Enclave Third Issue May 3rd 2009

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Event: Yang Yilun, Chinese 7 dan pro faces off against Andy Liu, AGA 7d, KGS 9d in a non-blitz game! As if that weren’t enough, there’s a review afterwards by the players!

Game Details: Time Settings: 1 hour game+review

Date and Time: May 5th, 0:00 GMT

Location: Online event, visit the KGS Go Server (http://www.gokgs.com) and join The Enclave room under the social tab. Be there!

Cost: None! This is a free event open to anyone, so you have no excuse not to show up! Donations are accepted and requested to help fund a second event.

Players: Yang Yilun: Yang Yilun is a popular professional teacher in the US and western countries. He has written a few Go books for the average player, and has been a staple in western events for a long time. Andy Liu: Andy Liu is one of the strongest amateur players in the US, and one of very few western amateurs that have beaten a professional player in an official game. Though still just a teenager, he has been a consistent, powerful presence in the US for the past few years.

A Letter From Our Founder Wow! What a whirlwind these past three months have been! Since releasing the last issue, my personal life has gone nuts (usually, but not always in a good way), and I am happy to announce that I’m engaged, sad to announce that that means less time for me to spend on all of you! With future plans now occupying more of my personal time, I’ll have to start prioritizing the things that pay the bills—which, unfortunately for me, are odd jobs and temporary positions, and they rarely, if ever, make the bills. But I’ve got some good news for you guys! The Enclave is proud, as you may have noticed, to announce its first Professional lesson! Coming May 5th, at 0:00 GMT, Yilun Yang, 7p will be facing off against Andy Liu, 7d one of the strongest amateur players in all of North America. This event should be a level above everything that the Enclave has given out in the past, and hopefully it will be incredibly exciting, too! If you enjoy the event, or would like to see more of its kind, please don’t hesitate to contact me, Ricky1, or Ba�ousai on KGS, write an email to [email protected], or even to just use PayPal to send in a donation to Ba� at [email protected]! Everybody wish me luck as I make plans with my future wife! If you guys can help me out, please donate to the Enclave (donate here), so that I can pay bills with this magazine! If not, enjoy it anyway, just for being awesome. Outside of ge�ing married, I don’t think I want anything to succeed as much as I want this magazine (and this game) to take off. I hope you all can help along the way! ~Eric Dunham

Index Features 2 A Letter From Our Founder 7 Beginner Lessons — Go is Not a Capturing Game 10 Go Around The World — Introducing Harry Weerheijm 12 Beginner Life and Death 13 Amateur Life and Death 19 From Heights Above — Ahn Younggil, 6p 32 Insights — Marriag(P) [9d Tygem] vs. anchampion [9d Tygem] 33 A History of Go — Honinbo Sansa 35 A Picture Worth a Thousand Moves 40 Marketplace

Articles 6 Support The Enclave 16 The Subtle Art of Introducing Go 25 Letters From Korea

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Beginner Lessons

Go Is Not a Capturing Game

by Lamar Bishop

If you’re like me, which I hope you’re not, whenever you pass anything that has the remotest chance of being connected to Go, you feel compelled to take a look just to see if it is indeed connected to Go. When I pass board game shops, I never fail to check if they carry gobans. I’ve only ever found one store that carried anything other than the $20 fiberboard goban typical to beginners. But still, I continue to check. Just in case one day one of these stores has a nice, cheap goban. Sometimes, when I am in a bookstore, I will find books on Japanese or Chinese culture, and I always have to peek in to see if they mention my favorite game. Sometimes they don’t, which is somewhat disappointing. They rarely give any real detail of any kind, which is also disappointing. But what is worst is when I find a very brief, and mostly incorrect description, which is what I have come to expect when I first crack their covers. Take for example this excerpt

Could it be that capturing is not the road to victory?

from a description of Igo from an interesting book I came across recently, the 1997 A Bilingual Handbook on Japanese Culture, by John K. Gillespie. Gillespie writes regarding Go, “One can take [his] opponent’s stones by surrounding them with his own; the one who takes the most stones wins.” Now, beyond the fact that the description of the game itself was shallow and misleading, this single statement caught my eye the most. The real problem is that it’s patently wrong. This is something I harped about in the very first issue of this magazine—Go is not about capturing! Go was once, but is no longer,

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a game of capturing stones, in fact, top matches can be entirely played out without a single capture. Professional players do not play as if they are trying to capture stones, but territory. But for some reason, it seems that this particular myth pervades the beginner’s understanding of the game. Since the first magazine went off on a different idea and did not really say much else on capturing, I have decided to go back and really portray what I meant when I said that capturing is not vital.

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Let’s have a look at why capturing is only the second most important aspect of outperforming our opponents. Diagram 1 on the right is an excellent example. In this game black got excited and decided to try to capture the white group on the bo�om le�. But he didn’t bother to read the weaknesses at A and B, both of which could end his plans at any moment. But even if he did not have the weaknesses at A and B, black has made an even more fundamental error.

As I said back then, the problem is that capturing is fun. We as players enjoy trying our best to capture our opponent’s pieces. It’s fun to smell victory just three moves away, the lingering scent if the unescapable atari that we have struggled to come by throughout the entire game. But playing this way doesn’t win! Playing to capture is one of the fastest ways to lose, especially against stronger players. What we need is not to kill the other guy, but to outperform him.

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Even if he succeeds, killing those white stones just isn’t worth the trouble! A move at any one of the marked points would gain black many more points than his move to capture. And since the weaknesses at A and B cancel the effect of his move at 1, the entire plan is pointless.

tesuji that would kill a group of some 50 odd points. Excitedly, he pointed out the tesuji to their teacher, a�racting the a�ention of other professionals that were present. Once the discovery had been made clear, all of the professionals took a look, then turned back to their own games, saying that the kill was not worth the trade that it would require. Lance and his friend were astounded. It was a huge group! To think that such a large kill was not worth the exchange? Yet, every professional present agreed, it just wasn’t worth it.

These are the types of moves that make no sense. We don’t need to capture anything here to win in this game, so why try so hard when we can do ourself so much more good by simply taking the biggest points on the board? When we are given the opportunity to capture our opponent’s stones, we need to measure the cost of capturing compared to what we are giving up by capturing.

So remember, next time you plan on killing a large group that it isn’t necessarily worth the exchange. It’s possible that it is, but Go is not a game of capturing stones. Go is a game of capturing territory!

My favorite example of this type of thinking comes from a group lesson by Lance Kemper, AGA 6d, that I a�ended a few years back. Speaking on the same subject as I am, Lance related a story of studying with a professional player along with a friend. During the course of the game, his friend, who was playing against the professional, noticed a brilliant

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Go Around the World Introducing the founder of EuroGoTV

Harry Weerheijm Founder, EuroGoTV

E: Alright, let’s get down to it! I have a few questions for you then! First of all, tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? Anything really interesting about you (or even just a li�le interesting)?

Go?

H: I live in Amsterdam, I am 43 years of age, and I have been everything from a coffee shop owner to a civil engineer to a single father living on government aid (I have two children). E: How did you get into Go? How long ago was it that you first started playing

H: I learned Go on the 4th of November, 2003 in the chess cafe “het Hok” in Amsterdam. I had seen people playing Go a number of times before then, and made several stupid remarks about the game. I remember playing two games that day with “Joop,” taking 9 stones handicap. I lost both games; something I could not understand, as I could beat him very easily in chess. Hans Ruhe, a 1k, was watching my games and explained some stuff af-

So impressive is EuroGoTV that just a few years a�er its inception it has already worked with and alongside some of the most prestigious names in the Go world, including the European Go Congress, The Ing Foundation, and many more.

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terwards. He assured me that I had some talent for the game. The next day, I went to my girlfriend’s house, which had an internet connection, and did some searching to see if it was possible to play Go online. I ended up on a small Japanese server called wwGo, and started to play some 9x9s. I lost every single one of my games. I remember specifically that one of my opponents was named “FINAL FANTASY 1D,” we played a few rounds, he gave me a four stone handicap on a 9x9 board and killed all my stones every game. That day I played all day... more than 24 hours straight! From there on I was hooked! I played Go every day and a�er two months I even stopped blowing (I had smoked more than 20 jonith a day for almost 20 years). I still don’t smoke anymore! E: Wow... 24 hours in your girlfriend’s house and you didn’t get kicked out? (laughs) Do you have any other interests? Why did Go win out over them? H: A few years before I got hooked on Go somebody tried to teach me how to play, but I wasn’t interested and chose to stick with chess, which was my passion at the time. I used to be a good chess player (I had an ELO

rating of about 2100 back when I used to play a lot) but I am not very good at it anymore, I prefer go over chess because strategic insight is much more important to Go than chess. E: What did you do before EuroGoTV? Are you still doing this?

Catalin Taranu [5p] reviews a game between Yu-Cheng Lai [7d] and Seok Ui Hong [7d] in the 52nd European Go Congress

Kang Sun Hee [2p] reviews a game between Groenen [6d] and Drost [4d] in one of EuroGoTV’s most discussed videos ever

H: Before I learned go I was an art dealer, I don’t do that anymore. I recently The Allshare Pandanet Amsterdam Go Tournament started (besides 2007’s top game is commented EuroGoTV) a by Guojuan [5p] small ICT company, www.HW9x9.nl. E: You’ve certainly seen your fair share of jobs and businesses in your time, haven’t you? With all that experience in so many things behind you, what was it that inspired you to start EGTV? H: I started EuroGoTV as we were continued on page 15 11

Beginner Life and Death Life and death is a vital element of improving one’s game. Every problem requires the player to kill or save a group of stones. In each problem there is a vital point; a brilliant play that will either save or kill the group. Take a look at these problems and see if you can find the vital points!

Black to kill

Black to kill

Black to kill

White to live

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Amateur Life and Death Tsumego for amateur players. These tsumego are not as easy as the beginner life and death problems, and some will present a challenge even for fairly good amateurs. Some are relatively easy, and some are much more difficult. Either way, we hope your game gets be�er!

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Black to kill

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planning for the Amsterdam Tournament in 2007. I had suggested starting an online TV channel several times to different people (as I wanted to see top players think and play go), but nobody took my suggestion seriously. Thanks to IGS and KGS lots of people followed our first broadcast. At that time there was a 15 minute delay, as there was no way we could get a live connection to that many people at that time. Those first broadcasts are still archived online at the EuroGoTV website. Our breakthrough came during the European Go Congress in Villach, where I was invited by Rainer Stowasser, president of the Austrian Go association. At that event I had more than two thousand members sign up in just two weeks—even though it was not necessary to become a member to use all of the site’s possibilities

Ge�ing the right shot can be quite the chore, as in this photo from Oza 2008

at that time. E: How many people either work for or help you with EGTV? H: At the moment there are eight people working for EuroGoTV; most of them are volunteers working for free. E: Alright, that’s all we have for you, thanks so much for sharing your story with us today! Keep up the good work!

EuroGoTV, with it’s live broadcast of major Go events, has become one of the most successful western Go ventures in recent years, garnering a�ention and hype from all around the globe. Though anyone can register to watch the live online videos, EuroGoTV also offers a VIP Membership which grants access to downloading game SGFs, and a high quality DVD at the end of the year. If you’re interested in EuroGoTV’s videos and services, please visit the home page at: h�p://eurogotv.com/

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The Subtle Art of Introducing Go Contributed by Sheila Wendes

Some people manage to discover Go big change in our lives. for themselves. If so, it is possible to nurOver the next six weeks, during ture and develop their interest and diswhich we were on a holiday in France, cover all sorts of wonders and mysteries, we struggled with the Go set and The or facts and figures about this fascinating Beginner’s Book of Go, ancient game. There is which didn’t really seem the internet, the BGA to consider total beginners or AGA. They can play at all. We asked ourselves on-line and at clubs. simple basic questions and Tournaments are easy gradually worked out the to track down once you answers. It became clear are in touch with people that here was a largely who play regularly. unknown, accessible and However, most peoextremely useful tool for ple in the West do not Even small children can be introduced to Go learning. tend to find out about Go as a ma�er of course. All we needed to do was tell the world! Peter and I have a friend who is a 2d player. Over 20 years ago he told us Through the EGF Peter obtained about Go and scribbled down a couple funding to introduce Go to 80 schools, of sketches and some notes in our visiand provide each with a copy of ‘Learn tors’ book. He did not mention anything to Play Go,’ by Janice Kim. It was a rewhich would have sparked our imagination or grabbed our a�ention (or what sounding success, one which led to us was le� of it as we juggled three small becoming full-time, freelance, pioneering Go teachers. children, a half-built co�age and fulltime teaching posts) but at least we had I want to talk about how we introheard of it, and time went by…. until duce Go in a way that people notice. one lazy summer’s day, in a charity shop, hidden amongst the jigsaw puzzles, You have to be relentlessly proacthere lay a beautiful, unused, pristine Go set waiting for an owner and maybe an tive when you teach Go. We do this by adventure or two! We snapped it up for using schools and colleges to recruit next to nothing. It was the beginning of a large audiences. When we draw 60 to 16

100 participants, there is a sense of occasion and expectation. Ample space, well arranged and set up with posters, banners, huge projected quotes, film clips and pictures, and with appropriate music, sets the scene. Once we begin, we take it slowly, never assuming any prior knowledge of the game, beginning with capturing stones and whe�ing young appetites with stories of tiger’s mouths, monkey jumps, dog and horse faces for starters. We get them to find “Silly Places to Start,” and then get them to think about shapes which can never be captured. Contrary to what you would think as a Go player, this is not obvious! – in about 25,000 introductions only 44 times has anyone worked out that you need at least two eyes to make a living group! When you are teaching, it is worth remembering how it feels to start playing Go. It is very hard to recall that feeling once you have been playing for a while. However, as we remind our students, even professional players still make mistakes. Playing Go, even at this level, is still the best way to learn about Go (and yourself), and making new mistakes means that you are ge�ing somewhere. It is important to give just enough instruction and allow ample practice – an information dump only discourages potential Go players. Everyone learns at their own pace and in their own way. ‘First do no harm’ seems to be a sensible start. Most importantly you have to enjoy doing it, maintain a light touch, love the new questions, realise that every event is going to be different, as 17

every game is – a unique encounter. I have heard Go players staring down at beginners and barking out, ‘Use your brain, not just your fingers’ – ‘ Are you stupid, or what?’ followed by TMI on some obscure joseki…. not so helpful.

The author’s husband teaching youngsters to play in Tower Hamlets

The author introducing Go to an interested crowd at Bletchley Park

If someone has only begun by capturing stones and they know the name of the game and haven’t had a horrible experience, the chances are that the idea of playing will lie dormant for a while until time, space and opportunity allow some follow up. There are children who learnt at that early stage in 2001 who are still playing, and one who learnt a li�le

later who won the 2008 UK Youth Championship, and went to Japan last year on a visit to the Nihon Ki-in. There is another pupil, now reading maths at Oxford, who quickly rose to be a single digit kyu. We have seeded many, many school Go clubs thriving quietly throughout the UK. Towards the end of sessions we usually explore how to improvise Go sets, and say to them that if they all teach

somebody else to play, we immediately double our numbers – and they will have more chance of finding someone out there to play against. We will have introduced almost 30,000 people to Go by the end of this year. And we’re still loving it.

Sheila Wendes Sheila is the cofounder of Zen Machine, a UK-based company that introduces Go to widespread audiences. Having begun six years ago, Sheila and her husband, Peter, have managed to become leading figures in the a�empt to spread Go all over the world. Peter’s articles have been featured in Sublime, an international sustainable lifestyle magazine boasting a circulation of some 50,000 If you’d like to contact Zen Machine, or arrange a visit, please visit their site, www.zenmachine.co.uk

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From Heights Above

Ahn Younggil, 6p

Ahn Younggil, whose name is transliterated in various ways, which causes quite a lot of confusion, (especially considering that there is another Korean professional named An Younggil) is a six dan Korean professional. Having played Go in Korea for most of his life, Ahn recently relocated to Sydney, Australia, where he is staying for a while, teaching go down under. The Enclave got a hold of him shortly after he began working publicly with the Australian Go Association to ask him a few questions about Go and what it’s like further south than most of us will ever travel.

E: Glad to finally catch up with you! It’s been a lot of hurry up and wait for you, sorry about that. So, let’s get this going—tell us a li�le about yourself! How old are you, where were you born, is there anything interesting about you?

People are kind and lively. There’re a lot a�ractive old palaces in the country. You can also enjoy Korea’s hot and stunning food.

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I started to study [to] become a professional player.” Y: I’m 28, I was born in Seoul Korea, and I’m living in Sydney, Australia, trying to spread Go. I’m also studying English, but it’s still difficult for me. E: You know, a lot of professional players tell me that they have a hard time with English. Your English is just excellent, I hope you know! I should keep on with the interview, so I’d like to know about your country, what is it like? What do you enjoy or love most about it?

E: (Laughs) I’ll have to give that a try sometime. How did you learn Go? When did you start practicing to be a professional?

Y: It’s completely different from any Western countries.If you visit, you can enjoy the huge, dynamic city of Seoul.

Y: When I was nine, my father taught me and my mom to play at the same time. By the time I was twelve, I start-

Younggil teaching at The Way to Go conference at the Sea�le Go Center

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ed to study hard so I could become a professional player.

I think that Playing Go with famous players has been the most notable thing for me.

E: What was that like, becoming a professional? Was it very difficult? Were there any hard challenges?

E: Have you enjoyed being a professional player? If you were not a

“It’s very, very difficult to become a pro in Korea... I had to

give up my school life ...it was a hard time for me.” professional player, what would you have liked to do instead?

Y: It’s very, very difficult to become a pro in Korea, only nine people can become pro players in a year. I had to give up my school life, and when I look back on it, I realize that it was a hard time for me. A�er becoming a pro, trying to become the top player was also very hard. E: You became a professional Go player just over ten years ago. What has been the most notable thing about being a professional player?

Y: Yes, I’ve enjoyed it a lot. I have no idea what I would have liked to do if I had not learned Go. I was young, so there must have been a lot of options. E: That’s so... different from how it is in the west. Keeping on, you have performed very well in tournaments in the past, how good do you think you are compared to other professional players?

Y: Becoming a professional was my goal, so I was very happy. I could play against all of the great players that I respected, and I could study with their game records.

Y: In 2000 and 2001 I think I was one of the top ten best players in Korea,

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but a�er that I went to a university, and a�er that I went into the army. I didn’t concentrate on studying Go during that time, obviously, and for that reason, I have not improved a lot since then.

ment in the Australian Go world been like? How long do you plan to spend in Australia? Have you enjoyed your

E: Hey, top ten’s not bad at all! Speaking of top players, who do you think are the strongest Go players in the world? Y: I think that they would be Lee Chang ho, Lee Sedol, and Gu Li. They are the strongest players at the moment. E: You’ve played in a lot of tournaments in Asia, which tournaments did you enjoy most? Why did you enjoy those ones?

Younggil, who is o�en seen smiling, as in this picture, has been described as anything from “charming,” to “adorable,” and “cute” by his Asian—and o�en female—fans

Y: Actually, every tournament is important for professional players, of course world championships are the most important out of all of them, but I didn’t care too much about those.

move? Also, what is your job in Australia? Y: I wanted to go overseas to spread Go and learn English, and Professor Hahn (Sang dae), who is my Go and English teacher, recommended that I come here. I didn’t have know anything about Australia back then. I plan to stay here for a year or two.

E: What’s it like playing against a strong opponent? Y: The stronger the opponent I play, the more uneasy I am. E: You recently moved to Sidney, Australia. Why did you choose to move there? What has your involve-

Living in Australia is quite nice; it has good weather and it’s a lot less stress-

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ful, it has a good natural environment. In addition, there are a lot of Korean Go players here to take care of me.

ern countries, I am sure that it will be fine. It all depends on how we introduce Go into the rest of the world. E: What do you think is the most important skill for Western Go players to improve?

I teach Go at some clubs in Sydney and also over the internet (Ahn plays as Younggil [6p] on KGS).

Y: There’s no difference in the E: What are the biggest differskills needed ences between for Eastern people and Western Go in Asia and Go in Austrapeople. lia? Is there However, Go anything you originated in would like to Asia, and it’s change in either very familiar Asia or Austrafor Asians, lia? whereas it is not so familiar Ahn playing four simultaneous games in an informal setting Y: In East Asia, for Western players. Some Go is very popular, but it isn’t Australian Go here. I’d really like to introduce Go to players have said that playing many Western countries. handicap games does not seem to help you to improve, and I just don’t E: What do you think the future of think that’s right. Actually, it’s hard to learn Go propGo will be like? Many people have erly in Western countries, and that’s complained that Go is declining, while other people think that Go is the real problem, I think. doing very well. What is your opinion on this? E: What is important to know about the game? Y: In Korea, Go is declining now, but Y: If you play Go, you can feel its I think that it will be alright, and if profound oriental spirit. Also, it’s nice Go can start ge�ing popular in West23

I hope that things go well in Australia and I expect that we’ll see great things from you and your students in the future!

to remember that playing Go is very educational for children. E: Thanks so much for the interview, Younggil! It’s been great ge�ing to know a li�le bit more about you.

Ahn Younggil Ahn has been a professional since 1997, and was promoted to 6 dan in 2007. Since becoming a pro, he has placed well in many tournaments, including representing Korea in the 8th LG World Go Championship and taking second place in the 8th Korean Fresh Best 10 in 2004. He is currently living and teaching in Sydney, Australia, as well as teaching via KGS.

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Five da ys have pa ssed an d a lot of O rigina lly th e pl an w as to take a th in gs have happ en ed , on ce ag ain. to so me ch an ges by M r. K im , I’ll fligh t on th e 2 8t h of Fe brua ry, but due an d stay up to th e 2 9 th of M ay . no w be le avin g on th e 7t h of M ar ch prob ab ly al re ad y seen me counting I can’ t w ait! M y friend s on K G S have th e da ys ... an d hour s. .. an d m inutes ... A fe w da ys ag o I provid ed an ot he K in gs ba duk an d th e sp ec ia l event, r pl ay er w it h all th e in fo ab out hi s appl ic at ion, sinc e righ t no w it he prob ab ly sh ould have al re ad y sent in w ill get in vite d, beca use th e more w ill prob ab ly be too la te . I hope he pl ay er s th at co me an d stud y th er strong er w e can all beco me! e th e M y to -do (g etting done) list:

-Book my flights -Send in my formal application (done and approved) -Get the appropriate passport (ordered) -Get the recommended vaccinations (my arm hurts!!!) -Crash course in Korean!!! -Cancel one appointment left at university for march (done, even though I got to work 5 hours extra for that) -Finish three essays left for university in February -Buy a low-budget digital camera -At least learn how to make tea (instant tea doesn’ t taste bad at all) -Board the airplane on the 7th of March It’ s looking a little more finished, so I won’ t worry too much! Take care, Adorable Plum

I’ m gett in g so ex cited !

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Just 3 da ys left! !! I w ill leave Ge th in gs , buyin g th e th in gs th at I strm any on Sa tu rd ay at 5: 55 pm . I am pa ck in g my ti me go es by . So fa r everyth in g is ill need an d gett in g more an d more ex cited as th e organi ze d an d settled an d soon I w fir st pi ctures fro m Ko re a. ill sen d you my

A little in fo for you: There w ill be 15 foreign stud ents an d is th at w e’ll get sc hool -uni form s. a few Ko re an stud ents . An d th e coolest th in g of all T re qu ire d to w ea r a un ifo rm be fore. ha t w ill serious ly be fun , I gues s ca use I w as never N ext ti me I w rite, I’ll be in Ko re a! W ish me luc k! I’ll w rite soon !

Woo- hoo!

Apr- 08-2 009

I arrive d at 12:15 pm today at the Incheon Airpo rt in Korea , nothin g really specia l happened on the flight . I talked with an Austrian who got interested in trying out Baduk after I told him about my journ ey, so he gave me his card so I could get a hold of him later. It took me ten hours and fifteen minutes to arrive in Korea and boy I was glad to be there. At first the jet lag wasn’ t that bad, but it got worse later. Mr. Hong Seul- ki was waitin g for me with six other students at the exit-g ate, so it didn’ t take long to find him after I got throu gh custom s. There was one Sloven ian, one guy from Portug al, one Czech ian, two from Italy and anoth er one that I think was from Peru. After wards we found the final three lost people , our three Thais. Kings baduk had rented a small bus for the ride to Hoeng geoson g (still can’ t spell it...), so with 9 people we made our way slowly throu gh the Korean mountains.

uc h green or m t no s e’ er th ce sin d, lan te as w y a very dr It seem s th at Ko re a in w inter is in ent ye llo w -b ro w ni sh . But w ha t re ally strikes th e re ally any co lou r ot her th an a promery en d, every sm all sp ac e, to w n, or ro ad th ere is ey es isn ’ t th e co lor, it’ s th at on ev Ko re a is on e giant construc ti on site, every w here , even bu ild in g in prog res s. The w ho le ofstreets, houses an d ot her th in gs . on a Sund ay w orkers busily bu ild bu ild in g in prog res s, th e ac ad emy seem s to be not Even here at th e ac ad emy th ere is reets, bridges an d houses around here all seem to be co mpletely fin ish ed yet. An d th e stly bu ilt or bein g pl an ne d out. in a state of bein g ren ovated , ne w have to ll ro ad s th at ey th ay w gh hi e th r Fo ic. aff tr e th An ot her cool th in g in Ko re a is th e ot her sid e are on s et re st ll to nno he T . em th e you have to pa y for in order to us ed . Every few m inutes th ere is a bu mp in th e pl an eit her poor ly m ainta in ed or evilly at you can ea sily hit your he ad on th e ca r if you y th ro ad w hi ch sh akes th e ca r so ba dl er qu ick ly but I cann ot get rid of th e fee lin g ra th don’ t w at ch out. We lea rn ed th at perfectly pl an ne d for th at . th at th ose “b ad ly” bu ilt ro ad s are t tr affic? A tr affic ja m of cour se ! An d just 10 W ha t is m iss in g w hen ta lking ab ou of In ch eon w e hit on e rig ht on th e he ad —but w ait !— m inutes fro m leavin g th e to ll- ga te o stop ’ n ’ g o th at w e are used to , but ra th er a smooth tr affic ja m s seem di fferent here . Nth e co mplete th in g! I don’ t kn ow if th at ’ s a plus or sn ail -l ike stea dy pa ce th roug hout eryth in g in . not, sin ce I w as too busy takin g ev ou gh ; even if th ey have th e sa me di rec ti on s as w e Germ an drivers be w are of Ko re a thivers . In Ko re a you drive w here you w ant at w ha tdo , th ey are co mpletely di fferent dr pa th s if th ere is so meone as stubbo rn as —and ever pa ce you w ant, on ly sw itc hing slo w er th an —y ou . all ve hi cles w ill try to sm s, rn tu g in ak sn p, ar sh g kin ta In th e mountain s, w hen you’ re ds . Su ici de you th in k? I don’ t th in k th ey th in k so . overtake you at in cred ib ly high sp ee to KB C ay w e th on re he w ery Ev ! so s em es ? It se Do Ko re an s love high cr ampe d pl acpubl ic- style conc rete bu ild in g in proc es s. All th e th ere w ere Germ an Democ ra ti c Re se to geth er as th ey can. It looks interest in g in deed . sa me, all grouping th em se lves as cloay have fa llen in love w ith its un iqueness . A fun ny country it is, I th in k I m

At the KBC I am sharin g a wood en lodge with two other students, Pedro and Gabri el. Pedro from Portug al and Gabri el from Peru, both nice and friend ly guys. I think we will get along well. The lodge is really comfo rtable . It looks cute and adorab le, cuddl ing with the mountains and the other lodges . It has a bath, a kitchen and best of all in-floor heatin g. Soooo cozy! We progr ammed our TV right away and it now airs SkyBa duk as long as we have it on. Even now while I am writing my diary here we have it turne d it on. True, Gabri el alread y is sleeping and Pedro is writing his own diary, but we have it in the background. We are proba bly all quite tired and exhausted because of the flights and the jet-la g. Just two and half hours ago our teach er Hong Seul- ki gathered us in his lodge to play a Rengo with us. We playe d three on three. I had Seul- ki on my team . Seul- ki is his surna me. He told us to call him that and to view him as a friend and mento r rather than a real teach er. In Germ any people alway s called him by his last name , “Hong ,” because it was easier for them , but he didn’ t like that very much . He prefer s Seul- ki, so we try to call him that, even thoug h we fail miser ably... The rengo game itself was funny, with player s anyw here from 5 kyu to 4 dan. Unfortunately, I lost the game for my side because I kept napping while I was waitin g for my next turn. Luckily the other s weren ’ t angry at me because they were all just as sleepy as me. Seulki shortly review ed the game and then dismi ssed our study -meet ing for today . Next time we will bring snack s and bevera ges to spice up the fun atmosphere even more. Just as we starte d to leave Seul- ki called me. I have to make a speech at the openin g ceremony tomor row. I’ ve got to thank the spons ors and teach ers for taking us in, and say how nice everyt hing is. I wond er how I should say it. It’ s nearly 1 in the morn ing and I’ m gonna fall asleep soon. I am so tired I’ ve even starte d to talk Germ an to my roomm ates. I better get some sleep before I can’ t stay awake ! I’ll send pictu res as soon as I can.

Kami no I�e

D’mitri Moore

神の一手

The world started with one. One move, one thought, one dream.

The world started with one. Born in the dark abyss, torn asunder. The earth splits.

Now there are two, the next move is made. Many thoughts, many dreams. The light dawns and the two dance in harmoniously toward it.

Many more join. They work together towards one thought, one dream, one divine move....

Insights

Marriag(P) [9d Tygem] vs. anchampion [9d Tygem]

contributed by Joshua Allen

In this game we have two of the top players on Tygem, both of whom are rumored to be professionals, facing off against each other for a very violent match. Marriag is rumored to be Choi Cheolhan [8p] and anchampion is rumored to be Gu Li [9p], but no one is certain who they are.

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Game Kifu

Due to the incredible amount of time involved in creating and laying out diagrams for a game in the magazine, we have instead chosen to include an sgf file for all of you to go through. We see two major advantages to this proposal: 1. It takes about 95% of the workload for this section away, and as we are already time crunched, that is an excellent thing!

2. Because most of you are reading this magazine on a computer, not printing it off, it will be much easier to go through the game in an interactive way, rather than slog through page a�er page. So, for the first time ever, enjoy The Enclave’s interactive, sgf forma�ed game review included in your zip file! (If you didn’t get this from a zip file, please visit our site, h�p://www.kgsenclave.com, to get it in zip format!)

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A History of Go:

Honinbo Sansa contributed by Shawna Bishop, with photos by Chris Garlock

Beginnings as a Monk In the early 17th century, Honinbo Sansa (Kanji: 本因坊 算砂), born Kanō Yosaburo (加納 與三郎), was one of the strongest Go players of the Edo period (1603-1867). His orginal dharma name (a new name acquired during a Buddhist ceremony) was Nikkai (日海). Nikkai, born in Kyoto, was made a monk at the age of nine. He became a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect (a branch of Buddhism based on the teachings of a Japanese monk named Nichiren) later in his life. Nikkai became known as Honinbo (本因坊, first pronounced as “Honninbō”) in 1605. He a�ained this name by living in Honinbo, a pagoda in the Jyakkoji temple in Kyoto.

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Stones and Gems Ing Stone Sets from Yutopian One of the most popular cheap stone sets around the world, these Ing stone sets, available from Yutopian, have become the standard at Go tournaments, clubs and camps around the world. Though these stones will never be known for their incredible quality or beauty, they certainly do not lack in either. The stones are plain black and white, there is no grain at all. They are also very obviously artificial, but they grip comfortably during gameplay. The carrying cases lock closed for convenient transportation (no more Go stones rolling around on the car floor!), and also lock the stones in place when closed (they don’t even make noise anymore!), while rasing the stones for convenient reaching when opened. Overall, these sets are a more than satisfactory replacement for the average player’s first set of stones, or as a complement to a first goban. However, when placed beside high-quality equipment, these stones pale just by their lack of natural feeling or appearance.

400 Years of Go in Japan from Slate and Shell An interesting read. The reader gets the chance to look into the past and see how the evolution of Go throughout history. The book gives insight as to how unfair some of the rules were in the past and how slow some of the older players where to change. It also shows a behind-the-scenes look at how politics interfered to give players advantages, or even to make them win outright. The book is put together well, which makes it an easy and fast paced read. It relates the creation of major tournaments, detailing the where, how and why, but falls a little short in giving a complete history in all the tournaments. It does, however, do a great job at giving information on the historical players and their lives. All in all, I rank this book as one of the better historical Go books I have read.

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A Picture Worth a Thousand Moves:

The Single Stone This issue’s photo was submi�ed by Vance Dunham

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Sansa’s Rise to Fame

The Tokugawa Era

A decade later, in 1603, at the direction of that same emporer, Nikkai’s In the mid 1500s, while teaching other student, Tokugawa Ieyasu, beGo, Nikkai took on as students the came shogun. three great unifiers of Japan, Oda Ieyasu gave Nikkai the first GoNobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and dokoro posiTokugawa tion, a state Ieyasu. sponsored This would “minister of provide the Go” position, foundation to which ended begin his rise his duties as to fame, as priest and later on, when came with a Nobunaga rice allowance became shogun, twelve times he would reclarger than ognize Nikkai he had previas the Meijin ously recieved, of Go (Meijin as well as five One of the most famous Go players of all time began his journey roughly transservants. here in the Jyakkoji temple in Kyoto, a picturesque Buddhist monlates as “Brilastery that survives to this day The Tokugaliant Man”), wa Era ushand would keep him a�ached to his ered in the so-called “Golden Era of shogunate. Go” through state sponsorship of Go . A�er his assassination, NobunAt the direction of the Tokugawa aga’s successor, the now-kampaku government, Sansa founded the Hon(regent) Hideyoshi, gave Nikkai an inbo house, one of four Go houses official position as a Go player, which which were instituted on the lines of granted an allowance of rice and set the iemoto system. The houses were up a Go tournament which Hideyoshi the Honinbo house, Hayashi house, a�ended personally. Inoue house and Yasui house. In 1592, Nikkai was also recogAt this same time, Shogi houses nized as Gon no Daisoku by the Gowere also instituted by the shogunate. Yozei Emperor. 36

Though Sansa was also a strong shogi player, the official nature of house appointments meant that Go and Shogi masters were now seperated by office.

The Go Houses The houses used an apprenticeship method of teaching to establish a high level of play among their disciples, all of whom were male due to the nominal Buddhist influence within the houses. The four Go houses competed in an annual tournament in Edo, the oshirigo, “castle go,” for the title of Meijin, which had originally been awarded to Sansa. Though he was offered a residence in Edo (modern day Tokyo), Sansa opted to continue living in his native Kyoto, which forced him to travel for a month at the end of each year to reach the oshirigo in Edo.

Jyakkoji temple displays Sansa’s goban—believed to be the same Goban that he used to teach Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu

It is believed, but not certain, that the Inoue house technically still exists, but it has dropped away from modern Go. Honinbo Shusai, a contrastingly villified or praised player, arranged for the Honinbo house to continue through the Nihon-Kiin in the modern day Honinbo Tournament.

The Hayashi house would eventually run into hard times before being taken over by the Honinbo house which had become the most prestigious house under the later direction of Honinbo Dosaku. But the other three houses would live for many centuries, surviving up to the 1900s, at which point Yasui died out.

Death Not The End —Modern Influence Though he died at the age of 65 in 1623, death was not his end, for Sansa is undoubtedly still one of the single 37

most influential characters in the history of Go, especially Go in Japan; and his influence on the game sur-

The Triple Ko Game Legend has it that in 1582 Oda Nobunaga, then shogun, requested that Nikkai play a game against a rival Nichiren monk named Kashio Rigen (鹿塩 利玄). The game is thought to have been held on the eve of the infamous Incident at Honnōji, a rebellion by Nobunaga’s ally, Akechi Mitsuhide, during which Nobunaga was forced to commit seppuku. The game, it is said, ended with a triple ko, with neither player winning the game. Because of the traiterous events that night, triple ko games came to be known as bad omens. It’s a good story, and a fun one to tell, but there is no real solid evidence of the triple ko having actually occured. Though there was a game, and there is a kifu, the triple ko is not recorded, as the game record is incomplete. It’s possible the triple ko occured, but it seems unlikely when one reviews the kifu. It’s also possible the triple ko game went unrecorded, but again, there is no solid evidence of that being the case. So the end, we can’t be certain that the famous “Triple Ko Game” actually occured, or if somebody had a knack for storytelling.

The Honinbo graves at the Jyakkoji temple are maintained by the monks that still live there

vives to this day. The Honinbo house which he founded went on to become the most prestigious Go house in all of Japan, it absorbed the Hayashi house, recaptured the title of Meijin with Sansa’s third successor as Honinbo, as well as seven of the ten generations of Meijin, and raised all three of the traditional Kisei, “Go Sages.” The Honinbo house lasted up to 1939, when Honinbo Shusai, the last traditional head of the Honinbo 38

house, turned selection of the Honinbo title over to the Nihon-Kiin. The Nihon-Kiin chose to found a tournament which continues to this day, with such admirable players as Cho Chikun having won it. The Nihon-Kiin currently awards honorary Honinbo titles to players who have captured the Honinbo title five or more times in a row. In the almost 70 years since the institution of the tournament, the only four players to have done so are Takagawa Kaku, Sakata Eio, Ishida Yoshio, and

Cho Chikun, the 22nd through 25th Honinbos, respectively. The title that Sansa was given by Nobunaga, Meijin, became a national tournament a�er the founding of the oshirigo, with the title being awarded only to the undisputed Go master of the time. As long as these titles are given, and these incredibly powerful players remembered, Honinbo Sansa will never truly die.

Shawna Bishop Shawna Bishop currently lives in eastern Washington state, where she spends most of her time in school or with her fianceé. She has been playing Go for the past few years, but admits that she has never become a very strong player.

Chris Garlock Chris Garlock (le�), pictured here with Jyosin Okawa, provided the majority of the photos for this article, with the remainder being supplied through the public domain. Chris visited Jyakkoji temple in late 2002, and wrote an article on his visit for the American Go Association’s eJournal, which he edits.

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