Kuwahara Shusaku General information kanji [No promotion information available] also found as Shusaku Honinbo Shusaku Kuwahara Torajiro Yasuda Shusaku korean Soo-chaek nationality Japan born 1829 died 1862 go houses Honinbo,heir,15,1848,1862 teachers Honinbo Shuwa pro status Professional pid 7896 Performance games 570 wins 382 losses 123 draws 23 unknown 30 no result 12 score 74.53% (details) biography Kuwahara Shusaku was born in 1829 and died of cholera in 1862. In his short career he established himself as one of the greatest players of Go history. His record of 19 wins, no losses in the official "castle games" is unique. With Black Shusaku was virtually invincible. There is a story that once when asked the result of a game, he replied simply "I had black". Shusaku's fuseki theory became the starting point for modern Go. game collection properties sort by 570 games match record id event round black player black id black rank black team black ranks white player white id white rank white team white ranks place komi handicap allotted time moves mtime signature file size date game record result date (r) date place event player modified file size # of moves (ids=="7896") List size: items include:  List Stats