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    NEWS AROUND THE CLUBS New Clubs started since last issue of the Jounal: Southampton Technical College - Hon. Sec. Alan Dean Hompead ~ Hopton Ge Chbmaty my Three) ois towen 7.04 200-». BRITISH GO JOURNAL e at the Church Hall in Christchurch, Hampstead Square (just up Heath Street from Hampstead Tube Station). Visitors are welcome. Coffee is served. For more information contact Stuart Dowiey, 254 Corlingford Road, N.W.3, Telephone: 01 794 9881 Editor: A,H.SMITH, BRISTOL Croydon = Hon.Sec. R-Lone, 9 Sandilands, Croydon CRO SDE NUMBER 26 WINTER JANUARY 1975 READING NEWS FROM LATEST NEWS LETTERS Brion Cottledine becomes the Reading open champion after four-way tie between Derek Hunter, Ren Most, and Dovid Sutton The evening classes on 'Ga' at Tilehurst have now been completed. These were instigated wr by Laure Honiions It Ts hopes The hese pupil wll be now making appewences EDINBURGH CANBRINGE——AN.LONDON > CHELTENHAM LEVELAND chive Chi OMVERSITY LONDON ; es exsono | sanver | wycuire ceiesteR Arninp of youll ace te L:0.C ht Oa plea exc, ba he 00 mo ot 9 oer eta| Know stati you want, Some of hese players can vst your cub, This wor done tice lst {oor vhen Jim Bter and my visited fhe Sitinghoure cl, ond along with Mork Hal suey samweut | vovoon | aniston consy Visited he Letcenter cluby tis hoped tho this oor we con extend hs fii footer clubs Srl oh hve mntne dnt tw re yo cb ho rth lnaxonesren | Lanorneu | starioneas [ont ravoor | stmainonen Serevent nde emnrin gan an eigen Rcreiey || cenuuerel . | |swerrieuo eave [ woooroRD [weston (REWE, Hye ldo gop of mathe ment wis lo ow iy lye lene ‘ef sunen wae eae fo contoct mes. (At this matter may cout @ tle meey beng oid For haveing 5 epentes, could ony the Secretory ofthe el contac! me.) . woonrana grea 2 Lene to MeD.Mchel, 17 Grove Read Wed, Eel, Midlee ge Jy. E pomoom = E arlstToL gq og 6 S| cnovoon =}PHMOUTH E - 3 2 De tothe resignation of Mes. Nina Thomas from the Commitee, ve to domestic reason, 7 F ag 2 z : a Toby Menning has been co-opted to take her place. 3 3 & ziism = Zlswme 9) = BRITISH NATIONAL GO CHAMPIONSHIP ~ SELECTION OF CHALLENGER 7 3 2 Sg Fam 5 = 3 The selection of ocholenge fr the Bah National Champien willbe etolised by the ee Moar cfs chaengers® player league. The league will eons of Loser of the 1974 5 3 NOnchcI Chonpion Tile Motch top players from the London Open Tournament ond 3 top ployer from he Annual Bish Go Congres Yo be held in Api RITisn co All Clu Seretrier with posible qualifiers wil be sant fll deta. | ASSOCIATION JAPANESE VISIT Koboyoshi Tadashi, amateur 2 dan, spent three wesks in London in Oetober, He fon SSptajoe of The Nihon Ri and hos fst completed work on Honinbo Sos 's Complete acne Fae Gneks 755 nll. He uid fo work on Go Review and now helps eit Kido Yeorbock sac He visited the London Club on several occasions and also she Edinburgh Clio with Job Tiley Me MUATER WANTAGE ROAD ‘After 0 game with Francis Roads (which he inadvertently lost) he remerked that both Mr Roads ‘and English beer are very streng. RES BERKS ROS 2SF Jin will lead to further professional visits. ‘We hope that his impressions of Go in Bri 16 EDITORIAL This is the 7th Edition that has been published under the "Editors Four" basis. The system cppears to run without major problems. Each Editor in turn can plan his particular issue Several months chead, but this is only possible if @ quantity of material is stored. Please end ony material to the Editor, /e Derek Hunter. FD beset sos i wha & oo Be eae te tee ene sere Prmed Copy date nent se Sed Feta, 175. Eder M.Comptey SECRETARY'S NOTES from Derok Hunter Waring, This the lost BGJ that 1974 subscribers will receive unless they poy the 1975 subseriptions.. The annual subscriptions were raised at an EGM held in Marlborough on the 20th October, 1974, ond ore os follows for 1975: (Overseas members (sea mail) £2.00 Unattached members £1.00 Club members 0p Club members undergoing full time education 0p Pleate send your subscription to Derek Hunter. Please remember that orders for books and various other material that is now in stock should be sent fo: John Allen, BGA Book Distributor, 7 Lordship Rood, Cheshunt, Herts EN7 SDR. COMING EVENTS The Annual British Go Congress ENTRY FORMS AND ENQUIRIES TO_D.J.CORNES, ‘TFARLEY CASTLE, FARLEY HILL, READING RG7 1XD ‘The Congress will be held at Alsager College of Education from 11th to 13th April, 1975. Aluager I 6 miles from Crewe, 6 miles from Stoke-on-Trent between exits 16 ond 17 on theMé. ‘As uwal the main games will take place on the Saturday and Sunday. ‘A VOICE FROM BRACKNELL THE OBVIOUS MOVE NEED NOT BE WRONG PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE ~ Froncis Roads 1974 has been another successful year forthe Association. More British people than ever hove: ‘now heard of Go through the Open Door TV programme and the publicity resulting from our fruitful elationship with JAL, ond there is now actually @ choice of British made Go sets on the market The resulting flow of new members hos brought its own problem as many of them are unattached to clubs, and therefore throw a disproportionate extra burden onto our hard pressed Secretary. urge alt unattached members to form themselves into clubs, however tenvously constituted, for their own satisfaction and for ease of BGA administration. Welcome additions to the BGA calendar have been the Combridge one-day tournament, and London Open Congress scheduled to take place os you receive this joumal. | hope that in 1975 further clubs will follow the example set by Bristol, Cambridge and London Go Clubs In organising their own events, especially those outside the South of England. | wish all members @ successful yeor teaching and playing Go. Stuart Dowsey especially deserves all our support and good wishes for his project to open the London Go Centre this year. I hope to wee 08 many members as possible at the 1975 British Go Congress at Alaoger College COMMITTEE NEWS Two meetings have been held since the last report. The most important discussion was on "General Policy's we defined our collective views on a number of important administrative matters 2s flloy 1, Soles of books and equipment: In the long term we hope to phase out the sale of material | Saily avelloble Wow offer sources. As membertip increas, it sould be posible to reduce the subscription (in real terms), and the need for extra income from sales will decrease. onsorship: On balance, the relationship with JAL has been secessful, and we hope (a meer ee peepee dorm ey Tournaments: The Committee hos the right and the duty to take direct interest in the ‘rganfsation of any notional toumament advertized at being spontored by the BGA, 4 stant members: While we apprectate the problems of clubs and members distant from the ‘main centres of Go activity, we see no additional action that the Committee con toke to help them at present. 5. Communications: We hope thot present efforts to promote good communication between ‘members and the Committee will avoid the misunderstendings that hove arisan previously. The Committee continues to welcome sggestions ond constructive criticism (preferably Jn writing) which will olways be discussed ond replied to. 6. Equipment: large proportion of BGA copital is invested in importing playing equipment From the For Eost. British manufacturers are showing increasing interest in producing equipment, and we are doing all we can to encourage the trend, sh Go Journal: While the possibility of altering the format will be kept under “The present orrangements are working 20 well that we hesitate to make ony change. Continued on page 13 a BGA VOICE FROM DOWN UNDER - R.C.Tolbot Deor Go Friends, have heard with great interest ond not a little envy of the great strides being taken by Go in the U.K., the National publicity plans for the London Go Centre and the success of the Congress. Those of you who leamed of my fear of arriving in New Zealand to find it borren ‘of Go players cotvally (but with best wishes) advised me to start my own club. My fears being almost completely founded and finding the advice none too easy to follow has left me, while otherwise delighted with my new country, casting very green looks over 12,000 miles fo-all you lucky people. [After fruitless enquiries, | made a visit to the Jopanese Bath House ond Social Club here ‘Aucklond, hoping to find at least one Japanese player I could test myself ogainst. I entered the establishment still flexing my right middle and index fingers. At the top of @ narrow and dimly lit flight of stars | Found myself in an equally dimly lit bar where, suppressing @ strong desire to shout "Ohayo gozaimas., toke me to your strongest player", | quickly discovered fot one Oriental face. Perhops all the Jopanete were taking « bath, No, the big fat bartender told me there were tno more baths today and he hadn't seen @ Japanese in months. After he refused my offer of o rhinestone game, I left the jokers and sheilas (blokes and gisis) choking on their beer and ‘muttering "Bloody Poms, they're a weird mob". However, | eventually presented myself at the Avckland Chess Centre where | found one enlightened member who not only had heard of Go but knew someone on the for side of town who played. I wos allowed to leave without playing o single gome of chess for which | was most grateful as | was also for the contact supplied. My contoct, David Milne, who at that time had only played some twenty games, turned out to be immensely keen and has since recruited three other chess players, all of whom are or have been students of Mathematics at Auckland University. We are af present meeting at my house twice @ week and | esfimate David Is now playing at about 14 kyu, as is also my son Jeff who Lendon players will remember is only 10 years old. (I keep telling him he'll have to 'g0 some iF he wonts to eatch Master Schlamper.) The other players are somewhat weaker, but ‘ll show great interest and promise. We are now contemplating @ Summer Holiday Course to be held at the Chess Centre (Christmas remember’ Everything shuts down for three weeks) which we will publicise at the University tnd High Schools, but the problem of obtaining sufficient Go sets in time is « considerable hurdle os there are no supplies in New Zealand. Congratulations to all concemed in producing the British Go Joumal which is most welcome in New Zealand ond gets even better with every ise. [F anyone happens to be possing my way they ean always Find @ gome with me and romember - don't throw out those old Go sets Parcel them up and send them dovn under and | will see that you receive in exchange thelr full weight in butter. Best regards, Bob Talbot. GAMES AND PUZZLES ‘The popular monthly magazine Games and Puzzles is restarting its Go articles with the December issue No.31. The new series contains something of interest to players of al strength ~ Go problems. The problems, which will cover various eategories of life ond death, and son, come in sets of three, graded Easy, Intermediate and Difficult, nexmally WE REPORT ON THE 1974 WESSEX TOURNAMENT The Sth Wessex Tournament organised by the Bristol Go Club took place in the now familior nd tronguil suroundings of Marlborough Town Hall en Sunday the 20th October. Each year the number of entrants has risen ond this year was no exception with the number of playing participants exceeding 100 for the first time. The players were divided into 8 divisions, each division comprising players of approximately the some strength. At the end of the four round tournament the winners wer Div.) T.Nageyama 4 Den Bristol Div.2A.Scarff 2kyw Reading Div.3 M.Macfadyen 4 Kyu Reading Div.4 Nicholson Bkyy Combridge Lyon loKyo Bracknell RHerley V4 kye J.Crow 1a ky F.Asplond 20 Kyw Each winner received o handsome pen and pencil set in a presentation box; also at great expense ond pressurising of @ local supermarket manager, 2 Ib. of sugar. The winner of Division T also received the Robnor Trophy to held for 1 year. Presentation of the prizes was made by Mr.G.Snelgrave, Director of Robnorganic Systems Lid. ‘who made an extremely generous donation towards this yeor's prizes ond spantored the Robnor trophy. Spontaneous applause broke out when Mr.Trevor Schofield of the Weston-super-Mare Club, ch hearing that the runner up in the First division, Me..C. Clement Harwell, énly lost by fone point, immediately offered a consolation cath prize. PROFESSIONAL VISIT Japon Air Lines organised a trip to Europe for two female professionals, Honda Sachiko 4 Don ‘gral Kobayashi Chizu 3 Don. They are both pupils of Kitani Minory 9 Dan. British Go ployers fad the opportunity to meet them on the evening of Tuesday, August 13th, when 0 demonstration ome between Jon Digmond 4 Dan ond Miss Kobayashi was orranged. The game wos played in Sinoll room oway from the main hall, where Miss Honda gave @ running commentary. Block: Jon Diomond, 4 Dan, B Whive: Kobayashi Chizu, 3 Don Time limits: Black - 20 mins) White ~ 10 mins) Comments by John Tilley, bated on those of Miss Honda. Froncis Roads did the diagrams. ish Open Champion 2 stones 40 secs byoyomi and 1 move of 2 mins. ‘Miss Hondo informed the oudience thot : Ts MixsKoboyashi had played some 60 gomes in [e@eme BS. | Rupe on Zor Seren ond fe hs won hen moxw +O OR all, COO Gu Be | whites tt move is 2, thi i cate by or e0@ ae diogramming equipment LOOT eo ouone: White 6 - Thishigh three skip pincer jose is TTT pease seo very popular at the Kitent school Tee Block 9 ~ Miss Koboyothi knew that Jon hed Heer played this against Nokia 7 Dan TOOT eg. cn bs vit lost year and hod wen the Tt eee ee game. She had been shown BG %@ | @1@! +0. 1g 2@{ 1-100 No.2 at the London Go Club the WETTER OROT ap or ap previous evening Se therfore Lt EOeeeer erst ‘decided to play 10 elsewhere. Block 17, Block 23 White 26 = Black's position is to0 low, the ikken-tobi to 'o" would be better, as it would balance with 9 then = As White has played tenuki in the upper left comer, some move is needed before Black can link his stones with 22. White 16 isnot @ regular joseki move, but it is very well suited to the occasion, as it attacks Block's stone 13. = lis better to simply play at 22, it is much safer. Jon's move complicated the | ssue, just what a professional wants! = Black cannot allow White to play at 41, he must come out ond this is a good move therefore. = If Black gets a stone at *b', then he threatens to cut by pushing at 43. Even without © stone at "by there is a weakness for White to worry about, but she has the counter-cut of 'c' available. It is therefore apparent thot White must not puth ot 27, which would strengthen Block for no good reason ot all. This is ‘on important strategic point, please be aware of just how bad White 27 would bbe. White could follow the sequence of Diagram 1, which would protect her Fig.2 101-170 weakness ond keep sente, but Miss Koboyashi chose another way te play. Block 27. - Very severe. The connection a¥ "seems natural, but ist oggresive. White 32 - Tesi Black 33. = Black must copture at 35, White 33 and Block 30, White 96 ~ It seem natural 10 ploy ateri at 38, but Black would not answer, he would toke the vital point of 38 himelf. Black 37. - Very strange, he should push ot 38. Black could not win the fight in this comer. The move played was poor. Block 45 - The sequence starting with 37 was a failure for Black. He could consider cutting at 'e' to increase his liberties and ko would probably result. However, Black chose to abandon his six stones and toke the vitol point of 47. There was no way Jon could be hoppy with the result though. Black 49 - The attack of 'f" on the lower edge would be better Black 61 = Connect, don’t push. The position up to 68 still favours Black, but White hos already mode up a lot of ground. The keima of 68, which maintains pressure against Black's three stone group, is the key paint for helping reduce Block's lower left comer. This comer is not yet totally secure os White 10 1s still kicking. The rest of the game centres around the White attack on Black's three stones 13, 47 and 49 and the development of White's central strength. Before commencing the attack with 80, etc. White solidified her other group with 70 to 78. This is another important strategic principle, strengthen weok groups before attacking elsewhere = you con't tell what may happen. Black 75. - Poor, the exchange 75, 76 weakens Black's upper side. 'g' wos best. Block 81 - A definite overplay. White con cut to the right of 7 so 'h' would have been best. White now separates this Black stone from the upper Black group and Black hos to play a gote move, 87, to defend it- White 94 - This is a good way of protecting the cut. Fig-2 101-170 Black 6 Bad, it was played to gain time, White must answer and it gives Black more time to think about his problems elsewhere. However, it leads to demezumart on Black 25 of Fig.1 Terrible. Black hos not answered White 26, but hat tried to pull out three weok stones instead. Big groups never die, but the writing is on the wall. Black 29 Block eventually lost his 31 stone group and resigned. After the game both players reviewed it and then the spectators had the opport questions about any aspect of Go, through the translating copabi 'y of asking es of Stuart Dowsey, GAME RECORDED FROM THE READING CONGRESS 1974 Black: P.G.Prescott (Londen) 2 Dan White: PiMerrisert-Coiffinigres (Paris) 3 Dan ee Comments by Paul Prescott, after discussions Tagaosage | [T with mony people, notably Patrick Merrisert, % ‘ond Jon Diamond. +t 8.1,3,5 ts the Stk Fuh, fen lang | to several small groups ond heavy + Fighting t B.11 FB plays the nocmal joseki, W will not continue at 53 but will ploy Figure 1. This bad for 8, but I pr the game. W.12 Most W.20 Better one point lower at 132. As played it leaves aji of @ cut at 135 (¢@ hasomi tsuke at 123 to reduce veer eeyers 61 ot 54 82 ko at 44 W.28 Alternatively ot 97 8.29 Larger thon it may look. Imagine @ Wstone there for comparison. W.30 Better to extend all the way and ‘attack one point fo the right of 27;, this is too small becouse of the if in the lower right. But even more important is to ploy C13 and defend his weak group. B.31 Premature. Should extend along Thoar4s — 85k P2koat 44 — 87 a) 79 ko ot 45 Diogrom 001 45 7 1 the right side. W.38 Should copture W.42 Too small. This exchange hos tumed cout well for B afterall, because of W's mistakes. + 8.43 Better ot hoshi to counteract the W 1 influence. tT W.44 Hoping fe confuse B and stort @ 1 a fight, ond he succeeds. Better ry +t however to play Figure 2 ry tt B.45- A.complex sequence with he W.92 mistakes on both sides. t B.45 Better at 46 W.54 Better at 63 B.59 Should simply connect ot 60 B.63. Now the only move. Bis in rouble B.65 Tesuji, but not realy sufficient. W.68 Sagarl ot 68 instead gives Ba lot of problems. 8.87 W has too mony ke threats in the comer: 8.29- 3 8.93 Captures 4 stones, but should play on «a larger scale at 147, W.108 Better the tight geta at EB. B.105 The choice of a point is difficult, but it cannot wait any longer Useless, although W must answer B.107 Bud. 117 is ementiol W.114 116 s better but complex. B.121 Defends the cut in sente 8.123 Now that the cut at 135 is impossible B plays the hasomi-tsoke W.126 Come os @ shock to B. He should ontwer ot 129, but this is complex. Both players had about 15 minutes left here. W.12B Confusing, but it work simply connect W. 138. Threatens both to cut B, and to save A stones. 8.139, Altemately defend and threaten the cut W140, In view of the sequence finally played, B.141 "however, B.141 is better at 143 immediately. W.145 Looks good, but = = = B.151B taker the side. 151 should of course be one point to the left. 8.165 Overlooks his domezumari. A time-pressure blunder. B decides to 8.167 Should play at 168 anyway for 2 points in sente. After 174 8 leads by about 5 points on the board, but he has sente, clthough both players have almost no time left before entering byo-yomi Eventually B won by J point. TO THE EDITOR, BGJ. Deor Sir, 3rd Nov. 1974 It seems apparent that Francis Roads has not seen BGJ No.19 page 12, re his ‘orticle in BGJ No.25 about the ladder. Jim Bates pointed out the error to me in June 1972, but Stuart Dowsey says an eagle eyed gentleman in California spotted it in the week of publication’ The error was made by The Ishi Press staf, not Nagohara. Stuort pointed out 40 me that the paperback version of "Strategie Concepts" has been corrected. Yours sincerely, John $. Tilley ‘A SUGGESTION PASSED TO ONE OF THE EDITORS AT THE LAST WESSEX The following game has no commentary, supply your own. Full commentary available upon request for comparison If this scheme is of a successful nature, further games will be published. We would like to publish your interesting games, only a rough diagram is requi Requests for commentary and new games to Editor, c/o Derek Hunter LONDON GO CENTRE Preparations are proceeding but as yet ne actual opening date can be announced. However, ‘co-operation from the Japan end is very encouraging and it looks os if Mr. Iwamoto will be ‘ble to cttend the opening ceremony in person Inthe meantime, Stuart Dowsey has judged the entries to the competition for an emblem or symbol mark for the Go Centre which was announced in Sunmer Go Journal. A wide variety (of designs were sent in from as for afield os Scotland, Jopan and New Zealand. The winner, ‘a bit closer to home, wos Mr.N.J.A.Jones, of 8 Westmead Road, Fakenham, Norfolk. His design, with minor stylistic change, appears here. To quote from the comments accompanying his entry ~ "This seems fo me to convey the simple basis of the game of Go ond also to suggest the dynamic potential ofits further intricacies os well os its universality." The judge's own view is interesting to compare ~ "The winning logo not only conveys the basis of the game of Go, the way a Go stone relotes to the four adjacent points on the boord; but also most effectively symbolizes the function of the London Go Centre to spread knowledge of Go North, South, East and West". Mr. Jones will receive os his prize a Go set consisting of folding wooden board, gloss stoner and bowls 10 TOKYO DIARY = J.Diomend ‘Asa result of my atinning the British Open Championship, Derek Hunter and myself left London on 13th October on our first visit fo Jopan. We were there for sixteen dys in cll, stoying with Bill Pinkord and Jim Kerwin respectively while we were in Tokyo. Vath Arrived one hour late at about 10 p.m. ond were met by Mr. Yoshida of Go Review, Me. Shimamoto, whom many London players will remember, Bill Pinkard and Jim Kerwit After our first hair-raising experience with the driving of Tokyo taxi drivers, Derek went straight to hed, but a | wam' feeling #00 fred, | played a couple of gumes frst. sion. Afterwards we went upstairs to play in the small playing room, holding approximately 60 people. (The moin hall is only vied for speci ‘occasions and at weekends.) We also mat John Power who is Mr. Yoshida's assistant and deals with most of the foreign cocrespendence. As he has been studying Japanese for 15 years, he speaks it quite wel In the evening we found out that Jim Kerwin had just been accepted by the Nikon Kiin {5 the first Westen student professional. ‘© major event for Werld Go. With any luck he hopes to moke professional First dan in two years time and is prepared to stay in Japon for up to seven more yeart. Sth After some business of my own and sightseeing, we both met at the Kin for lunch. ‘Miss Honda, who was in London recently with Miss Kobayashi, saw us and presented us both with Otake's latest book in the Ge Super Series, autographed by him. After @ few games in the aftemoon, we went to listen to Kajiwora's commentory on the Unfinished Meijin game in the crowded main hall with people standing several deep coround the walls. Although Kajiwara 9-dan has never wen major title, he is always ready to criticise the other top professionals, especially about fuseki.. In one game recently he soid thot ter the fifth move Black was losing by 300 points; naturally Black won the game. He mode several jokes during the commentary. We knew when to laugh because he storted laughing before onyone else. We also felt better about commenting on profess= onal games when he soid at several points that he couldn't understand the game, but then said that wos perhaps why he wasn't Mefjin’ 7th Sightseeing in the morming, including a delightfully smelly Tokyo canal. More Go in the eftemoon and to Bill's fn the evening. 18th After visiting the fomous Meiji shrine we went to a club recently opened by a strong ‘amateur (Kerode) in Shinjuku. Unlike most Go eluts in Jopon which are open 11 a-m. =9 p.m. this one closes at 1] p.m., perhaps because it is in the middle of a Tokyo night club district! The games ore all organised ond results recorded by Korodo or his fsiisiont. Unless you ask specially, don't expect mare thon @ minute or two between games. “Acheiving promotion is rather difficult too = players above 3 don have to win ten consecutive Games! Winning four or more games in a row gains points towards teaching games with professionals. (AI the Kiin the cost of teaching games varies from £2 against I=dons to £15 against title holders like Rin or Ishida.) Despite Korodo's club not encouraging promotions, | still managed to win four out of six gomes. 19th 20th aie 2nd 2rd 24th 25h 26th 2h 26h Rain all day ~ only good for playing Go. However it was also @ poor doy for me. | won two and lost four games at the Kiln We got up early to watch the 8 a.m. T.V. game between Fujisawa Hosa! 9-dan and Otake 9-dan, the second half being shown the following week. It was very interesting watching the gome at the actual speed of play and the commentator, Kajiwara again, After | lost twice taking Black to Jim Kerwin, we also watched the 12.15 game between Tokemiya 7~dan and Yomabe 9-dan. Yamabe made several seemingly obvious mistakes cot high speed, lost @ group and the game. After this Finished at 1.90 we took @ taxi 10 Iwamoto's Ge Club. Mr.twamoto is always very friendly, inying hard to spread Go broad and encourage foreign Go ployers. Without his help | don’t think the London Go Centre could have started. He made Kono, a 3-don professional, play me. Kono beat me twice giving three stones; it was very unfair he was actually trying to win" To Osoka by "bullet train". The journey tokes 3 hours 10 minutes for 350 miles. We sow Osaka Costle = completely rebuilt in 1931 as an exact copy of the original, in the aftemoon. No Go at all. Visited Kyoto, 30 minutes from Osaka. For the only time during our trip we did not rely en public transport and took @ sightseeing coach because it rained continuously all doy. In Osoka in the evening we eventually located Yasunage’s Igo Centre and played several games. The entry fee is lower (about 30p) than other Go clubs, but you ‘also have to pay 7p for each game you lose. Sightseeing ond shopping. No Go again’ want fo see Nara in the morning. It was the most peaceful city | saw in Jopan, apart from several thousand children on school trips. We had booked seats on @ train fo get us back to Tokyo in time for Takagawa's comments on the last game for the Meijin title. Unhappily even British Rail couldn't have excelled themselves like the Jopanese and the joumey took nearly eight hours. ed After only three games at the Nihon Kiin ond playing through the Meiijin gome pul the Yomiuri newspaper, which Rin lost, we wont to see the famous night life of the inza. It was lucky that we did not go there much later because all the people hed

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