by Keith L. Arnold hka with Patrick Bannister
Ishida Yoshio won the second game in his defense of his Nihon Kiin Championship Title on January 6-7. He completed his three game sweep over challenger Takemiya Masaki on January 13. (games files below) He also beat out Otake Hideo and Fujisawa Shuko for the Shusai prize for the outstanding player of the year. His record for the year was 35-7 and continues a 30 game winning streak in the Oteai rating tournament.
Game 2
Game 3
The old guard was represented by Hashimoto Utaro who at 63 mounts a challenge in the Judan title against Otake. He won the first game on January 6. In this picture of the match, Miss Miyashita, former Ladies Amateur Honinbo and a guest from Yugoslavia, Miss Liljana Atanasova are on his left. He won the second game on January 13, Otake kept the match alive with a win in the third game on January 25.
Judan 1
Judan 2
Judan 3
Kitani Reiko regained the Ladies Honinbo with straight wins over Honda Sachiko on January 6 and 13.
Ladies Honinbo 1
Ladies Honinbo 2
The Western go world lost one of its early leaders when Britain’s John Barrs passed away on January 31. Barrs learned to play at age 15 in 1929. He would found the London Go Club in 1953 and founded the British Go Association at the same time. He was President until his death. Also a past president of the European Go Federation, he was the first Englishman to win a shodan certificate, He represented the United Kingdom in the First and Second International Go Tournaments in Tokyo in 1963 and 1964. Francis Roads was named BGA President pending an election.
Editor’s Note: Our apologies for the lateness in publication of this column, due to a delay in production, not the fault of our timely authors.
