Honinbo Jowa vs Inoue Gennan Inseki

This game was played in 1821, and at the time Honinbo Jowa was a 6 dan pro, and Inoue Gennan Inseki was 5 dan. They had both already become heirs to their Iemoto schools.
Jowa had had difficulty in defeating the younger Inseki, and that had been an obstacle to his becoming the Honinbo heir, and later became an issue when Jowa wanted to be Meijin. Nonetheless, Jowa managed to win the most important games, including this castle game, and that was part of the reason he succeeded to become Meijin.
Gennan Inseki also hoped to be Meijin, and he was an outstanding player. However, the fact that he lost important games to Jowa, Shuwa, and finally Shusaku made him lose any chance to get that honor. While I would argue that these two were already the strongest players in their time, they would have to promote to 8-dan before their bid to Meijin would become realistic.
White: Honinbo Jowa
vs
Inoue Gennan Inseki
(called Inoue Ansetsu at the time of this game)
1821-11-17
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Great video - Michael Redmond's analysis is easy to understand even for a kyu player like me. I love how he can take a complicated game and make it enjoyable for everyone.

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Thank you for sharing. I always love your analyses

[@seventus]

Thank you for the game review Mr. Redmond.
I love Jowa!
One of my favourite games is Jowa's two stone game vs Sekiyama Sendayu played in 1831-07-31 {Tenpo 2 VI 23}
Like many of Jowa's later handicap games, they contain some really interesting stuff. Are you familiar with this game? I think move 135 and Jowa's living sequences in the centre were incredible. The beginning also contains a great pattern played by Sendayu with four consecutive cutting tesuji.
I'd love to see your thoughts on that game.

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[@MelindaGreen]

Why would inseki only become Buddhists once they retire? Did being a Buddhist not imply a religious belief?

[@heartache5742]

He meant living as a monk

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Thanks, I agree with the reply.

[@BrianFoster-ji9fp]

No, being a Buddhist implied retirement. Come on, ask me a hard one.

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Monastic life