Rin Kaiho | Player Profile | PlayGo.gg

Go Seigen's first student, Meijin at 23

Biography

Rin Kaiho (born 1942 in Shanghai) grew up in Taiwan and went to Japan in 1952, aged 10, as the first formal student of Go Seigen. He turned professional at the Nihon Ki-in in 1955, then the youngest ever, and reached 9-dan in 1967.

In 1965, at 23, he beat Sakata Eio 4-2 to win the Meijin. He won 21 major Japanese titles in all: the Meijin 8 times, Honinbo 5, Tengen 5, and the Judan, Oza and Gosei once each, and holds the title Honorary Tengen. His knack for saving lost games earned him the nickname "Nimaigoshi".

Internationally he won the 1990 Fujitsu Cup, beating Nie Weiping. Cho U is his student. In Taiwan, the Haifong Go Academy is run by his eldest son, Lin Minhao.

vs. Lee Changho, 3rd Tong Yang Securities Cup, Final Game 5

January 27, 1992

Rin Kaiho, 49, took Black against 16-year-old Lee Changho in the fifth and deciding game of the final. Lee won by one point and took his first international title.