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The translated and shortened version by Edward Seidenstecker is the preferred version of the author. It was originally written in 64 installments while the author was a reporter for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. One character, based on Kitani Minoru, has his name changed in the fictionalized account of the real-life event. The book chronicles an actual 1938 event that lasted several months and 237 moves as Otaké of the Seventh Rank defeats the retiring Honnimbō Shūsai in, for 10 points, what non-fiction novel titled for the player of a Japanese game, written by Yasunari Kawabata.
The translated and shortened version by Edward Seidenstecker is the preferred version of the author.
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