Yamashita defends Kisei title
Yamashita Keigo Kisei defended his title with 4 straight wins against Kobayashi Satoru.
It was a young vs. senior match, and the young one won – which seems to be the rule in professional Go today, rather than the exception. See my
coverage of this year’s Kisei title.
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hi, i referred to your blog in my latest post, i hope that is ok for you
I really like your analyses
Hi Vincent,
I am glad you liked it – I was sad Kobayashi Satoru didn’t do better, but oh well….
By the way, I read you blog entry (using Google translator) about Kobayashi Chizu moving to Austria for one year – I had actually emailed her by chance after a long while just a couple of days before she was leaving Switzerland for Japan – that is an interesting coincidence.
(She was my sensei while I was insei in Japan).
Now I have one more reason to be sad to be far away from Europe
Sorin
Hm, yes, but here in Vienna we’re very much looking forward to Kobayashi Chizu-sensei’s stay and hope for a real boost of Austrian Go life. The first year of her stay will be funded by the japanese government; if things work out she’ll be able to stay longer. She said that she will focus on teaching children.
She also said (before the Kisei matches) that should her brother win the Kisei, there’d be a chance of next year’s Kisei final taking place in Vienna. Oh well…
There is another strong player in the area who has studied under Kobayashi Chizu-sensei: Ondrej Silt 6d. Some of us have already benefitted from his teaching at last year’s Go Camp in Seewinkel, Burgenland (in the southern part of Austria).
Incidentally, this year’s European Go Congress also takes place in Austria, from July 14-July 28, 2007 – see http://egc2007.goverband.at. Kobayashi-sensei said she wants to attend the Congress for almost the full duration. Are you going to be there as well?
Anyway, it seems that pieces of a big puzzle are slowly coming together. I hope the presence of japanese and korean pro players in Europe will help to popularize Go towards some sort of critical mass.
I also wanted to thank you for your blog and your interesting articles.
Marcel
Hi Marcel,
Thanks for the nice words about my website.
I am sure Chizu-sensei’s presence in Austria for one year will be a big boost to Austrian – and European – Go. I know her dream is to establish a professional Go organization outside of Asia.
I was surprised to hear that this is sponsored by the Japanese Govt – I heard of other professionals (like Yuki Shigeno in Italy, or Catalin Taranu in Romania) who got some sort of stipend from Nihon Ki-in for working on spreading Go in Europe – so this is indeed a new and interesting development.
I don’t think I can attend the European Go Congress, unfortunately – I live in the US (which means I have a very short vacation by European standards) and I’ll have to visit my family back in Romania this summer (haven’t been there for 3 years or so).
I might drop by for a couple of days, at the most – but I am not sure yet.
(I did attend the 1990 EGC in Vienna – it was such a wonderful experience!!).
Sorin