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Manufacturer Go Game Guru	Recommended Age 5 years and up	Brand Go Game Guru

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• Genuine Kaya Go board
• Signed by Lee Changho 9 dan himself – one of the greatest Go players of all time
• Hand made from a single piece of grade A Kaya, which is dried for more than 10 years before starting work on the board
• Traditional masame cut (shihou-masa) displays straight grain on four sides (rarest and most desirable cut for a Go board)
• Dimensions: 18.1 x 19 x 13.1 in (46 x 48.3 x 33.2 cm). Weight: 46.3 lb (21 kg).

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This spectacular 8.3 inch (21.2 cm) kaya Go board is among the very best Go boards you could buy.

But what makes this particular board really special is that it's also been personally signed by one of the greatest Go players of all time, Lee Changho 9 dan.

Lee Changho was practically unbeatable in the late 20th and early 21st century and his dominance spanned a period of more than 10 years.

The board itself is made from a single piece of the highest quality grade A kaya and has elegant, hand carved legs.

The wood is cut in the traditional masame (shihou-masa) style, meaning that it displays straight grain on four sides. This is the rarest and most desirable cut for a Go board.

This board was made by master craftsman Shin Myongsik, who has 50 years of experience making high quality Go boards.

Kaya (torreya nucifera) is a softwood tree native to parts of Eastern Asia.

It's generally considered to produce the best wood available for making Go boards and Go board craftsmen refer to kaya as a diamond among trees.

Unfortunately, kaya was over-harvested in the past (for making boats, bath tubs and Go boards, among other things) and these days only wood from fallen kaya trees is available. Due the to very low availability of, and high demand for kaya, the wood is very expensive.

Kaya is a slow growing tree, and the trees used to make Go boards are usually about 500 years old, which is another reason why kaya Go boards are rare and expensive these days.

Because of its slow growth, kaya is a very dense wood with a fine, attractive grain. Kaya boards are known and valued for their gentle golden coloring, beautiful tree rings, fine grain, pleasant scent and the sound produced by the wood when a stone is played on the board.

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