Talk:Hon'inbō Shūsaku

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Death?[edit]

While the August 10 page says Shusaku died that day, this one claims he died on September 6. I'm by no means a Shusaku expert, but every source I've found says it was on August 10, so I'm changing it. Does anyone know anything about this? Tropsy 16:40, 9 Feb 2005 (GMT+1)

August 10 is correct. Stray differences in dates can be caused by naive transcription of dates, ignoring calender reform. Charles Matthews 16:17, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You sure? This edit by 158.152.128.93 says that it's 6 June 1829 to 3 September 1862, and a reverse lookup on the IP address seems to indicate that it was made by John Fairbairn (the owner of harrowgo.demon.co.uk). Isn't he an expert in this stuff? Evercat 19:15, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, I checked against JF's work on names. Better look again. Charles Matthews 19:33, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It's definitely 1862-VIII-10. So, referring to the conventions he uses, that appears to be the old lunar calendar. This gives the possibility that a September date is correct, once it is figured out what the translation is. Charles Matthews 19:40, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The date of birth was Bunsei 12/5/5, the date of death Bunkyū 2/8/10. In Western Gregorian style that is 1829-06-06 and 1862-09-03. This is given correctly by the Japanese, Korean and German WP, and sometimes also by the English one, but the correct Sept 3 has repeatedly been replaced by the incorrect Sept 7. The 10th day of the Japanese 8th month is not August 10. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.101.109.117 (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

castle games?[edit]

For those of us who don't really know much about Go, someone should define what a "castle game" is. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 07:07, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

See oshirogo. Charles Matthews 07:56, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanx. That was quick. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 11:22, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sanjubango error[edit]

A line from the paragraph says "Ota was doing well until the 11th game, when Shusaku started to fight back. Ota was behind by 4 games after the 17th game". Although I do not have the historical sources to bring as a proof, simply as a mathematical statement, it is not possible for Ota to be behind by four games at the end of 17th game (or for that matter, Ota cannot be behind by any even number of games). Just had an itch to point it out. Hope I help in some way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.104.79.105 (talk) 10:40, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By 17th game Ota could be behind by even or odd number of game. You probably missed possibility of jigo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.105.177.204 (talk) 16:34, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]