The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988 to 2011.
The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:
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]
Edition | Year | Nat. | Winner | Nat. | Runner-up | |
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1 | 1988 | Rin Kaiho | ||||
2 | 1989 | |||||
3 | 1990 | Nie Weiping | ||||
4 | 1991 | Qian Yuping | ||||
5 | 1992 | O Rissei | ||||
6 | 1993 | Cho Hunhyun | ||||
7 | 1994 | Yoo Changhyuk | ||||
8 | 1995 | Kobayashi Koichi | ||||
9 | 1996 | Ma Xiaochun | ||||
10 | 1997 | O Rissei | ||||
11 | 1998 | Chang Hao | ||||
12 | 1999 | Ma Xiaochun | ||||
13 | 2000 | Chang Hao | ||||
14 | 2001 | Choi Myung-Hoon | ||||
15 | 2002 | Yoo Changhyuk | ||||
16 | 2003 | Song Tae Kon | ||||
17 | 2004 | Yoda Norimoto | ||||
18 | 2005 | Choi Cheol-han | ||||
19 | 2006 | Zhou Heyang | ||||
20 | 2007 | Lee Chang-ho | ||||
21 | 2008 | |||||
22 | 2009 | |||||
23 | 2010 | Lee Sedol | ||||
24 | Qiu Jun |