A 20-Year-Old Just Won Go’s Oldest Title — and Broke a Record That Stood for 55 Years
Fukuoka Kotaro becomes the youngest Honinbo in history, dethroning Japan’s top player in a deciding fifth game. On July 1, in the city of Kofu at the foot of Japan’s southern Alps, a 20-year-old sat down across the board from the strongest Go player in Japan — and stood up a few hours later as […]