Go Seigen
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| Go Seigen | ||
| Image:Wuqingyuan2.jpg | ||
| Name | Go Seigen | |
| Chinese | 呉清源 | |
| Pinyin | Wú Qīngyuán | |
| Born | May 19, 1914 | |
| Birthplace | Template:Flagicon Fujian, China | |
| Residence | Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan | |
| Teacher | Segoe Kensaku | |
| Rank | 9 dan | |
| Affiliation | Retired ; Honorary member of the Nihon Ki-in | |
Wu Qingyuan (呉清源, Pinyin: Wú Qīngyuán, born May 19, 1914), known to the world as the Japanese Go Seigen, is considered by many to be the greatest player of the game of go in the 20th century.
Biography
He was born in Fujian province, in China, and moved to Japan in 1928. When he naturalized as a Japanese citizen, he used the name Go Izumi (吳泉 pronounced in Japanese.) He later returned to his old name. His surname (吳) reads the same as Go in Japanese (碁). As a result, some Japanese said he was born to play go.
Go Seigen is commonly considered to be among the best to have ever played the game. He beat the leading players of Japan in jubangos (10-game tournaments), including winners of the Honinbo Tournament, even forcing them down to handicaps.[1] He beat players including Japan's best at the time. Some of these were Karigane Junichi, Hashimoto Utaro, Iwamoto Kaoru, Fujisawa Hosai, Sakata Eio, and Takagawa Kaku. Go lost just one match, and that was against Sakata Eio prior to when Go beat Sakata.
Mr. Teramoto, Go Seigen's manager, has said "[Go Seigen] is one of three go players who will still be famous several hundred years from now. The other two are Dosaku (1677–1702) and Shusaku (1829–1862)." [2]
Image:Goseigenvshoninboshusai.gif He is well known, along with Kitani Minoru, as being one of the leading exponents of the shin fuseki, a period of experimentation in the opening of the game that broke away from traditional moves. Go attributed some of his ideas to Honinbo Shuei, for whom he had much respect.[3]
Go retired in 1967 due to health reasons, although he didn't "officially" retire until 1983. His disciple is Rin Kaiho.
Chinese film director Tian Zhuangzhuang is currently (2006) making a movie/biopic on Go Seigen's life.
Titles, Runners Up & Awards
| Title | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Saikyo | 1959, 1961 (joint with Sakata Eio) |
| Title | Years Lost |
|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Old Meijin | 1962 |
| Template:Flagicon NHK Cup | 1976 |
| Award | Years Won |
|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Honorary Member of the Nihon Ki-in | 1983? |
| Template:Flagicon Okura Prize | 1967 |