Kaku Takagawa

Takagawa Kaku (Japanese高 川 格; born September 21, 1915 in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, † 26 November 1986), also known as Takagawa Shukaku (高 川 秀 格), was one of the most successful Japanese Go players of the 20th century.

Achievements

Kaku Takagawa won the Honinbo title nine times in a row, from 1952 to 1960, and received pursuant to this power the permanent title of Honorary Honinbo. Then he chose as his Shukaku Honinbo name.

Writings

• Sanren - Be. The Power - opening, in 2010, Brett and stone, ISBN 978-3-940563-13-2
• Joseki in the middle game. Go- Sangyo -Verlag, Lintorf 1972 / German Chess Federation of the GDR, Comms Go, Berlin 1986
• Go no Kandokoro (碁 の 勘どころ). Nihon Kiin, 1953 Peter Fast ( translator ): The Key to Go. German Go Association, Berlin

• Go players
• Japanese
• Born in 1915
• Died in 1986
• Man