Google Doodle Wishes 185th BirthdayHoninbo Shusaku's

Google Doodle Wishes  185th BirthdayHoninbo Shusaku's 

Honinbo Shusaku

Google Doodle Wishes  185th BirthdayHoninbo Shusaku's 

Honinbo Shusaku (本因坊秀策 Hon′inbō Shūsaku, born as Kuwabara Torajirō (桑原虎次郎 Kuwabara Torajirō), Innoshima, June 6, 1829 – August ten, 1862) was knowledgeable Go player and is taken into account by several to be the best player of the golden age of come in the mid-19th century.

He was nicknamed "Invincible" when he earned  an ideal score for nineteen straight wins within the annual castle games. Some say that he wasn't stronger than his teacher, Honinbō Shuwa, World Health Organization by convention failed to play within the castle games. additionally out of respect for the older teacher, Shusaku refused to play with white against his teacher therefore there's no clear gauge of the distinction in strength between them. Shusaku, as an example, had a and score against Ōta Yūzo however still found him a troublesome opponent, whereas Shuwa beat him simply.

Only 2 individuals have the title "Go-Saint" (Kisei), and Shusaku is one, the opposite being Honinbō Dosaku (1645–1702). whereas this title ab initio might need been given to Honinbo Jowa, it absolutely was revoked attributable to his political maneuvering. Even nowadays he's thought-about one among the simplest go players ever to possess lived.