was a professional Go

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Biography

Kajiwara studied under

Riichi Sekiyama Riichi Sekiyama (関山利一, December 23, 1909 – January 15, 1970) was a Japanese professional go player. Born in Hyogo, Riichi became a student of Tamejiro Suzuki in 1924 and turned professional a year later in 1925. He won the first ever ...

9 dan until Kajiwara became a 1 dan in the autumn of 1937. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1965. Kajiwara left the

Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associat ...

in 1947 with seven other professionals to create a rival organization, the Igo Shisha. He returned the following year. He challenged for the Oza title, the sixth largest in Japan, in 1964. A year later in 1965, he led a group of players to

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, where he helped develop the

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. He is known for his famous "drilling tactics" and intuitive flair. He, along with

Hideyuki Fujisawa , also known as Shuko Fujisawa, was a Japanese professional Go player. A younger uncle of another professional, Hosai Fujisawa and grandfather of professional Go player Rina Fujisawa. Biography Hideyuki Fujisawa was born in Yokohama, Japan ...

and Toshiro Yamabe made up the group of "

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" (

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) of the post-war generation. Kajiwara taught the apprentices in the Kitani

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for an extended period when

Kitani Minoru was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan. Biography He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the ...

was incapacitated by illness. He thus played an important role in the development of the dominant Kitani-school players in the last quarter of the 20th century. In tournament play he reached the final of the 8th Asahi Pro Best Ten and played in the 1976, 1977, and 1978

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leagues. He also tied for first place in the 1977 Gosei league.Preface of the book ''Direction of Play'' ()

References

External links

Nihon Ki-in profile
(in Japanese) 1923 births Japanese Go players People from Sado, Niigata People from Tokyo 2009 deaths {{Japan-Go-bio-stub