Cho Chikun
newest title is Kisei, won 6 times before Cho by Fujisawa Hideyuki who never won Gosei, the next newest title. https://senseis.xmp.net/?BigTitles#toc5
Incorrect, the answer was China; Rin was born in Shanghai in 1942. This one was a bit tricky because he’s a Taiwanese citizen, due to the Republic of China moving offshore. https://senseis.xmp.net/?RinKaiho
Correct
Correct (though the last title in the set was actually the Judan, won from Kato Masao in 1988.) Kato Masao was actually Cho’s closest competitor for the record (he had won six titles by 1986), but he never managed to win the Kisei.
I mistakenly thought this was Iyama Yuta (I wanted to trip people up by needlessly specifying “non-simultanously”), but I had a hard look at the big titles table after you answered.
Correct
Correct
Correct, though a pedant would insist on “the UK” or “the Union flag”.
Easy section total: 9 points
Correct. I hoped you might mess up and say James Kerwin or even Michael Redmond.
Regarding part 1 #5, the article I read says two things: “Rin Kaihō or Lin Haifeng… born May 6, 1942) is a professional Taiwanese-born Go player” and “Rin Kaiho was born in Shanghai, China”. Failed to read past the first answer.
Too bad it wasn’t Taiwan. In that case he would have been born in Japan: “…in 1895, the Qing ceded the island…to the Empire of Japan…following the end of World War II, the Republic of China…took control…In 1949…the ROC government…withdrew to Taiwan”.
Know more about how to search with google than about go.
Ah, one must possess mental telepathy to be able to access the original poster’s mind to be able to determine “the spirit of the game”. You’re a lucky man! (cue ELP)
The spirit of the game must have been to already know it all or to guess randomly, remain ignorant and learn nothing by one’s own effort. Sorry I cheated! In that case my score should have been Part 1, #2 because Honinbo came to mind before Meijin and I don’t know others and Part 2, #2 because I took a stab at what a courtesy name might be. (better question would have been his birth name).
Here’s my quiz:
What is my middle name?
Which of my opponents at DGS do I know personally?
What is my AGA rating?
What year did I play in the US Open?
Which opponent got 1 point off me in that match because I did not fill a dame?
What Go clubs have I been a member of. (hint, there were 2)
Where did I first encounter the game of Go? (town and state suffice, extra credit for details)
At what college was the man who taught my first Go game a professor?
What 9P did I play in a 3-person simul?
What was my maternal grandmother’s maiden name? Mega Bonus extra credit: name the region and village in France both of her parents came from.
Rules: Use only your own knowledge or W.A.G but no internet Search…Good luck!
edit - on second thought, go ahead and use search too.
