Any info on a German player
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 12:02 pm
Segoe wrote about going to Hawaii by ship in 1949 and being waylaid by an enthusiastic German passenger who wanted teaching games.
His name was something like Stanbach (Sutanbakku) and he was about 35. He was returning to Germany from Shanghai, and had picked up an expensive board and stones (presumably in Japan).
Segoe does not say which language they spoke in (but it would presumably be Japanese or Chinese). The German was too weak to take even 9 stones, but after spending a lot of money on equipment it would a little surprising if he gave up the game easily when he got back home. Not to mention that he'd have a tale or two to brag about, having met a world-class player.
But there are no other details and Franco Pratesi's Eurogo does not mention him.
Can anyone shed any more light, please?
His name was something like Stanbach (Sutanbakku) and he was about 35. He was returning to Germany from Shanghai, and had picked up an expensive board and stones (presumably in Japan).
Segoe does not say which language they spoke in (but it would presumably be Japanese or Chinese). The German was too weak to take even 9 stones, but after spending a lot of money on equipment it would a little surprising if he gave up the game easily when he got back home. Not to mention that he'd have a tale or two to brag about, having met a world-class player.
But there are no other details and Franco Pratesi's Eurogo does not mention him.
Can anyone shed any more light, please?