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Number 1: May - June 1977


  • 1st Kisei Title Match
    • Games 3 & 4: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Hashimoto Utaro
  • 1977 Honinbo, Meijin and Judan Tournaments
  • Special Game Commentary: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Tono Seiji

  • Is it a Ladder?
  • Match the Joseki to the Fuseki
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Endgame Calculation
  • Tesuji Flash
  • New Joseki
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • Blueprint 361
  • Problems
  • The X-Y-Z Affair
  • Page from Go History: The Shusaku Fuseki
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 2: July - August 1977


  • 1st Kisei Title Match
    • Game 5: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Hashimoto Utaro
  • 15th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kato Masao vs. Sakata Eio

  • 1977 Oza and Honinbo Tournaments
  • Match the Joseki to the Fuseki
  • Is it a Ladder?
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Test Your Rating
  • Endgame Calculation
  • Problems
  • New Joseki
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • The X-Y-Z Affair
  • Blueprint 361
  • Page from Go History: The Suzuki Shoulder-Hit
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 3: September - October 1977


  • 15th Judan Title Match
    • Game 3: Kato Masao vs. Sakata Eio
  • 1977 Honinbo League
    • Round 7: Otake Hideo vs. Kato Masao
    • Play-off: Otake Hideo vs. Kato Masao
  • 32nd Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 1: Takemiya Masaki vs. Kato Masao
  • 2nd Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kato Masao vs. Takemiya Masaki

  • Good and Bad Style
  • Is it a Ladder?
  • Match the Joseki to the Fuseki
  • Reading Problems
  • Endgame Calculation
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • Problems
  • New Joseki
  • The X-Y-Z Affair
  • Blueprint 361
  • Page from Go History: The 1st Honinbo Title
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 4: November - December 1977


  • 2nd Gosei Title Match
    • Game 3: Kato Masao vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • 32nd Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 2-5: Takemiya Masaki vs. Kato Masao

  • Good and Bad Style
  • Is it a Ladder?
  • Match the Joseki to the Fuseki
  • New Joseki
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • The X-Y-Z Affair
  • Blueprint 361
  • Page from Go History
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 5: January - February 1978


  • 2nd Shinjin-O Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Cho Chikun
  • 2nd Meijin League
    • Final Round: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho
  • 2nd Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Otake Hideo vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Letter from the Publisher
  • The Ishi Press: The First Ten Years
  • 2nd Kisei Title
    • 9-dan Play-off: Rin Kaiho vs. Kubouchi Shuchi
  • The Chinese Rules of Go
  • Page from Go History
  • 1977 European Championship
  • 1977 British Championship
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Match the Joseki to the Fuseki
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (1)
  • All about the Pincer (1)
  • New Joseki: The 8th Igo Shincho New Move Prize
  • Blueprint 361
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 6: March - April 1978


  • 2nd Meijin Title Match
    • Games 3 & 4: Otake Hideo vs. Rin Kaiho
  • 25th Oza Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Cho Chikun vs. Kudo Norio
  • 3rd Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Shimamura Toshihiro vs. Sonoda Yuichi

  • Good and Bad Style
  • Wimmer Challenges Tono 9-dan
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (2)
  • All about the Pincer (2)
  • Page from Go History
  • Professional Endgame vs. Amateur Endgame
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • New Joseki
  • Blueprint 361
  • Go Clubs and Associations

Number 7: May - June 1978


  • 3rd Tengen Title Match
    • Game 4: Shimamura Toshihiro vs. Sonoda Yuichi
  • 2nd Kisei Title
    • Stage One
    • Stage Two
    • Stage Three
    • Otake Hideo vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • Play-off, Games 1-3: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho
  • 2nd Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Kato Masao

  • Test Your Rating
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (3)
  • All about the Pincer (3)
  • Aji-keshi: Erasing Potential
  • Professional Endgame vs. Amateur Endgame
  • New Joseki
  • Original Handicap Strategy
  • Blueprint 361
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Page from Go History

Number 8: July - August 1978


  • 2nd Kisei Title Match
    • Games 5-7: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Kato Masao
  • 16th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

  • First Wins for Wimmer and Kerwin
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (4)
  • All about the Pincer (4)
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Aji-keshi: Erasing Potential
  • Upsetting Moves
  • New Joseki
  • Docking Exercises
  • Blueprint 361
  • Professional Endgame vs. Amateur Endgame
  • Go Clubs and Associations
  • Page from Go History

Number 9: September - October 1978


  • 33rd Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Kato Masao vs. Ishida Yoshio
  • 3rd Gosei Title Match
    • Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Otake Hideo

  • 24th Women's Championship
    • Games 1-3: Kobayashi Chizu vs. Ogawa Tomoko
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (5)
  • All about the Pincer (5)
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Professional Endgame vs. Amateur Endgame
  • New Joseki
  • Docking Exercises
  • Upsetting Moves
  • Do-It-Yourself Commentary Workshop
  • Go Clubs and Associations
  • Page from Go History

Number 10: November - December 1978


  • 33rd Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 7: Kato Masao vs. Ishida Yoshio
  • 3rd Gosei Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Kato Masao vs. Otake Hideo

  • 1st World Amateur Go Championship
  • 1978 Japan-China Go Exchange
  • 22nd European Go Congress
  • Good and Bad Style
  • A Twofold Victory: Akiyama Kenji
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (6)
  • All about the Pincer (6)
  • Professional Endgame vs. Amateur Endgame
  • Upsetting Moves
  • Do-It-Yourself Commentary Workshop
  • New Joseki
  • Index to Issues 1 to 10
  • Page from Go History

Number 11: January - February 1979


  • >1st World Amateur Tournament
  • Special Game Commentary: (1) Kato Masao
  • 3rd Meijin League
    • Play-off: Otake Hideo vs. Kato Masao
  • 3rd Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Rin Kaiho vs. Otake Hideo

  • How to Improve at Fuseki (7)
  • All about the Pincer (7)
  • The Art of Sacrifice: Cho Chikun vs. Takagi Shoichi
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Life and Death Page
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Annals of Handicap Go: Sekiyama vs. Miki (1)
  • New Joseki
  • Do-It-Yourself Commentary Workshop
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • Advanced Tesuji Problems
  • Page from Go History

Number 12: March - April 1979


  • 26th Oza Title
    • Final Round: Ishida Yoshio vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Title Match, Games 1-3: Kudo Norio vs. Ishida Yoshio
  • 4th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Fujisawa Shuko

  • James Kerwin's Kisei Success
  • Manfred Wimmer's Promotion to 2-dan
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (8)
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Japanese Rules of Go
  • Life and Death Page
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Annals of Handicap Go: Sekiyama vs. Miki (2)
  • The Advantage of Playing Last
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • New Joseki
  • Page from Go History: Doteki the Prodigy

Number 13: May - June 1979


  • 1st World Amateur Go Championship
    • Ronald Schlemper vs. Narumi Naoshi
    • Ronald Schlemper vs. Kong Xiangming
    • Horst Kippe vs. Graeme Parmenter
    • Yasunaga Hajime vs. Lojze Suc
  • Special Game Commentary: 3rd Kisei Title, Game 1
  • 3rd Kisei Title
    • Stage One
    • 9-dan Final: Otake Hideo vs. Sakata Eio
    • Stage Two
    • Final: Otake Hideo vs. Sakata Eio
    • Stage Three
    • Final, Games 1-3: Ishida Yoshio vs. Sakata Eio

  • Time is the Enemy: Akiyama Kenji
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (9)
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Strange Fusekis Past and Present
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Annals of Handicap Go: Sekiyama vs. Miki (3)
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Life and Death Page
  • New Joseki
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • List of Current Title-holders
  • Page from Go History: Meijin Inseki and Dosaku's Deathbed Request

Number 14: July - August 1979


  • 3rd Kisei Title Match
    • Games 2-5: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Ishida Yoshio
  • 1st World Amateur Go Championship
    • Round 2: Yasunaga Hajime vs. Nie Weiping
    • Round 3: Chen Zude vs. Lee Yong-ho
    • Semifinal: Chen Zude vs. Chan Ka Yui
    • Final: Chen Zude vs. Nie Weiping
  • 17th Judan Title
    • Play-off: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Ishida Akira
    • Title Match, Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Hashimoto Shoji

  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (10)
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Professional Go Begins in Taiwan
  • 1978 Canadian Open Go Championship
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Shortage of Liberties
  • Testing the Undefeatable Five-Stone Strategy
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • Joseki Amateurs Don't Know
  • Small-Board Problems
  • How Would You Play Here?
  • Page from Go History: The Endgame Classic

Number 15: September - October 1979


  • 17th Judan Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Kato Masao vs. Hashimoto Shoji
  • 34th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

  • 1979 European Championship
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (11)
  • Good and Bad Style
  • How Would You Play Here?
  • Joseki Amateurs Don't Know
  • The Pillbox Formation
  • Life and Death Page
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • Small-Board Problems
  • Some Go Senryu
  • Page from Go History: Campaigns for Rank and Status

Number 16: November - December 1979


  • 4th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Otake Hideo vs. Cho Chikun
  • 4th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Sakata Eio

  • The Art of Sacrifice
    • Kajiwara Takeo vs. Ishida Akira
    • Jowa vs. Nagasaka
    • Go Seigen vs. Kojima Shun'ichi
  • Michael Redmond in the Insei League
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Good and Bad Style
  • Life and Death Page
  • How to Improve at Fuseki (12)
  • How Would You Play Here?
  • Joseki Amateurs Don't Know
  • Correcting the Mistake
  • Small-Board Problems
  • 1979 British Championship
  • Index to Issues 11 to 16
  • Page from Go History: Satsugen Becomes Meijin Godokoro

Number 17: January - February 1980


  • 4th Meijin Title Match
    • Game 5: Otake Hideo vs. Sakata Eio
  • Special Game Commentary(1): Yamashiro Hiroshi vs. Sonoda Yuichi
  • 27th Oza Title Match
    • Game 1: Ishida Yoshio vs. Kato Masao

  • China vs. Japan: Nie Weiping in Tokyo
    • Nie vs. Takemiya Masaki
    • Nie vs. Kajiwara Takeo
    • Nie vs. Kataoka Satoshi
  • 18th Judan Title: Otake Hideo vs. Kudo Norio
  • Commonsense Tesuji Problems
  • Go Curiosity: The 19-Stone Extension
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • From Amateur to Professional
  • 1979 - 1980 Swiss Championship
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Odd Man Out
  • Forcing Moves
  • Go in Lilliput
  • The Submarine Attack
  • Practical Tactics and Tesuji
  • Life and Death Page
  • Page from Go History: Satsugen vs. Shunseki

Number 18: March - April 1980


  • 27th Oza Title Match
    • Game 2: Ishida Yoshio vs. Kato Masao
  • Special Game Commentary (2): Fujisawa Hosai vs. Ishida Akira
  • 5th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Kato Masao vs. Kataoka Satoshi
  • 4th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 1: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Failure of a Large Moyo: Shiraishi Yutaka vs. Fujisawa Hosai
  • Go in Lilliput
  • 1979 French Championship
  • 1979 South American Championship
  • Advanced Tesuji Problems
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • From Amateur to Professional
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Odd Man Out
  • Forcing Moves
  • Book Review
  • Page from Go History: International Go in the Edo Period (1)

Number 19: May - June 1980


  • 2nd World Amateur Go Championship
    • Semifinal: Yasunaga Hajime vs. Chan Ka Yui
    • Play-off for 7th Place: Kim Kyung vs. Ronald Schlemper
    • Semifinal: Imamura Fumiaki vs. Liu Xiaoguang
  • 4th Kisei Tournament
    • Stage One
    • 7-dan Final: Awaji Shuzo vs. Sato Masaharu
    • 8-dan Final: Sakai Takeshi vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • 9-dan Final: Ishii Kunio vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Stage Two
    • James Kerwin vs. Komatsu Fujio
    • Semifinal: Rin Kaiho vs. Sato Masaharu
    • Final: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Stage Three
    • Quarterfinal: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Quarterfinal: Otake Hideo vs. Sato Masaharu
    • Semifinal: Rin Kaiho vs. Otake Hideo
    • Final, Games 1-3: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Rin Kaiho
  • 4th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 2-5: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Rin Kaiho

  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 20: July - August 1980


  • 2nd World Amateur Go Championship
    • Final: Imamura Fumiaki vs. Chan Ka Yui
    • Play-off for 3rd Place: Yasunaga Hajime vs. Liu Xiaoguang
    • Round 1: Kim Kyung vs. Fernando Aguilar
    • Round 2: Yasunaga Hajime vs. Wang Qun
  • 18th Judan Title Match
    • Play-off: Kudo Norio vs. Otake Hideo
    • Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Otake Hideo

  • Special Game Commentary (3): Ishida Yoshio vs. Nie Weiping
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Strange Fusekis Past and Present: Akagi's Centre Enclosure
  • From Amateur to Professional
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Odd Man Out
  • Go Curiosity: 1-dan vs. 9-dan
  • Forcing Moves
  • Go in Lilliput
  • Page from Go History: International Go in the Edo Period (2)

Number 21: September - October 1980


  • 35th Honinbo League and Title
    • League: Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki
    • Title Match, Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • 1980 China-Japan Go Exchange
    • Yang Hui vs. Kanda Ei
    • Kong Xiangming vs. Kiyonari Tetsuya
    • Wu Sung-sheng vs. Mizuno Hiroshi
    • Nie Weiping vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • Hua Yigang vs. Ishii Kunio

  • Special Game Commentary: The 1st Meijin Tournament, 1961-62
    • Go Seigen vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Fujisawa Shuko vs. Sakata Eio
  • Some Popular Trick Moves
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • From Amateur to Professional
  • Sacrifice Tesuji Problems
  • Odd Man Out
  • Go in Lilliput
  • Page from Go History: International Go in the Edo Period (3)

Number 22: November - December 1980


  • 5th Gosei Title
    • Play-off, Games 1 & 2: Otake Hideo vs. Honda Kunihisa
    • Title Match, Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 5th Meijin Title Match
    • Game 1: Otake Hideo vs. Cho Chikun
  • Special Game Commentary: 5th Meijin Title, Game 2

  • Profile of a Prodigy
  • Strange Fusekis Past and Present : Kuwahara's 1-3-5
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • 1980 German Championship
  • Forcing Moves
  • 1980 European Championship
  • Index to Issues 17 to 22
  • Page from Go History: The Great Senchi - Forerunner of New Fuseki

Number 23: January - February 1981


  • 5th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 3-6: Otake Hideo vs. Cho Chikun
  • Special Game Commentary: Sekiyama Toshio vs. Honda Kunihisa
  • 28th Oza Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kato Masao vs. Ishida Yoshio

  • My Go: Cho Chikun Meijin
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • 2nd Polish Championship
  • 1980 French Championship
  • 1980 British Championship
  • Page from Go History: The Great Senchi - Forerunner of New Fuseki
    • O-Senchi vs. Hayashi Monnyu
    • O-Senchi vs. Mototora
    • O-Senchi vs. Honinbo Retsugen

Number 24: March - April 1981


  • 3rd World Amateur Go Championship
  • Special Game Commentary: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 6th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Kato Masao vs. Yamabe Toshiro
  • 5th Kisei Tournament
    • Stage One
    • 9-dan Final: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Sakata Eio
    • 8-dan Final: Cho Chikun vs. Chino Tadahiko
    • Stage Two
    • Final: Sakata Eio vs. Cho Chikun
    • Stage Three
    • Quarterfinal: Otake Hideo vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Semifinal: Cho Chikun vs. Sakata Eio
    • Play-off, Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 5th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Otake Hideo

  • An Interview with Fujisawa Shuko

Number 25: Autumn 1981


  • Special Game Commentary: Takemiya Masaki vs. Miyamoto Naoki
  • 19th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Otake Hideo vs. Hashimoto Shoji
  • 36th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun

  • 3rd World Amateur Go Championship
    • Semifinal: Shao Zhenzhong vs. Park Sang-don
    • Semifinal: Murakami Bunsho vs. Ma Xiaochun
    • Final: Shao Zhenzhong vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • Michael Redmond's Professional Debut
    • Redmond vs. Komatsu Hideki
    • Redmond vs. Yoshida Yoichi
    • Redmond vs. Shiratori Sumiko
  • Book Review: Five-In-A-Row (Renju)
  • Page from Go History: Genjo and Chitoku (1)

Number 26: Winter 1981


  • 36th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 5 & 6: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
  • 6th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Kato Masao
  • 6th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao

  • Tesuji Problems
  • Michael Redmond vs. Sakata Eio
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Test Your Rating
  • 6th Shinjin-O Title
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Aji-keshi: Erasing Potential
  • Index to Issues 23 to 26
  • Page from Go History: Genjo and Chitoku (2)
  • A Discussion with Rin Kaiho and Fukui Kenichi

Number 27: Spring 1982


  • 29th Oza Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Kato Masao vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Profile of Hashimoto Shoji
    • Oza Title-holders
  • 7th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Go in Korea
  • Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play
  • Test Your Rating
  • Book Review: Invincible: The Games of Shusaku
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • One Page Lesson: Endgame Technique
  • Go in Europe in the 17th Century
  • Go in China (1)
  • Aji-keshi: Erasing Potential
  • Page from Go History: Genjo vs. Chitoku (3)

Number 28: Summer 1982


  • 6th Kisei Tournament
    • Stage One, 9-dan Final: Rin Kaiho vs. Shiraishi Yutaka
    • Stage Two Final: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ishigure Ikuro
    • Stage Three Final, Games 1 & 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 6th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Rin Kaiho
  • The 4th World Amateur Go Championship
    • Championship Final: Cao Dayuan vs. Yang Chin-hua
    • Play-off for 5th Place: Fernando Aguilar vs. Sidney Kobashigawa
    • Play-off for 7th Place: Lutz Mattner vs. Ray Tomes
    • Play-off for 11th Place: Ernst Novak vs. Rob van Zeijst
    • Play-off for 13th Place: Michael Lam vs. Matthew Macfadyen
    • Play-off for 15th Place: Frank Hansen vs. Nakatsui Yusuke
    • Play-off for 21st Place: Istvan Rigo vs. Matti Siivola

  • Takemiya's Cosmic Go
  • Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • One Page Lesson: Endgame Technique
  • One Page Lesson: Semeai Tesuji
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Page from Go History: Genjo vs. Chitoku (4)
  • Go in China (2)

Number 29: Autumn 1982


  • 1982 China-Japan Go Exchange
    • Fujisawa Shuko vs. Nie Weiping
    • Nie Weiping vs. Kudo Norio
    • Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Ohira Shuzo
    • Rui Naiwei vs. Kusunoki Teruko
  • 20th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Cho Chikun
  • 37th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Three Endgame Problems
  • The Most Difficult Go Problem Ever
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play
  • Good and Bad Style
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Go in China (3)
  • If You Don't Know the Ladder
  • Page from Go History : Genjo vs. Chitoku (5)

Number 30: Winter 1982 - 83


  • 7th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Otake Hideo vs. Cho Chikun
  • 7th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 30th Oza Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Hashimoto Shoji vs. Kato Masao

  • Good and Bad Style
  • After the Joseki
  • Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Good and Bad Shape
  • Ko Problems
  • Sacrifice Tesuji Problems
  • The Driftwood Board
  • Page from Go History
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 31: Spring 1983


  • 8th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Kataoka Satoshi
  • 7th Kisei Tournament
    • Stage One, 9-dan Final: Ushinohama Satsuo vs. Ishida Yoshio
    • Stage Two Final: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Hane Yasumasa
    • Stage Three Final, Games 1 & 2: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao
  • 7th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Cho Chikun

  • Life-and-Death Problems from Actual Play
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • After the Joseki
  • First Move on the Side

Number 32: Summer 1983


  • 21st Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao
  • 1st Go World Invitational Cup
    • Helmut Hasibeder vs. Rob van Zeijst
  • 5th World Amateur Go Championship
    • Final: Ma Xiaochun vs. Miura Hiroshi
    • Play-off for 3rd Place: Imamura Fumiaki vs. Li Yang
    • Play-off for 5th Place: Kim Chul-joong vs. Vladimir Danek
    • Play-off for 7th Place: Helmut Wiltschek vs. Jim Barty
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Ronald Schlemper

  • 1982 Tournament Go
  • The Takadanobaba Go Club
  • Michael Redmond vs. Kajiwara Takeo
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • After the Joseki
  • Good and Bad Shape
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Iwasaki Kenzo

Number 33: Autumn 1983


  • 38th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Rin Kaiho
  • More Games from the 5th W.A.G.C.
    • Play-off for 11th Place: Choi Gun-ho vs. Pierre Aroutcheff
    • Play-off for 13th Place: Juan Del Rio Alvarez vs. John Blair
    • Play-off for 15th Place: Carlos Torres vs. Sergio Parimbelli
    • Play-off for 17th Place: Tsang Ping-fai vs. Hahn Sang-Dae
  • 1983 Japan-China Go Exchange
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. Shao Zhenzhong
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. Nie Weiping
    • Nakamura Hidehito vs. Shao Zhenzhong
    • Ishida Yoshio vs. Cheng Xiaoliu

  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Good and Bad Shape
  • Sacrifice Tesuji Problems
  • Attacking the Two-Space Extension
  • Gambling Go
  • The Windlass Ko

Number 34: Winter 1983 - 84


  • 38th Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 7: Cho Chikun vs. Rin Kaiho
  • 8th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Otake Hideo vs. Awaji Shuzo
  • 8th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo

  • If You Don't Know the Ladder
  • Michael Redmond's Promotion to 3-dan
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Sacrifice Tesuji Problems
  • Good and Bad Shape
  • The Origin of the Avalanche Joseki
  • Tesuji Problems

Number 35: Spring 1984


  • 8th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 4 & 5: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 31st Oza Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kato Masao vs. Otake Hideo
  • 9th Tengen Title Match
    • Game 1: Kataoka Satoshi vs. Awaji Shuzo

  • 1983 Tournament Year
  • 1984 Acornsoft Computer Go Tournament
  • The Fabulous Master of Go: Go Seigen (1)
  • Yoda Norimoto Wins 8th Shinjin-O Title
  • Middle Game Strategy: An Advanced Problem
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Tesuji Problems
  • Finesse or Brute Force?
  • Becoming a Better Player: A Life-and-Death Struggle
  • A One-Sided Game: Sugiuchi Masao vs. Ohira Shuzo
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • 1-dan Beats 9-dan

Number 36: Summer 1984


  • 9th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Kataoka Satoshi vs. Awaji Shuzo
  • 8th Kisei Tournament
    • 9-dan Final: Rin Kaiho vs. Ohira Shuzo
    • Final: Awaji Shuzo vs. Kiyonari Tetsuya
    • Stage Three: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Nakamura Hidehito
    • Fujisawa Shuko vs. Sonoda Yuichi
    • Final, Games 1 & 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Sonoda Yuichi
  • 8th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Rin Kaiho

  • The Fabulous Master of Go: Go Seigen (2)
  • Playing Go in the People's Republic of China
  • Shuko's China Tour
    • Yoda Norimoto vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • Three Trick Moves

Number 37: Autumn 1984


  • 22nd Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 1984 Japan-China Go Exchange (1)
    • Round 1: Nie Weiping vs. Cho Chikun
    • Round 1: Liu Xiaoguang vs. Ohira Shuzo
    • Round 1: Qian Yuping vs. Kataoka Satoshi
    • Round 2: Nie Weiping vs. Cho Chikun
    • Round 2: Kong Xiangming vs. Kobayashi Satoru
    • Round 1: Ma Xiaochun vs. Kato Masao

  • Test Your Rating
  • Go in the Classics
  • Life-and-Death Problem
  • Go in Korea
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Good Style
  • Three Trick Moves
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 38: Winter 1984 - 85


  • 1984 Japan-China Go Exchange (2)
    • Nie Weiping vs. Sakata Eio
    • Round 5: Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
    • Round 6: Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
    • Round 6: Ma Xiaochun vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Round 6: Wang Yuan vs. Ushinohama Satsuo
  • 1984 Japan-China TV Match
    • Shao Zhenzhong vs. Kataoka Satoshi
  • 39th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Rin Kaiho vs. Awaji Shuzo
  • Michael Redmond's Promotion to 4-dan
    • Redmond vs. Cho Sonjin
    • Redmond vs. Jimmy Cha
  • 9th Kukgi Title Match
    • Game 4: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Seo Pong-su

  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Practical Tactics and Tesujis
  • How to Capture?
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Advanced Tesuji Problems
  • Fuseki Problems
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 39: Spring 1985


  • 9th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 9th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Kato Masao
  • 32nd Oza Title Match
    • Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

  • 1984 Tournament Go
  • Test Your Rating
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Yasunaga in China
  • Nemesis vs. Nakayama
  • Practical Tactics and Tesujis
  • Voice Recorder 361

Number 40: Summer 1985


  • 9th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • NEC Japan-China Super Go
    • Jiang Zhujiu vs. Kataoka Satoshi
    • Jiang Zhujiu vs. Ishida Akira
  • 32nd Oza Title Match
    • Games 2 & 3: Kato Masao vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi
  • 10th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kataoka Satoshi vs. Ishida Yoshio

  • Cho Chikun: Between Japan and Korea
  • Correction to Sacrifice Tesuji Problem
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Practical Tactics and Tesujis
  • Voice Recorder 361

Number 41: Autumn 1985


  • 23rd Judan Title Match
    • Judan Play-off: Otake Hideo vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

  • China vs. Korea in California
  • A Champion for All Seasons: Takagawa Kaku
  • Takagawa's Artistry with Thickness
  • How Many Moves Ahead Is It Possible to Read?
  • The Three Virtues of Go
  • Some Poems of Po Lien-yi
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Problem: How to Attack
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Voice Recorder 361
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Endgame Problem

Number 42: Winter 1985 - 86


  • 1985 Japan-China Go Exchange
    • Jiang Zhujiu vs. Sakai Takeshi
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Ishida Akira
    • Rui Naiwei vs. Kuwata Yasuaki
    • Cao Dayuan vs. Awaji Shuzo
  • 40th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • 33rd Oza Title Match
    • Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • NEC Japan-China Super Go
    • Jiang Zhujiu vs. Awaji Shuzo
    • Jiang Zhujiu vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • Go in the Classics: The Tso-chuan
  • Improvement: Random Notes
  • Middle Game Problems
  • Life-and-Death Problem
  • Basic Fighting Techniques
  • Tesuji Magic
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • Computer Go: A Smart Board and its Applications

Number 43: Spring 1986


  • 10th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • NEC Japan-China Super Go
    • Fujisawa Shuko vs. Nie Weiping
    • Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao

  • 1985 Tournament Go
  • Thoughts on My Professional Career: Michael Redmond
  • Growing up with Go
  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Tesuji Magic
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 44: Summer 1986


  • 10th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 10th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Otake Hideo vs. Kudo Norio
  • 33rd Oza Title Match
    • Games 2 & 3: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 11th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Ishida Yoshio vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Semeai Problems
  • Amateur Honinbo vs. Professional Honinbo
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 45: Autumn 1986


  • 24th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki
    • Judan Title-holders
  • 41st Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

  • 1985 Move of the Year
  • Tesuji Problems
  • Endgame Problem
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • The World's Top Ten
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?
  • The Go Burglar
  • The Great Joseki Debate
  • When Is a Ko Not a Ko?
  • Why Not Eliminate the Irrational in Go?
  • Finesse or Brute Force?

Number 46: Winter 1986 - 87


  • 2nd NEC Japan-China Super Go
    • Kobayashi Satoru vs. Jiang Zhujiu
  • 41st Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 3-5: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi

  • 2nd Japan-China TV Championship
  • Making Shape
  • The Bard of Computer Go
  • 1986 Japan-China Go Exchange
    • Sonoda Yuichi vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • Return of "Kato the Killer"
  • Tesuji Problem
  • The Secret of Kobayashi Koichi's Strength
    • A Superb Transformation: Kato Masao
    • A Champion Long-Distance Runner: Rin Kaiho
    • Talent Plus Effort: Ishida Akira
    • An Unforgettable Game: Kobayashi Reiko
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Michael Redmond vs. Kojima Takaho
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Three Trick Moves
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 47: Spring 1987


  • 11th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao
    • Meijin Prize Money
    • Meijin Title Winners
  • 11th Gosei Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Otake Hideo
  • 12th Tengen Title Match
    • Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Sonoda Yuichi

  • Grand Minister Kibi and the Transmission of Go to Japan
  • A Go-Player's Life: Iwamoto Kaoru 9-dan
  • Three Trick Moves
  • 2nd NEC Japan-China Super Go
    • Kobayashi Satoru vs. Liu Xiaoping
  • Tesuji Magic
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?

Number 48: Summer 1987


  • 34th Oza Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho
  • Japan vs. China
    • Kato Masao vs. Nie Weiping
    • Sakai Takeshi vs. Shao Zhenzhong
  • 12th Tengen Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Sonoda Yuichi

  • The World of Go
  • Find the Best Move
  • Three Trick Moves
  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Abe Makes 9-dan
  • Tesuji Magic
    • Yamabe Toshiro vs. Go Seigen
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 49: Autumn 1987


  • 11th Kisei Title Match
    • The Kisei Title in Los Angeles
    • Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki
    • The Atom Bomb Game
  • 5th Women's Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kusunoki Teruko vs. Ogawa Tomoko

  • Pro vs. Pro Blindfold Go
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • The World of Go (2)
  • Simple Fuseki Theory
  • Seki Quiz
  • Bad Moves: How Many Points Do They Lose?
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Go and Music: Two Fine Arts
  • Handicap Corner
  • The Great Joseki Debate

Number 50: Winter 1987 - 88


  • 2nd Japan-China Super Go
    • Final: Otake Hideo vs. Nie Weiping
    • Takemiya Masaki vs. Nie Weiping

  • About This Issue
  • Strange and Wonderful Shapes
  • The Fascination of the Jubango
  • Michael Redmond vs. Otake Hideo
  • Ko Problems
  • Tales of Men Crazy about Go
  • The Classic of Go
  • Capturing Race Problems
  • The Professional Rating Tournament
  • Suspicious Jigos and Early Resignations
  • The Magnificent Obsession: Sakata Eio and Go (1)
  • Count Pecorini's The Game of Wei-chi

Number 51: Spring 1988


  • The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
    • Cho Chikun vs. Yu Bin
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • The 3rd Japan-China Super Go
    • Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
  • The 21st Judan Title Match
    • Judan Prize Money, Title Winners
    • Games 1-4: Kato Masao vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • The 42nd Honinbo Title Match
    • This is the Takemiya Yonren-sei
    • Games 1-4: Takemiya Masaki vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi
  • The 12th Meijin Title Match
    • The Meijin Title in the Big Apple
    • Game 1: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Go and the "Three Games"
  • James Chen and the American Go Institute
  • Alan Chen: The Shape of Things to Come

Number 52: Summer 1988


  • The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
    • Round 2: Nie Weiping vs. Kato Masao
    • Round 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Ma Xiaochun
    • Round 1: Ronald Schlemper vs. Nie Weiping
    • Round 1: Lim Jung Ho vs. Shiraishi Yutaka
  • 1st IBM Haya-go Tournament
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Komatsu Hideki
  • 12th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao
  • 12th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Kato Masao vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Michael Redmond vs. Kiyonari Tetsuya
  • Yoda Triumphs in Japan-China Super Go
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Interview with David Erbach
  • The Magnificent Obsession: Sakata Eio and Go (2)

Number 53: Autumn 1988


  • The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
    • Semifinal 1: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping
    • Semifinal 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • Round 1: Kato Masao vs. Imamura Toshiya
    • Round 1: Ma Xiaochun vs. Jang Doo-Jin
  • 1st IBM Haya-go Tournament
    • Quarterfinal 1: Ishida Yoshio vs. Suh
    • Quarterfinal 2: O Rissei vs. Ogata Masaki
  • Fighting for $400,000: The Ing Cup
    • Highlights from the first round
    • Round 2: Cho Chikun vs. Nie Weiping
    • Round 2: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Kato Masao
  • The 12th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 2-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • Barbara Calhoun: America's Ambassador of Go
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Further Poems of Po Lien-yi
  • Ladder Problems

Number 54: Winter 1988 - 89


  • The 1st World Go Championship: The Fujitsu Cup
    • Final: Takemiya Masaki vs. Rin Kaiho
  • Fighting for $400,000: The Ing Cup
    • Round 2: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • 43rd Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Takemiya Masaki vs. Otake Hideo

  • Go: The Immortal Game
  • Ishida Yoshio Wins the IBM Haya-go Open Tournament
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • Capturing Race Problems
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns

Number 55: Spring 1989


  • The 2nd Fujitsu Cup
    • Jimmy Cha: Giant Killer
    • Jimmy Cha vs. Yamashiro Hiroshi
    • Jimmy Cha vs. Ohira Shuzo
    • Fernando Aguilar vs. Liang Weitang
    • Ronald Schlemper vs. Qian Yuping
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. O Meien: Round-table Discussion

  • The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
  • Nie Weiping: One Win away from $400,000
    • Ing Cup Semifinal Games 1 & 2: Nie Weiping vs. Fujisawa Shuko
  • The Myth Crumbles: China Loses the 4th Super Go Series
  • Michael Redmond: Challenging the Top
    • Redmond vs. Takemiya
    • Redmond vs. Sakata
    • Redmond vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Redmond vs. Yoda
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Good Style and Correct Shape

Number 56: Summer 1989


  • Cho Hun-hyeon Takes the 1st Ing Cup
    • Games 1-3
  • The 2nd IBM Lightning Championship
    • Ishida Yoshio vs. Michael Redmond
    • Cho Chikun vs. Tozawa Akinobu
  • The 13th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki

  • The Irrepressible Takemiya: Fujitsu World Champion Again
    • Jimmy Cha vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
    • Final: Takemiya Masaki vs. Rin Kaiho
  • Treasury of Life and Death
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Two Perspectives on Women's Go

Number 57: Autumn 1989


  • The 27th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Rin Kaiho
    • Rin and Cho in the Big Three
    • Top Title Winners
  • The 44th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki

  • Go Topics, Go Trivia
  • In Search of Harmony
  • How to Attack the Two-Space Extension
  • Attacking the Two-Space Extension: Problems
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • On the Edge
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns

Number 58: Winter 1989 - 90


  • The 13th Meijin Title (1988): Kobayashi Overcomes the Kato Jinx
    • Game 1: Kato the Killer
    • Game 2: A Masterpiece Ruined by One Move
    • Game 3: Kobayashi's Exquisite Move
    • Game 4: Outreading Kato
    • Game 5: Meijin Again
  • The 14th Meijin Title (1989): Kobayashi Outboxes Awaji
    • Game 1: Never Say Die
    • Game 2: No Quarter

  • Go on the Roof of the World
  • One-Move Problem
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Eight Tesuji Problems
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Stopping the Monkey Jump
  • The Tale of Genji: Japan's First Go Stamp
  • 1989 in Statistics
  • Go Topics, Go Trivia

Number 59: Spring 1990


  • The 14th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo
  • The 1st Ing Cup
    • Games 4 & 5: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Nie Weiping
  • The 14th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 3-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Awaji Shuzo
  • The 2nd IBM Lightning Go Championship
    • Otake Hideo vs. Ishida Yoshio

  • Kido Prizes for 1989
  • The 28th Judan Title
    • Game 1: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • Two Semeai Problems
  • The Second Line: When to Play on It, When to Leave It Alone
  • Two Tesuji Problems
  • Good Style and Correct Shape
  • Go Topics, Go Trivia
  • Tewari: How to Analyze the Efficiency of Your Stones

Number 60: Summer 1990


  • The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
    • Special Game Commentary : Takemiya M. vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho128-13*
    • Jimmy Cha vs. Cho Chikun
    • Otake Hideo vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • Showdown in Seoul: The Ing Champion vs. the Fujitsu Champion
    • Games 1 & 2
  • The 14th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 3-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

  • Monster Go
  • Kada's Life and Death Masterpieces
  • Four Tesuji Problems
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • All About the Two-Step Hane (1)
  • The 28th Judan Title
    • Game 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
  • Michael Redmond: 1989 a Year of Progress

Number 61: Autumn 1990


  • The 3rd Fujitsu Cup: Rin Finally Triumphs
    • Quarterfinal: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • Quarterfinal: Jimmy Cha vs. Nie Weiping
    • Final: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping
  • The 3rd IBM Lightning Go Championship
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Hashimoto Shoji
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Hane Yasumasa
    • Nie Weiping vs. Rin Kaiho
  • The 45th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Otake in the Meijin League
  • In Pursuit of Elegance: A Survey of the Best in Go Equipment (1)
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns
  • All About the Two-Step Hane (2)
  • Sanno's Life and Death Problems
  • Fukui's Life and Death Problems
  • Ito's Life and Death Problems
  • Nakayama's Life and Death Problems
  • Onda's Life and Death Problem

Number 62: Winter 1990 - 91


  • The 1st International Go Amateur Pair Tournament: NKB Cup
  • The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
    • Quarterfinal: Yamashiro Hiroshi vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
    • Play-off for 3rd Place: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • The 45th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 5-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi
  • The 15th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Otake Hideo

  • Kobayashi Satoru Wins 3rd IBM Lightning Go Championship
  • In Pursuit of Elegance: A Survey of the Best in Go Equipment (2-3)
  • 36 Tesuji Patterns
  • 36 Life and Death Patterns

Number 63: Spring 1991


  • The 2nd International Amateur Pair Go Tournament: NKB Cup
  • The 3rd Fujitsu Cup
    • Semifinal: Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Koichi
    • Semifinal: Nie Weiping vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • Kobayashi Triumphs Again in Japan-China Meijin Play-off
    • Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • Tournament Go 1990
    • 15th Gosei Title, Game 3
    • 38th Oza Title, Game 5
    • 16th Tengen Title, Game 4
    • 9th Women's Honinbo Title, Game 3

  • 1990: Prizes and Statistics
  • The Gateway to a Professional Career
  • Efficiency (1)
  • All About the Two-Step Hane (3)
  • Go Topics, Go Trivia

Number 64: Summer 1991


  • The 4th Fujitsu Cup
    • Round 1: Takemiya Masaki vs. Ma Xiaochun
    • Round 1: O Rissei vs. Liu Xiaoguang
  • The 15th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao

  • Nie Wins the New Physical Education Cup
  • Women in Go
  • Conventional Wisdom: Right or Wrong?
  • Strange and Wonderful Shapes

Number 65: Autumn 1991


  • The 4th Fujitsu Cup
    • Round 2: Seo Pong-su vs. Nie Weiping
    • Round 2: O Rissei vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
    • Round 1: Hane Yasumasa vs. Qian Yuping
  • The 29th Judan Title Match
    • Game 2: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
  • The 15th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 4-7: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kato Masao
  • Teacher vs. Disciple in the Tongyang Cup

  • The Yoda-Lee Challenge Match
    • Game 3
  • Schlemper's Triumph in the WAGC
  • The Myriad Techniques of Go (1)
  • Efficiency (2)
  • My Secret Strategies for Handicap Games
  • Go Grades and Early Masters

Number 66: Winter 1991 - 92


  • The 4th Fujitsu Cup
    • Semifinal: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
    • Semifinal: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Qian Yuping
  • The 3rd Tongyang Securities Cup
    • Games 1 & 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 46th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Shuko's Winter Training Camp
  • Find the Tesuji
  • Life-and-Death Problems
  • Corner Problem
  • The Myriad Techniques of Go (2)
  • Efficiency (3)
  • 1-dan Beats 9-dan

Number 67: Spring 1992


  • The 4th Japan-China Tengen Play-off
    • Games 1-3: Rin Kaiho vs. Nie Weiping
  • The 1991 Meijin League
    • Round 2: Rin Kaiho vs. Takemiya Masaki
    • Round 3: Rin Kaiho vs. Fujisawa Shuko
    • Round 4: Rin Kaiho vs. Otake Hideo
    • Round 5: Rin Kaiho vs. Awaji Shuzo
    • Round 7: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Cho Chikun
    • Round 5: Fujisawa Shuko vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • 16th Gosei Title Match
    • Game 1: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Kobayashi Satoru

  • 1991 in Review
  • 1991 in Statistics
  • Takemiya Wins 3rd TV Asian Championship
  • The Myriad Techniques of Go (3)
  • Efficiency (4)
  • Twenty 2nd-Line Tesujis
  • Liu Zhongfu's Go Secrets

Number 68: Summer 1992


  • The 29th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1, 3-5: Takemiya Masaki vs. Cho Chikun
  • The 16th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho
  • The 4th Japan-China Meijin Play-off
    • Games 1 & 2: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun

  • Life-and-Death Problems: Ezura 7-dan
  • The Myriad Techniques of Go
  • Efficiency (5)
  • Life-and-Death Problems: Nakayama 6-dan
  • Fuseki Problems

Number 69: Autumn 1993


  • 2nd Ing Cup (1)
    • Rui Naiwei vs. Komatsu Hideki
    • Rui Naiwei vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • 2nd Ing Cup (2)
    • Games 1-3: Rui Naiwei vs. Otake Hideo
  • Michael Redmond's First Title Challenge
    • Redmond vs. Yuki Satoshi
    • Games 1 & 2: Redmond vs. Komatsu Hideki
  • The 1st Jinro Cup
    • Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 5th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Otake's First International Success

  • Two Life-and-Death Problems
  • Go in the Snow
  • The Myriad Shapes of Go
  • A Taste for Thickness (1-2)
  • Spot the Tesuji

Number 70: Summer 1994


  • 2nd Ing Cup Final
    • Games 1-5: Otake Hideo vs. Seo Pong-su
  • The 6th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Yoo Chang-hyeok vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

  • The Definition of Territory
  • What Players Should Know About the Ing Rules
  • The Myriad Shapes of Go
  • A Taste for Thickness (3-4)
  • The Earth, the Dead and the Darkness
  • Comebacks by Chen and Qian

Number 71: Autumn 1994


  • The 5th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Chikun
  • Michael Redmond's Tong Yang Triumph
  • The 6th Fujitsu Cup
    • Yang Hui vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 7th Fujitsu Cup

  • A Commemoration of Dr. Yang Liansheng's Contribution to Goe Rules (1)
  • A Comparison of the New Ko Rules
  • Korean Go: The Age of Lee
  • Play Moves with a Purpose
  • A Taste for Thickness (5-6)
  • The Solution to the $1,000-Ko Problem

Number 72: Spring 1995


  • The 49th Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 7: Cho Chikun vs. Kataoka Satoshi
  • The 19th Gosei Title Match
    • Game 4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho
  • The 19th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Rui Naiwei: The Women's World Champion
  • A Commemoration of Dr. Yang Liansheng's Contributionto Goe Rules (2)
  • Three Life-and-Death Problems
  • History of the Codification of Goe Rules
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (1)
  • Joseki Exercises
  • Endgame-Calculation Exercises
  • Important Stones and Useless Stones

Number 73: Summer 1995


  • The 20th Tengen Title Match
    • Game 4: Rin Kaiho vs. Ryu Shikun
  • The 19th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • The 33rd Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Otake Hideo vs. Yoda Norimoto

  • Message to our Readers
  • Determining Life or Death by Breath Patterns
  • Three Elementary Problems
  • Double Ko Stones and Double Hot Stones
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (2)
  • Important Stones and Useless Stones
  • Ten Go Proverbs Every Go Player Should Know
  • The 17th World Amateur Go Championship

Number 74: Autumn 1995


  • The 50th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao
  • The 8th Fujitsu Cup
    • Round 1: Kobayashi Satoru vs. Seo Pong-su
    • Final Round: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • The 22nd Wangwi Title Match
    • Game 7: Yoo Chang-hyeok vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

  • Message to our Readers
  • Go Proverbs That Are Always True (1)
  • New Moves and New Josekis
  • The 8th Japan-China Tengen Match
    • Game 2: Ma Xiaochun vs. Ryu Shikun
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (3)
  • Important Stones and Useless Stones
  • The First FOST Cup: World Open Computer Go Championship
  • Who is the World's Strongest Player? International Tournaments
  • China Adopts Points Rating System
  • The Top Dogs in Japanese Go: Ranking the Top Players

Number 75: Winter 1995 - 96


  • The 18th Kukgi Title Match
  • 1995 All-China Individual Championship
    • The Final of the Men's Division
  • The 20th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 20th Gosei Title Match
    • Game 5: Rin Kaiho vs. Kobayashi Satoru

  • Letters to the Editor
  • New Moves and New Josekis
  • Go Proverbs That Are Always True (2)
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (4)
  • Important Stones and Useless Stones

Number 76: Spring 1996


  • The 1st China-Korea-Japan Meijin Tournament
    • Takemiya vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 7th Tong Yang Securities Cup
    • Semifinals Game 2: Cho Chikun vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Final Game 4: Ma Xiaochun vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 43rd Oza Title Match
    • Game 3: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
  • The 21st Tengen Title Match
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ryu Shikun
  • The 20th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • The 10th NEC Cup: Japan-China Super Go

  • An Introduction to Tesuji (5)
  • Ten Easy Life-and-Death Problems
  • New Moves and New Josekis
  • Go Proverbs That Are Always True (3)

Number 77: Summer 1996


  • The 20th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 5-7: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • The 34th Judan Title Match
    • Game 4: Yoda Norimoto vs. O Rissei
  • The 51st Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Cho Chikun vs. Ryu Shikun

  • Kobayashi Reiko (1939-96)
  • New Moves and New Josekis
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (6)
  • Go Proverbs That Are Always True (4)
  • The Top Ten Life-and-Death Problems

Number 78: Winter 1996 - 97


  • The 3rd Ing Cup Final
    • Games 1-4: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 1st Samsung Cup Final
    • Games 1-3: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 9th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • The 21st Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 51st Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 3-6: Cho Chikun vs. Ryu Shikun

  • An Introduction to Tesuji (7)
  • Stopping the Monkey Jump (1)
  • New Moves and New Josekis

Number 79: Spring 1997


  • The 8th Kiseong (Kisei) Title Match
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ch'oe Myeong-hun
  • The 1st Bacchus Cup - Tengen Title Match
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • The 11th Tianyuan (Tengen) Tournament
    • Wang Lei vs. Zhou Heyang
  • The 3rd Bawang Tournament
    • Wang Lei vs. Zhang Wendong
  • The 9th Mingren (Meijin) Title Match
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Liu Xiaoguang
  • 8th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
    • Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • 8th Tong Yang Securities Cup
    • Semifinal: Kobayashi Satoru vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 21st Meijin Title Match
    • Games 5 & 6: Cho Chikun vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 21st Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Satoru

  • The 36th Top Position Title
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • An Introduction to Tesuji (8)
  • Stopping the Monkey Jump (2)
  • New Moves and New Josekis

Number 80: Autumn 1997


  • Special Report on Korean Go
    • A Year of Korean Go: 1996-97
    • Highlights from Korean Tournaments
    • 4th Paedal Wang Title Match
    • 2nd Tekron Tournament
    • 32nd P'aewang Title Match
    • 28th Myeongin Tournament
    • 31st Wangwi League
    • 32nd P'aewang Tournament
    • 2nd LG Cup
  • 31st Wangwi Title Match
    • Game 1: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • 7th BC Card Cup
    • Game 4: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • 8th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final
    • Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • 1st LG Cup Final
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • 11th Tianyuan (Tengen) Title Match
    • Game 4: Ma Xiaochun vs. Chang Hao
  • 3rd Bawang (Monarch) Title Match
    • Game 6: Ma Xiaochun vs. Wang Lei
  • 1997 CCTV Cup
    • Semifinal: Ma Xiaochun vs. Nie Weiping
  • 35th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Yoda Norimoto vs. Kato Masao
  • The 52nd Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 1: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao

  • New Moves and New Josekis
  • Six Monkey-Jump Problems
  • Twelve Life and Death Problems

Number 81: Winter 1997 - 98


  • 10th Fujitsu Cup
    • Kobayashi Koichi vs. O Rissei
  • The 2nd LG Cup
    • Round 1: Hans Pietsch vs. Yoda Norimoto
    • Round 2: O Rissei vs. Rui Naiwei
    • Round 3: O Rissei vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • 31st Wangwi Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • 2nd Tekron Cup
    • Game 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ch'oe Myeong-hun
  • 28th Myeongin Title Match
    • Play-off: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Ch'oe Myeong-hun
    • Games 3 & 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • 10th Mingren League
    • Luo Xihe vs. Zhang Wendong
    • Luo Xihe vs. Liu Xiaoguang
  • The 52nd Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 2-4: Cho Chikun vs. Kato Masao
    • How Strong is Cho?

  • New Moves and New Joseki: The Onadare Joseki

Number 82: Summer 1998


  • The 2nd Samsung Cup
    • Games 1-3: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Kobayashi Satoru
  • The 41st Guksu Title Match
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Seo Pong-su
  • The 9th Kiseong Title Match
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • The 22nd Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • Editorial
  • The 10th Mingren Title Match
    • Ma Xiaochun vs. Luo Xihe
  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Pyramid Power in Handicap Openings
    • Cover Story: Motoharu and the Severed Head
    • Endgame Problems on 5x5 Boards (1) 39-42
    • Ladder and Net Problems
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (1) 50-52
    • The Niren-sei Opening

Number 83: Autumn 1998


  • The 2nd LG Cup
    • Games 1-5: O Rissei vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 9th Tong Yang Securities Cup
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 11th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Chang Hao
  • The 22nd Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Yoda Norimoto
  • The 23rd Gosei Title Match
    • Game 3

  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • The Low Chinese Opening
    • Endgame Problems on 5x5 Boards (2) 43-46
    • Sacrifice and Squeeze Tactics
    • Making Sabaki (1)
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (2) 60-63

Number 84: Winter 1998 - 99


  • The 53rd Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
  • The 1st China Kisei Title
    • 9-dan Tournament: Zhang Wendong vs. Chen Zude
  • 1998 Weiqi Championship
    • Zhou Heyang vs. Qiu Jun
  • The 4th NEC Cup
    • Chang Hao vs. Shao Weigang

  • Michael Redmond beats Cho Chikun
  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Michael Redmond on the Opening 143-50
    • Endgame Problems on 5x5 Boards (3) 51-54
    • Making Sabaki (2)
    • The Throw-in Tesuji
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (3) 62-64
    • Four Easy Life-and-Death Problems

Number 85: Summer 1999


  • The 38th Top Position Title Match
    • Game 2: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ahn Cho-young
  • The 5th Paedal Wang
    • Game 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 10th Kiseong Title Match
    • Game 1: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Mok Chin-seok
  • The Robert's Cup
    • Chang Hao vs. Yang Shihai
  • The 6th King of the New Stars
    • Qiu Jun vs. Hu Yueyu
  • The Spring Orchid Cup
    • Round 2: Chang Hao vs. Mok Chin-seok
  • The 3rd Samsung Cup Final
    • Games 1 & 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • The 23rd Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei

  • A Fighting Art
    • Qiu Jun vs. Kong Jie
    • The life-and-death problem that was too much for Sakai 9-dan
  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Michael Redmond on the Opening 239-44
    • Making Good Shape
    • Endgame Problems on 5x5 Boards (4) 53-56
    • Four Endgame Problems on 9x9 Boards
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (4) 60-64

Number 86: Autumn 1999


  • The 12th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Yu Ch'ang-hyeok vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • The 3rd LG Cup Final
    • Game 3: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Ma Xiaochun
  • The 11th TV Asia Cup Final
    • Yoda Norimoto vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 1st Chunlan Cup
    • Quarterfinal: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 1st Chinese Kisei Title Match
    • Game 7: Ma Xiaochun vs. Chang Hao
  • The 23rd Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Kobayashi Koichi

  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Michael Redmond on the Opening 334-39
    • Six Basic Life-and-Death Problems
    • Eight Endgame Problems on 9x9 Boards
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (5) 46-49
  • A Fighting Art
  • The Korean Go Boom
  • The Korean Style : Korean Joseki Innovations

Number 87: Winter 1999 - 2000


  • The 18th Women's Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 2
  • The 1st Chunlan Cup Final
    • Game 1: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 54th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho Chikun vs. Cho Sonjin
  • The 24th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. Yoda Norimoto
  • The 4th Samsung Cup
    • Semifinal: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yamada Kimio

  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Six Endgame Problems on 11x11 Boards
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (6) 49-52
    • The Kobayashi Opening
    • The Korean Style (2): Korean Joseki Innovations 59-64

Number 88: Spring 2000


  • The 43rd Kuksu Tournament
    • Rui Naiwei vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 24th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
  • The 12th Mingren Title Match
    • Game 3: Ma Xiaochun vs. Chang Hao

  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Tesuji Problems
    • An Introduction to Basic Josekis (7) 44-47
    • Eight Fuseki Problems to Test Your Sense of Direction
    • Two Endgame Problems 1
    • The Korean Style (3): Korean Joseki Innovations 61-65

Number 89: Summer 2000


  • The 43rd Kuksu Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Rui Naiwei vs. Cho Hun-hyeon
  • The 13th Fujitsu Cup
    • Round 1: Rui Naiwei vs. Hikosaka Naoto
    • Round 2: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Zhou Heyang
  • The 24th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 6: Cho Chikun vs. O Rissei
  • The 55th Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 1: Cho Sonjin vs. O Meien

  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Defending Against 3-3 Point Invasions
    • The Art of Shinogi
    • Tesuji for Making Good Shape
    • Two Endgame Problems 2

Number 90: Autumn 2000


  • The 34th Wangwi Title Match
    • Game 4: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Seo Pong-su
  • The 13th Fujitsu Cup Final
    • Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Chang Hao
  • The 55th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 2-6: Cho Sonjin vs. O Meien

  • The World Her Stage: The Rui Naiwei Story
  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Six Life-and-Death Problems
    • Two Endgame Problems 3
    • Ladder Problems

Number 91: Spring 2001


  • The 25th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Cho Chikun vs. Yoda Norimoto
  • The 4th Ing Cup Final
    • Game 2: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Chang Hao
  • The 5th LG Cup
    • Quarterfinal: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. O Rissei
  • The 5th Samsung Cup Final
    • Game 4: Yamada Kimio vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 8th Paedal Wang Title Match
    • Game 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yi Se-tol

  • Takemiya: A Player with Heart
  • From 20-kyu to Shodan: Basic Knowledge for Becoming a Dan-Level Player
    • Four Middle Game Problems 1
    • Developing Good Judgment: Four Problems in the Opening
    • Four Life-and-Death Problems
    • Two Endgame Problems
    • Michael Redmond on Fuseki 456-63
  • Go in the West in the 18th Century

Number 92: Summer 2001


  • The 14th Fujitsu Cup
    • Quarterfinal: Cho Chikun vs. Ch'oe Myeong-hun
  • The 5th LG Cup Final
    • Games 2 & 5: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yi Se-tol
  • The 56th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: O Meien vs. Cho U
  • The 25th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 6: O Rissei vs. Cho Sonjin

  • The World of Cho U
  • Four Opening Problems
  • After the Joseki
  • Preserving Aji

Number 93: Autumn 2001


  • The 14th Fujitsu Cup
    • Final: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Ch'oe Myeong-hun
    • Semifinal: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Rin Kaiho
  • The 6th Samsung Cup
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yi Se-tol
  • The 56th Honinbo Title Match
    • Game 7: O Meien vs. Cho U
  • The 26th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-3: Yoda Norimoto vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Miyazawa Goro: The epitome of fighting spirit
  • Aoki Kikuyo's promotion game
  • Unusual Josekis
  • Plunging Into the Middle Game
  • Six Tesuji Problems
  • Six Life-and-Death Problems
  • Nine Endgame Problems on 5x5 Boards
  • Four Middle Game Problems

Number 94: Spring 2002


  • The 26th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 5: O Rissei vs. Ryu Shikun
  • The 6th Samsung Cup
    • Games 2 & 3: Cho Hun-hyeon vs. Chang Hao
  • The 3rd Nong Shim Cup
    • Beijing Round: Awaji Shuzo vs. Shao Weigang
    • Beijing Round: Kobayashi Koichi vs. Ch'oe Ch'eol-han
  • International Youth Tournament
    • Yamada Takuji vs. Ch'oe Ch'eol-han
    • Kong Jie vs. Mizokami Tomochika
  • The 26th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 4-6: Yoda Norimoto vs. Rin Kaiho

  • Find the Defects
  • Eight Opening Problems
  • Making Good Shape

Number 95: Summer 2002


  • Meien Magic in the Fujitsu Cup
    • Quarterfinal: O Meien vs. Pak Yeong-hyeon
  • The 26th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-4 & 6: O Rissei vs. Ryu Shikun

  • Urgent Moves and Big Opening Points
  • Nine Life-and-Death Problems
  • Four Middle-Game Problems
  • Nine Ko Problems
  • Eight Tesuji Problems

Number 96: Autumn 2002


  • The 15th Fujitsu Cup: Yi Se-tol's first international triumph
    • Semifinal: Yi Se-tol vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Final: Yi Se-tol vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 40th Judan Title Match
    • Games 1-5: O Rissei vs. Takemiya Masaki
  • The 57th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: O Meien vs. Kato Masao

  • Tesuji Problems (1)

Number 97: Spring 2003


  • The 27th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Yoda Norimoto vs. Cho Chikun
  • 4th Chunlan Cup
    • Quarterfinal: Hane Naoki vs. Cho Hun-hyeon

  • An Interview with Alexandre Dinerchtein
  • Dinerchtein's First Professional Victory
  • Aguilar's Toyota Cup Triumph
  • Twelve Life-and-Death Problems
  • Honinbo Dosaku's Brilliant Tesujis
  • Tesuji Problems (2)

Number 98: Summer 2003


  • 14th Kiseong Title: Eleven in a Row for Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • 4th Chunlan Cup Final
    • Games 1 & 2: Hane Naoki vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • 1st Toyota & Denso Cup Final
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Chang Hao
  • 16th Fujitsu Cup: The Secrets of Korea's Strength
    • Round 2: Song T'ae-kon vs. O Meien
    • Round 2: Yi Se-tol vs. Hane Naoki
  • The 27th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: O Rissei vs. Yamashita Keigo

  • The Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
  • Cho Chikun's Brilliant Tesujis
  • Twelve Life-and-Death Problems
  • Twelve Capturing-Race Problems

Number 99: Autumn 2003


  • The 2nd CSK Cup: A Rare Setback for Korea
    • Yoda Norimoto vs. Yi Se-tol
    • Hane Naoki vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Yamashita Keigo vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
    • Yuki Satoshi vs. Song T'ae-kon
    • Cho U vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Yoda Norimoto vs. Dong Yan
  • The 7th LG Cup Final
    • Games 1-4: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yi Se-tol
  • The 16th Fujitsu Cup
    • Semifinal: Song T'ae-kon vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Semifinal: Yi Se-tol vs. Yoda Norimoto
    • Final: Yi Se-tol vs. Song T'ae-kon
  • The 27th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 3-5: O Rissei vs. Yamashita Keigo

  • Fujisawa Shuko's Brilliant Tesujis

Number 100: Winter 2003-04


  • The 58th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Kato Masao vs. Cho U
  • The 28th Meijin Title Match
    • Game 1: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yamashita Keigo
  • The 9th Women's Kuksu Title
    • Game 2: Rui Naiwei vs. Cho Hye-yeon
  • The 10th King of the New Stars
    • Game 2: Kong Jie vs. Hu Yaoyu

  • Go World Turns 100
  • GoGoD Quiz
  • Go Seigen's Triple Attack
  • The Top Ten Tesujis
  • Most Captures in One Game
  • Original Moves
  • The Korean Style (4): Korean Joseki Innovations

Number 101: Summer 2004


  • The 16th Women's Meijin Title Match
    • Game 2: Kobayashi Izumi vs. Inori Yoko
  • The 8th Samsung Cup
    • Games 1-3: Cho Chikun vs. Pak Yeong-hun
  • The 28th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 2-5: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yamashita Keigo
  • The 28th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Yamashita Keigo vs. Hane Naoki

  • The Korean Style (5): Korean Joseki Innovations
  • Nine Endgame-Tesuji Problems

Number 102: Autumn 2004


  • The 8th LG Cup Final
    • Games 1-4: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Mok Chin-seok
  • China Triumphs in the 3rd CSK Cup
    • Kong Jie vs. Cho U
    • Wang Xi vs. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
  • The 5th Ing Cup
    • Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yamashita Keigo
    • Peng Quan vs. Yoda Norimoto
  • The 5th Chunlan Cup
    • Hu Yaoyu vs. Cho U
  • The 28th Kisei Title Match
    • Game 3: Yamashita Keigo vs. Hane Naoki

  • Book notice: Dictionary of Basic Fuseki
  • An International Rivalry: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Yoda Norimoto
    • The 17th Fujitsu Cup Quarterfinal
    • Teda Cup
  • Eight Tesuji Problems
  • Large-Sacrifice Life-and-Death Problems
  • Four Opening Problems
  • Twelve Easy Life-and-Death Problems
  • The Korean Style (6): Korean Joseki Innovations

Number 103: Winter 2004-05


  • The 28th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 4-7: Yamashita Keigo vs. Hane Naoki
  • The 42nd Judan Title Match
    • Game 4: O Rissei vs. Cho U
  • The 59th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-6: Cho U vs. Yoda Norimoto

  • The Korean Style (7): Korean Joseki Innovations
  • Clever Moves, Stylish Tesujis
  • Life-and-Death Problem
  • Tesuji Problem

Number 104: Summer 2005


  • The 2nd Toyota & Denso Cup Final
    • Games 1-3: Yi Se-tol vs. Chang Hao
  • The 48th Kuksu Title Match
    • Game 3: Ch'oe Ch'eol-han vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 16th Kiseong Title Match
    • Game 3: Ch'oe Ch'eol-han vs. Pak Yeong-hun
  • The 29th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-4: Yoda Norimoto vs. Cho U

  • Life-and-Death in the Corner
  • Four Opening Problems
  • Large-Sacrifice Life-and-Death Problems
  • Tesujis for a Brighter Future
  • The Korean Style (8): Korean Joseki Innovations

Number 105: Autumn 2005


  • The 9th LG Cup Final
    • Games 1-4: Cho U vs. Yu Bin
  • The 5th Ing Cup Final
    • Game 2: Ch'oe Ch'eol-han vs. Chang Hao
  • The 5th Chunlan Cup Final
    • Game 3: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Zhou Heyang
  • The iron goalkeeper: Yi Ch'ang-ho rescues Korea again: 6th Nong Shim Spicy Noodles Cup
    • Game 11: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Cho U
    • Game 13: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. O Meien
  • The 29th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 5 & 6: Yoda Norimoto vs. Cho U
  • The 2nd Zhonghuan Cup Final
    • Ch'oe Ch'eol-han vs. Yi Se-tol

  • Tesujis for a Brighter Future (2)
  • The Korean Style (9): Korean Joseki Innovations

Number 106: Winter 2005-06


  • The 18th Fujitsu Cup
    • Final: Yi Se-tol vs. Ch'oe Ch'eol-han
  • The 29th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Hane Naoki vs. Yuki Satoshi
  • The 60th Honinbo Title Match
    • Games 1-5: Takao Shinji vs. Cho U

  • Dr. Paduk's Life-and-Death Problem
  • Tesujis for a Brighter Future (3)
  • The Korean Style (10): Korean Joseki Innovations
  • Three Problems

Number 107: Spring 2006


  • The 30th Meijin Title Match
    • Games 1-7: Cho U vs. Kobayashi Satoru
    • Interview by Akiyama Kenji
  • The 10th Samsung Cup Final
    • Game 3: Yi Ch'ang-ho vs. Luo Xihe
  • The 7th Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup Play-off
    • Gu Li vs. Iyama Yuta
  • The 4th Cheongkwanjang Cup
    • Game 12: Pak Chi-eun vs. Koyama Terumi
    • Game 13: Ye Gui vs. Pak Chi-eun
  • The 30th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 1 & 2: Hane Naoki vs. Yamashita Keigo

  • Tesujis for a Brighter Future (4)
  • Corner Problem
  • The Korean Style (11): Korean Joseki Innovations
  • Tesuji Problems

Number 108: Summer 2006


  • The 7th Nong Shim Cup
    • Game 12: Yoda Norimoto vs. Cho Han-seung
    • Game 13: Yoda Norimoto vs. Kong Jie
    • Game 14: Yoda Norimoto vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
  • The 30th Kisei Title Match
    • Games 3 & 4: Hane Naoki vs. Yamashita Keigo
  • The 10th LG Cup Final
    • Games 4 & 5: Gu Li vs. Chen Yaoye
  • The 19th Fujitsu Cup: New Korean Star Triumphs
    • Round 1: Yamashita Keigo vs. Cho Han-seung
    • Round 2: Yi Se-tol vs. Cho Chikun
    • Round 2: Yamashita Keigo vs. Yi Ch'ang-ho
    • Final: Pak Cheong-sang vs. Zhou Heyang

  • Life-and-Death problems
  • Tesujis for a Brighter Future (5)
  • The Korean Style (12): Korean Joseki Innovations
  • Key Points in the Opening