Fujitsu Cup
The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988 to 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 until 2002, 6.5 komi from 2003. 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
External links
- Official website
- The Fujitsu Cup games
References
- ^ "Fujitsu Cup Ends After 24-Year Run". American Go e-Journal. 2011-12-19. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24.
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