Fujitsu Cup
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The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) is a Go competition.
[edit] Outline
The Fujitsu Cup is an international competition. Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun host the oldest international Go competition. The players are picked like the following.
- The top 3 players from the previous years competition
- 7 players from
Japan - 5 players from
China - 4 players from
South Korea - 2 players from
Taiwan - 1 player from
North America - 1 player from South America
- 1 player from
Europe
All 24 players play through preliminaries, until 8 players with the best record are given automatic advancement to the second round. The other 16 play against each other in the first round. The format is single knockout with 5.5 komi. The time limit is 3 hours thinking time, and the winner's purse is 15,000,000 Yen ($142,000).
[edit] Winners & runners-up
| Winner | Runner up | Years Played |
|---|---|---|
| Takemiya Masaki |
Rin Kaiho |
1988 |
| Takemiya Masaki |
Rin Kaiho |
1989 |
| Rin Kaiho |
Nie Weiping |
1990 |
| Cho Chikun |
Qian Yuping |
1991 |
| Otake Hideo |
O Rissei |
1992 |
| Yoo Changhyuk |
Cho Hunhyun |
1993 |
| Cho Hunhyun |
Yoo Changhyuk |
1994 |
| Ma Xiaochun |
Kobayashi Koichi |
1997 |
| Lee Chang-ho |
Ma Xiaochun |
1996 |
| Kobayashi Koichi |
O Rissei |
1997 |
| Lee Chang-ho |
Chang Hao |
1998 |
| Yoo Changhyuk |
Ma Xiaochun |
1999 |
| Cho Hunhyun |
Chang Hao |
2000 |
| Cho Hunhyun |
Choi Myung-Hoon |
2001 |
| Lee Sedol |
Yoo Changhyuk |
2002 |
| Lee Sedol |
Song Tae Kon |
2003 |
| Park Young-Hoon |
Yoda Norimoto |
2004 |
| Lee Sedol |
Choi Cheol-han |
2005 |
| Park Jungsang |
Zhou Heyang |
2006 |
[edit] External links
Current — LG Cup · Samsung Cup · Fujitsu Cup · Chunlan Cup · World Oza · Ing Cup · Zhonghuan Cup
Defunct — Tong Yang Cup
