking an afternoon nap after being stressed out over planning holiday travel and my 5-year-old daughter came by and said, "Daddy, can we play go?" I brushed her aside and told her I was tired and maybe we could do that later after I put dinner in the oven. About 15 minutes later she asked me again. It's been weeks since she bothered me like that. I checked my phone and learned this news, got up right away, put the potatoes in to bake, took out the go board and stones and my copy of Kamakura, and started telling her the story while I placed Kitani's black stones and let her place Go Seigen's white. Once or twice I smiled when she guessed one of Go Seigen's own moves. Or, if not his move, a move I would have played. Me: "What do you think he will do here? Will he answer or run away again?" Her: "Of course he will run away!" We got to move 50 and she still wanted to write the moves in her little kifu, but it was time for dinner. To be continued this evening...

[wineandgolover]

We were lucky to have him for a hundred years. No doubt his legend will last ten times longer.

There are many good go players and a few great go players. There was only one Go Seigen.

[LinuxGooo]

The legendary player Go Seigen (born 12th July 1914) demised on 30th November 2014… it's now the 8th day...

... and I think best we can take from Seigen’s period of nearby hundred years is to learn and study his games and keep the spirit of Go Seigen alive.

Here a special lecture (level: 5k to 5d) at the Nihon Ki-in summer go camp 2014 with Michael Redmond (9PDan) about Go Seigen’s speed oriented opening with the chance to move quickly to the sides and overall, targeting at a well-balanced playing. It's the 1st game of Kamakura Jubango (ten-game match from 1939-1941 played in Japan).



(Rec.: The annually event Nihon Ki-in Summer Go Camp targets at to let Non-Japanese Go players (suitable for from 10 kyu up to high dan players) get stronger, feel and learn the Japanese culture of Go through fantastic programs provided by the Japan Go Association Nihon Ki-in (Tokyo). In autumn 2014 was commemorated the 90th anniversary of the foundation. It took place at The Nihon Ki-in from 26th August till September 4th 2014.)

The video of BadukMovies’ Episode #164 (22 Sept 2014) cannot be integrated into the forum.

You find the Kifu (SGF), book infos and BadukMovies video link here

Kitani Minoru (8P) plays with black against Go Seigen (7P) on 28th Sept 1939…. result: w+2