Honinbo Preliminary A
WATCH THIS PLAYER
Yamashita Keigo
Yamashita Keigo9-dan
"Power Go that breaks through head-on."
A player whose power to take on big fights head-on I want to watch.
Watching typeBig-stage gamesAll-out fights
MIRUGO WATCH POINT
For this player,
watch for this.
Watch the moment the biggest groups of stones on the board collide.
START HERE
If you watch one, watch this.
A game that shows who this player is,
picked by MIRUGO.
WATCHING CHARACTER
Personality that shows
on the board.
Powerful Go that fights head-on using thickness and reading.
Recommended forI want to watch big stagesI like fierce fights
PROFILE
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A 9-dan with titles including the Kisei, Meijin and Honinbo. His powerful head-on Go creates the big fights that take center stage on the board.
- Rank
- 9-dan
- Affiliation
- Nihon Ki-in, Tokyo Main Branch
- Hometown
- Asahikawa, Hokkaido
- Date of birth
- 1978-09-06
- Turned pro
- 1993
- Strengths
- Fighting Go, center fights, attack
BOOKS PR
This player in books, too.
A book to read between games.
Yamashita Keigo
Yamashita Keigo's Textbook of Modern Go: Opening
Modern openings, by Yamashita Keigo.
View on Amazon ↗ Yamashita KeigoTesuji You Can Use in Real Games Right Away
150 tesuji problems you can use in real games.
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