Cho Chikun and Watanabe Akira (shogi 9p) playing

[Shenoute]

Cho Chikun and Watanabe Akira (shogi 9p) playing simultaneous games of go and shogi. Cho doesn't seem to do too bad (with a 4-piece handicap).

How common is knowledge of the other game in go/shogi professional circles? I remember having seen pictures of Go Seigen and another (go) pro playing shogi together. I also vaguely remember reading about Honinbo Sansa being pretty good at both games.

[kupus]

Hi Shenoute,

You might find this post by John Fairbairn particularly interesting:
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.g ... JanmNr2jMJ

The book he referred to, authored by Yonenaga Kunio, can be found at this link:
https://tinyurl.com/yr3nm4e9

I remember reading biographies of Shogi professionals in Shogi World magazines, and most of them were 5 dan in Go.

Just to mention, Takemiya Masaki is a very strong backgammon player, and Nie Weiping plays bridge.

[Shenoute]

Thanks, kupus! The post by Jon Fairbairn was a very interesting read.

[gowan]

The novel Meijin (Master of Go) by Kawabata has many references to the maijin playing shogi with almost anyone he could find. Maybe of interest is the fact that a (professional?) go or shogi player is generically termed kishi.