Intetsu Akaboshi

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Intetsu Akaboshi


Full name	Intetsu Akaboshi
Date of birth	1810
Place of birth	, Japan
Place of death	, Japan
Teacher	Gennan Inseki
Rank	7 dan

Intetsu Akaboshi (1810 - October 20, 1835) was a professional go player.

[edit] Biography

Akaboshi was the victim of the famous "Blood-vomiting game" he had played with Honinbo Jowa in 1835. The story was as follows;

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Gennan Inseki, a former rival of Jowa, knowing that he could not defeat Jowa himself, persuaded Akaboshi Intetsu, a rapidly improving pupil of Gennan, to play against him. The match started with Akaboshi having the advantage, as he unleashed the taisha variation that was developed secretly in the Inoue house. However as the four day long game progressed, Jowa slowly clawed his way into the lead by playing three famous moves known as the "Ghost Moves", the three moves were supposedly brought to Jowa by ghosts, allowing him to grind Intetsu's lead away. In the end, Jowa won, and as the stones were being cleared from the board, Akaboshi kneeled over the board and coughed up blood. Within a few weeks, he was dead.

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He was a very bright student and had high ambitions into becoming a top go player. By the time he was 17, he was a 3 dan, and seven years later he reached 7 dan. At that time, a player of 7 dan rank was one of the strongest. He was also said to have been a future Meijin if his life had not been cut so short.