title match). Here it would indicate one of the corner stars, each three
points diagonally in from a corner. An opening play on a star is bold and
innovative. The komoku or “little eye,” the most conservative point for an
opening play, is two points and three points in from any corner. See the
diagram on
.
Wu Ch’ing-yüan, born in Fukien Province in 1917. He is far more
famous under the Japanese version of his name, Go Sei-gen; but he will be
called Wu throughout this translation. The game of Go and Goi the
newspaper reporter seem to introduce quite enough possibilities for
confusion without Go the player of Go.
This is the storm so vividly described by Tanizaki in the second book
of The Makioka Sisters.
The match, in point of fact, took place in 1933.
He did “jump,” playing at R-13, the second point from that occupied
by his own Black 87 (see diagram,
). To “swim” would have been
to play at R-12, adjacent to Black 87.
) in which stones may be captured.
From a schoolchildren’s song.
Boshi, two points in from an enemy position. Here (see diagram,
In actual fact the seventh session was held on July 31, and the eighth
on August 5.
The “lance” (Japanese kosha, “fragrant chariot”) moves forward, and
forward only, any number of spaces, and so corresponds to no piece in the
Western game. At a one-lance handicap, the stronger begins with one lance
to his opponent’s two.
