GoGoD Summer 2015
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:54 am
The Summer 2015 of the GoGoD database is now available on gogodonline.co.uk.
This new edition has 84,383 games, but there have been some especially luscious berries in the latest crop.
In particular, games missing from the collected games of Go Seigen (4), Kitani Minoru (2), Hashimoto Utaro (3) and Shusai (7) have been added. One of the Kitani games is noteworthy as being a shin-fuseki handicap game (he plays at the 5-5 point!).
Also, one Go-Kitani game was already known but the source was faulty (and so our version previously stopped at move 135). We have now been able to add almost 200 moves and the reason for the faulty source has become apparent - it was a very peculiar game. It is a very rare example of a dame fight (about 50 moves) which the commentary said had only occurred 2-3 times in pro play before. It is because such interesting fights are possible that Japanese rules are to be preferred, according to some.
Also in connection with rules, this edition now includes the game that gave rise to Shuwa's famous torazu sanmoku ruling.
Old games added go back to 1704. In particular we now have almost 100 games by Okunuki Chisaku, who was considered superior to Honinbo Jowa before his early death. If you like Jowa's fighting style, be aware that Chisaku makes Jowa look like a wimp - every game seems like a white-knuckle ride.
Other noteworthy old players with new games here include, Genjo, Josaku (including the famous "ijime classic"), Tetsugen, Dochi, Shuwa abd Ota Yuzo. Nearer to modern times there are several new Shin Fuseki games, and of course the modern scene itself is up to date for all the main go countries. For China, in particular, there are several 1930s games that were brought back from China by Go Seigen and which don't seem to have surfaced yet in China.
Too late for this edition, but already installed for the Winter 2015 issue, we now have the game that is considered the only known example of quintuple ko.
This new edition has 84,383 games, but there have been some especially luscious berries in the latest crop.
In particular, games missing from the collected games of Go Seigen (4), Kitani Minoru (2), Hashimoto Utaro (3) and Shusai (7) have been added. One of the Kitani games is noteworthy as being a shin-fuseki handicap game (he plays at the 5-5 point!).
Also, one Go-Kitani game was already known but the source was faulty (and so our version previously stopped at move 135). We have now been able to add almost 200 moves and the reason for the faulty source has become apparent - it was a very peculiar game. It is a very rare example of a dame fight (about 50 moves) which the commentary said had only occurred 2-3 times in pro play before. It is because such interesting fights are possible that Japanese rules are to be preferred, according to some.
Also in connection with rules, this edition now includes the game that gave rise to Shuwa's famous torazu sanmoku ruling.
Old games added go back to 1704. In particular we now have almost 100 games by Okunuki Chisaku, who was considered superior to Honinbo Jowa before his early death. If you like Jowa's fighting style, be aware that Chisaku makes Jowa look like a wimp - every game seems like a white-knuckle ride.
Other noteworthy old players with new games here include, Genjo, Josaku (including the famous "ijime classic"), Tetsugen, Dochi, Shuwa abd Ota Yuzo. Nearer to modern times there are several new Shin Fuseki games, and of course the modern scene itself is up to date for all the main go countries. For China, in particular, there are several 1930s games that were brought back from China by Go Seigen and which don't seem to have surfaced yet in China.
Too late for this edition, but already installed for the Winter 2015 issue, we now have the game that is considered the only known example of quintuple ko.
