Fujitsu Cup
The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988-2011.
Outline[]
The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:
- The top 3 players from the previous year's competition
- 7 players from Japan
- 5 players from China
- 5 players from South Korea
- 1 player from Taiwan
- 1 player from North America
- 1 player from South America
- 1 player from Europe
All 24 players played through preliminaries, until 8 players with the best record were given automatic advancement to the second round. The other 16 played against each other in the first round. The format was a single knockout, with 5.5 komi. The time limit was 3 hours' thinking time, and the winner's purse was ¥15,000,000 (≈$142,000).
In December 2011, the Japanese Go Association announced the permanent closure of the tournament.[1]
Past winners and runners-up[]
Edition | Year | Nat. | Winner | Nat. | Runner-up |
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1 | 1988 | ![]() |
Takemiya Masaki | ![]() |
Rin Kaiho |
2 | 1989 | ||||
3 | 1990 | Rin Kaiho | ![]() |
Nie Weiping | |
4 | 1991 | Cho Chikun | Qian Yuping | ||
5 | 1992 | Otake Hideo | ![]() |
O Rissei | |
6 | 1993 | ![]() |
Yoo Changhyuk | ![]() |
Cho Hunhyun |
7 | 1994 | Cho Hunhyun | Yoo Changhyuk | ||
8 | 1995 | ![]() |
Ma Xiaochun | ![]() |
Kobayashi Koichi |
9 | 1996 | ![]() |
Lee Chang-ho | ![]() |
Ma Xiaochun |
10 | 1997 | ![]() |
Kobayashi Koichi | ![]() |
O Rissei |
11 | 1998 | ![]() |
Lee Chang-ho | ![]() |
Chang Hao |
12 | 1999 | Yoo Changhyuk | Ma Xiaochun | ||
13 | 2000 | Cho Hunhyun | Chang Hao | ||
14 | 2001 | ![]() |
Choi Myung-Hoon | ||
15 | 2002 | Lee Sedol | Yoo Changhyuk | ||
16 | 2003 | Song Tae Kon | |||
17 | 2004 | Pak Yeong-hun | ![]() |
Yoda Norimoto | |
18 | 2005 | Lee Sedol | ![]() |
Choi Cheol-han | |
19 | 2006 | Park Jungsang | ![]() |
Zhou Heyang | |
20 | 2007 | Pak Yeong-hun | ![]() |
Lee Chang-ho | |
21 | 2008 | ![]() |
Gu Li | ||
22 | 2009 | ![]() |
Kang Dongyun | ||
23 | 2010 | ![]() |
Kong Jie | ![]() |
Lee Sedol |
24 | 2011 | ![]() |
Park Junghwan | ![]() |
Qiu Jun |
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Categories:
- International Go competitions