Kuwabara 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. 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.

White: Shuwa
Black: Shusaku
Black 1-3-5 is the famous Shusaku fuseki. Of Black 7, a favourite move, Shusaku once declared: "No matter how Go develops, the dia­gonal move of 7 can never be a bad move so long as the game is played on a 19 x 19 board"

(;GM[1];B[qd];W[dc];B[pq];W[oc];B[cp];W[qo];B[pe];W[mq];B[op];W[pm];B[no];W[qj] ;B[iq];W[kq];B[io];W[ko];B[qp];W[ep];B[dn];W[hp];B[ip];W[cq];B[bq];W[dq];B[br]; W[gn];B[im])