The 1971 Honinbo Tournament, Kaoru Iwamoto

Adapted from the Preface of the book:

This book describes the capture of the Honinbo title by Yoshio Ishida, which was round one of his rivalry with Rin Kaiho, a rivalry that was to dominate the first half of the 1970’s. In that sense, it records the opening of a new chapter in the annals of Go.

Fourteen games are presented with analyses, and although three or four are treated rather lightly, the rest are gone over in greater than usual detail. We are trying to make it possible for those who want to study the games to do so in a useful way, and for even the casual reader to appreciate how much thought goes into a professional game. If playing through them while reading the commentaries widens your grasp of go, sharpens your awareness of its detailed structure, and makes you a little stronger, our main purpose will be accomplished.

Comments & Reviews

This book is not light reading. I am about 2kyu, and I always find I have to consider the comments carefully. There is a lot of information within this book to absorb, but if you stick at it you will be rewarded. It also comes with the added bonus of introductions to each game, to give you a sense of the history behind them.

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