Oskar Korschelt (September 18, 1853 in

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; some sources erroneously give him the name Oscar or Otto) was a German chemist and engineer who introduced the Asian strategy

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of Go to Europe, especially to Germany and

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. He was an industrial chemist working in the brewing industry. He arrived in Japan in 1875, teaching at Tokyo Medical School, which next year was merged into

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. In 1880 he gave up his academic position, then working on

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for the Japanese government. He left Japan in 1884. He learned about the game from Honinbo Shuho while in Japan. It is reported that they played on a six-stone handicap. After his return he lived in

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. He published a detailed article ''Das japanisch-chinesische Spiel Go, ein Konkurrent des Schach'' on Go in the journal ''Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Natur und Völkerkunde Ostasiens'' in 1880/1. This report contained detailed commentaries on expert games. A few years later he published a book based on articles ''Das "Go"-Spiel'' from 1884, drawing on several Japanese sources.

References

* Gogod Encyclopedia, CD-ROM * Korschelt, Oscar: ''The Theory and Practice of Go'' (). Tuttle. 1853 births 1940 deaths 20th-century German chemists History of Go German Go players Chess composers 19th-century German chemists {{Go-bio-stub