IV
White.—Hirose Heijiro, fifth degree.
Black.—Nagano Keijiro, fourth degree.
Black has a handicap of two stones. (D 4 and Q 16.)
Played March, 1907, in Tokio. Both players were of the Hoyensha School.
When this game was published, it was annotated by Mr. Iwasaki Kenzo, and I have translated his annotations; these are indicated by the initials “I. K.”
| White | Black | ||
| 1. | R 4. | 2. | C 16. |
| 3. | E 17. | 4. | D 15. |
| 5. | C 11. To prevent Black forming territory on the left side. | 6. | C 7. P 3 would have been better. (Iwasaki Kenzo.) |
| 7. | O 3. | 8. | R 10. This move is called “Moku Shita.” It is one of Murase Shuho’s inventions. |
| 9. | R 14. White breaks into Black’s territory at once. | 10. | R 6. |
| 11. | O 17. | 12. | O 16. These moves will be found in the chapter on “Joseki.” |
| 13. | N 16. | 14. | O 15. |
| 15. | P 17. | 16. | Q 17. |
| 17. | Q 13. White must look out for the stone at R 14. | 18. | R 15. This move secures the corner, and at the same time protects the connection ofBlack’s stones on lines O and Q. “Ikkyo ryo toku.” |
| 19. | O 13. | 20. | N 14.[[98]] |
| 21. | L 17. Replies to Black’s last move. | 22. | Q 14. |
| 23. | S 14. | 24. | F 16. |
| 25. | G 17. | 26. | S 15. Secures the corner. |
| 27. | P 10. | 28. | Q 8. P 6 would have been better. (I. K.) |
| 29. | C 14. | 30. | D 14. |
| 31. | C 13. | 32. | D 12. Not the best move. M 3 would have been better. (I. K.) |
| 33. | D 11. | 34. | E 12. |
| 35. | E 11. | 36. | F 11. |
| 37. | F 12. White cuts off. This is an aggressive move. | 38. | F 13. G 14 would have been better. (I. K.) |
| 39. | G 12. | 40. | F 10. |
| 41. | G 13. | 42. | F 14. |
| 43. | D 8. White provides an escape for stones on line 11. | 44. | H 15. H 14 was better, as White dare not cut off at G 14. (I. K.) |
| 45. | H 10. | 46. | F 8. |
| 47. | D 7. | 48. | C 6. |
| 49. | D 6. | 50. | D 5. |
| 51. | F 6. | 52. | H 9. Black must provide an exit for his stones on line E. |
| 53. | J 10. White cannot risk jumping farther. | 54. | H 8. |
| 55. | H 17. Not good. K 8 would have been better. (I. K.) | 56. | K 8. Black promptly escapes. |
| 57. | C 8. Good, but not the best. M 12 would have helped the white stones near the center. | 58. | L 10. Black commences an attack on White’s five stones. |
| 59. | J 14. White retreats. | 60. | J 15. |
| 61. | L 14. | 62. | L 15. |
| 63. | L 12. | 64. | J 12. This is a “Sute ishi,” but it greatly aids Black’s attack.[[100]] |
| 65. | K 12. Not a good move. By reason of this Black’s sixty-eighth move is made possible.(I. K.) | 66. | K 15. |
| 67. | J 13. Another move which arrests the development of the game. (I. K.) | 68. | K 17. Attacks White’s stones at the top of the board. |
| 69. | K 18. | 70. | L 18. |
| 71. | J 17. | 72. | M 17. |
| 73. | K 16. Takes. | 74. | L 16. Black’s attack on the upper right-hand corner is now well developed. |
| 75. | P 8. White abandons the field and plays elsewhere. | 76. | P 7. |
| 77. | O 8. | 78. | H 5. |
| 79. | F 4. | 80. | H 3. |
| 81. | F 2. | 82. | D 2. |
| 83. | F 7. White perfects his connection. | 84. | M 3. |
| 85. | Q 9. | 86. | R 9. |
| 87. | Q 7. | 88. | R 8. |
| 89. | P 6. | 90. | M 5. Black enlarges his territory at the bottom of the board. |
| 91. | O 7. Takes. | 92. | S 5. Forming “Me” for the side group. |
| 93. | C 18. Stronger than C 17. | 94. | K 17. Takes in “Ko.” |
| 95. | S 4. | 96. | R 12. |
| 97. | P 14. | 98. | Q 15. |
| 99. | R 13. | 100. | T 4. |
| 101. | L 17. Takes in “Ko.” | 102. | M 18. |
| 103. | K 3. Invading Black’s territory. White can connect on either side. | 104. | L 4. |
| 105. | H 2. | 106. | G 3. |
| 107. | J 3. | 108. | J 4.[[101]] |
| 109. | G 2. | 110. | M 7. |
| 111. | E 2. | 112. | C 3. If Black plays at D 3, White could reply at D 1 with the “Sente.” |
| 113. | L 8. Threatening Black’s territory. If Black defends, White can connect somewhere. | 114. | K 9. |
| 115. | J 6. | 116. | H 6. |
| 117. | L 6. White’s attack on this territory is very fine. | 118. | L 7. |
| 119. | K 4. | 120. | K 5. |
| 121. | J 5. | 122. | K 6. |
| 123. | H 4. Takes. | 124. | S 3. |
| 125. | R 3. | 126. | S 2. |
| 127. | J 7. | 128. | M 9. Black cannot neglect this—the whole center of the board might be lost. |
| 129. | R 2. | 130. | H 7. |
| 131. | T 15. | 132. | S 17. Better than T 16, as it provides for “Me” in the corner. |
| 133. | S 12. | 134. | S 11. |
| 135. | L 19. | 136. | K 17. Takes in “Ko.” |
| 137. | N 9. | 138. | N 8. |
| 139. | L 17. Takes in “Ko.” | 140. | M 16. |
| 141. | N 7. | 142. | M 8. |
| 143. | B 17. | 144. | B 16. |
| 145. | B 8. | 146. | M 12. Threatening to surround the ten white stones in the center. |
| 147. | E 9. | 148. | F 9. |
| 149. | K 14. Forming “Me” for group in center. | 150. | G 11. |
| 151. | H 11. | 152. | H 14. |
| 153. | M 11. | 154. | H 13. |
| 155. | H 12. | 156. | M 13.[[102]] |
| 157. | L 11. | 158. | S 1. This move is worth five or six points. |
| 159. | B 6. B 5 might have been more aggressive. | 160. | B 5. |
| 161. | B 7. | 162. | C 5. |
| 163. | N 5. | 164. | N 6. |
| 165. | N 4. | 166. | L 2. |
| 167. | N 2. | 168. | M 2. Otherwise White would play at L 3. |
| 169. | G 5. | 170. | A 13. This stone is connected with stone at B 16. This move often occurs. |
| 171. | B 12. | 172. | D 17. |
| 173. | E 18. | 174. | Q 12. |
| 175. | P 12. | 176. | T 16. |
| 177. | E 16. | 178. | E 15. |
| 179. | R 5. | 180. | S 7. |
| 181. | R 1. | 182. | Q 6. |
| 183. | Q 5. This part of the board is now completed. | 184. | M 19. |
| 185. | A 5. | 186. | A 4. |
| 187. | A 6. | 188. | B 4. |
| 189. | M 4. | 190. | L 3. |
| 191. | K 2. | 192. | K 19. Takes. |
| 193. | J 19. | 194. | K 17. Takes in “Ko.” |
| 195. | L 19. Takes in “Ko.” | 196. | F 17. |
| 197. | F 18. | 198. | D 18. |
| 199. | C 17. | 200. | D 16. |
| 201. | D 19. “Watari.” | 202. | E 10. |
| 203. | D 10. | 204. | E 8. |
| 205. | M 10. | 206. | Q 10. |
| 207. | K 10. | 208. | L 9. Takes. |
| 209. | P 9. | 210. | L 13. |
| 211. | K 13. | 212. | N 12. |
| 213. | M 14. | 214. | N 13.[[103]] |
| 215. | N 11. | 216. | O 12. |
| 217. | O 11. | 218. | O 14. |
| 219. | P 13. | 220. | D 9. Takes. |
| 221. | C 9. | 222. | Q 11. |
| 223. | P 11. | 224. | J 16. Takes. |
| 225. | G 16. | 226. | F 15. |
| 227. | N 3. | 228. | M 6. |
| 229. | T 14. | 230. | T 12. |
| 231. | T 13. | 232. | S 13. Takes. |
| 233. | P 15. | 234. | P 16. |
| 235. | S 12. Takes in “Ko.” | 236. | T 11. |
| 237. | E 3. | 238. | O 6. |
| 239. | O 5. | 240. | A 17. |
| 241. | A 18. | 242. | A 16. |
| 243. | A 12. | 244. | B 14. |
| 245. | B 13. | 246. | A 14. |
| 247. | D 3. | 248. | C 2. |
| 249. | M 15. | 250. | N 15. |
Black wins, the report says, by “Ichi ban,” which means anything up to ten “Me.” According to my continuation, Black won by seven “Me.” [[99]]
Plate 16