- Kaku Takagawa
Infobox Go player
playername=Kaku Takagawa
fullname=Kaku Takagawa
kanji=高川格
dateofbirth=birth date|1915|9|21|mf=y
cityofbirth=Wakayama
countryofbirth=Japan
dateofdeath=death date and age|1986|11|26|1915|9|21
teacher=Taro Mitsuharai
rank=9 dannihongo|Kaku Takagawa|高川格|"Takagawa Kaku"|extra=
September 21 ,1915 —November 26 ,1986 , also known as nihongo|Takagawa Shukaku|高川秀格|Takagawa Shūkaku, was one of the most successful professional Go players of the twentieth century.Biography
Kaku Takagawa won the
Honinbo title nine times in a row, from 1952 to 1960, and was subsequently awarded the permanent title ofHonorary Honinbo . He then chose Shukaku as his Honinbo name. He is one of the few Honorary Honinbo's. He was known to having a healthy rivalry withSakata Eio . This could be seen as Sakata would constantly beat Takagawa from 1959 to 1966 in the finals of major tournaments.Takagawa's books, translated from their original Japanese, were instrumental in educating Westerners in the ways of Go. He also wrote a series of articles from 1961 through 1977 for the
Nihon Ki-in which was the primary English source of information about Go during that period. These articles were later compiled into "Improve Your Intuition", still considered a valuable guide for Go players.Style
Sakata Eio was known to talk about Takagawa's style of play. He included him in his book "Killer Of Go", saying he'd drag out his games so they'd be longer and then his opponent would lose their edge. He was so very cool and collected during games, that he would never tense up before a match. This could be seen when he strolled to many Honinbo title wins. He was also noted to having a very steady and elegant style.
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Books
*How to Play Go, Nihon Kiin 1956 [http://www.gobooks.info/howto.html review] , [http://www.antiquarius.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=10476&CLSN_1181=11848437601181b523e382736415be66 used copies] , [http://bibliographie.jeudego.org/images/couvertures/comment.jpgcover]
*Vital Points of Go, Nihon Kiin 1958 [http://www.gobooks.info/vital.html review]
*The Power of the Star-Point (ISBN 4871870324)
*Improve Your Intuition (ISBN 0-9706193-2-4) Volume 1, (ISBN 0-9706193-2-4) Volume 2, (ISBN 0-9706193-2-4) Volume 3.External links
* [http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?id=105 GoGameWorld Profile]
* [http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Takagawa+Kaku GoBase Profile]
* [http://senseis.xmp.net/?KakuTakagawa Sensei's Library Profile]Source
#GoGameWorld
#GoBase
#Sensei's Library
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