- Hideyuki Fujisawa
Infobox Go player
playername=Hideyuki Fujisawa
fullname=Hideyuki Fujisawa
nickname=The Monster [http://gobase.org/studying/articles/LeeHongYeol/?episode=1 Lee Hong Yeol article 1] ]
kanji=nihongo2|藤沢秀行
dateofbirth=birth date and age|1925|6|14
cityofbirth=Yokohama
countryofbirth=Japan
residence=flagicon|Japan Kawasaki City,Japan
pupil=Kazunari Fujisawa ,Shinji Takao ,Michihiro Morita ,Tomoyasu Mimura ,Masayuki Kurahashi
rank=9 dan
turnedpro=1940
retired=1998nihongo|Hideyuki Fujisawa|藤沢秀行|"Fujisawa Hideyuki"|extra=born
June 14 ,1925 , also known as Shuko Fujisawa, is a retired Japanese professional Go player.Biography
Hideyuki Fujisawa was born in
Yokohama ,Japan . He was one of the best players during his era. One of the "Three crows " along withYamabe Toshiro andKeizo Suzuki (and laterTakeo Kajiwara ). Even though he was known more for his controversial acts, such as having a bad drinking habit, the most important thing that shone through about Fujisawa was his Go skill. Besides Go, he is known togamble and is a successfulreal estate dealer. He's also known for hiscalligraphy and has had several exhibits of his works. He has also stated in his autobiography, although he doesn't mind being called Shuko, he'd prefer to be called Hideyuki.cite web| url=http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/cameos/cameo5.html | title=Go Features: Cameo 5 | last=Fairbairn | first=John | work=Mind Sports World | date=2000-10-22 | accessdate=2007-04-18]Early go life
Fujisawa turned pro in 1940 and it took him a while to get on top. Although he struggled at first, taking 23 years just to reach 9 dan, he would start a title run in the early 60's, 70's, and 80's. He would win his first major title in 1962, the
Meijin . He then won twoAsahi Pro Best Ten titles in 1965 and 1968. He won his second major title, theOza , of which he would hold for three consecutive years from 1967 to 1969. The same year that he lost the Oza, he would win theNHK Cup . He didn't win the NHK Cup again until 1981. The Meijin title was Fujisawa's again when he won it in 1970. He then went on a dry streak of titles. By 1976, he won his first title since the Meijin in 1970. The Tengen was that title.The top of Japanese go
Fujisawa would go on to surprise critics as he won the
Kisei title 6 straight years from 1976 to 1982. By 1980, nobody thought anyone else but Fujisawa would win the Kisei, but that was silenced when he finally lost it toCho Chikun in 1982. He won the first 3 games, controlling each and every move Cho made. It looked like Fujisawa would hold the Kisei for the 7th year in a row, but Cho fought back and won 4 games, Fujisawa making a blunder in a winning position in the seventh game. After his run of consecutive Kisei titles, the JapaneseNihon-Kiin awarded himHonorary Kisei . He is known to play a very flexiblefuseki but infamous in making errors later in the game. The saying is that Fujisawa Shuko plays the best first 50 moves. Of course that might not apply to today's standards because professional go talent has risen greatly decade after decade due to popularization of the game in South Korea and elsewhere.Later on down the road
Fujisawa was getting old now, and wouldn't win another title until ten years later. Again he won the Oza and held it for two years at the age of 67. He had set a record for the oldest player to defend a title, a record which stills holds to this day. In October 1998, he decided to retire from the Go world at the age of 74. The following year Fujisawa was expelled from the Nihon Ki-in for selling unsanctioned rank diplomas to amateurs in protest against what he considered improper Ki-in policies. In June, 2003, the dispute was resolved and Fujisawa was reinstated in the Ki-in.
He currently resides in Kawasaki City.
Titles and runners-up
Ranks #9 in total amount of titles in Japan.
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Trivia
*It's been said that during his Kisei run in the 70's and 80's, Fujisawa would drink for 9 months straight, then sober up for his title defense late in the year. [http://gobase.org/studying/articles/LeeHongYeol/?episode=1 Lee Hong Yeol article 1] ]
References
Literature
*Fujisawa, Shuko (Hideyuki Fujisawa). "Dictionary of Basic Tesuji." 4 vols. Richmond, VA: Slate and Shell, 2004.
External links
* [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000005.htm Nihon Ki-in profile]
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