Rin Kaiho (Chinese: 林海峰; Pinyin: Lín Hǎifēng; born on May 6, 1942) is a professional Go player.Biography
Rin Kaiho was born in Shanghai, China. He was a student of Go Seigen when Go brought him to Japan in 1952. He was a promising player who won his first title at the age of 23. That title was the Meijin. He is part of the 1200 win group. Rin's rise to fame came in 1965 when he challenged Sakata Eio Meijin for his Meijin title. Rin, at the time, was still only 23 and critics thought he would stand no chance against the then powerful Sakata. Even Sakata himself said that no Go player under the age of thirty should be Meijin. Rin put up a great fightback and won the Meijin title. Rin would continue winning the Meijin on different occasions, along with the Honinbo during the late 60's and early 70's. His number of titles currently is 36, ranking him 4th all time on the total number of titles list. Rin has been on a dry spell of titles lately, with the last time he even challenged for one was in 2001 for the Meijin. As it always has been, the elders have been getting pushed out of titles, and Rin is following suit. Although, there have been many suprises in the Go world, so there are chances of Rin capturing one more title. At this point if Rin won a title in 4 years, he would become the oldest title holder ever, surpassing Fujisawa Hideyuki (Won the Oza at the age of 67). Rin currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.Titles & Runner Up's
Trivia
- Rin is Honorary Tengen for winning the Tengen 5 times in a row from 1989 - 1993.
- He needs to win the Kisei tournament and he will have won all major Japanese titles.
- In 1968 he became the second player to hold the Meijin and Honinbo titles at the same time.
- His students include the incredible Cho U, Rin Kanketsu, and Rin Shien.
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