| World Go News |
Date |
 |
| The final of 23rd Fujitsu Cup took place between the current two world strongest players on 7/5, as a result Kong Jie 9p defeated Lee Sedol 9p by 12.5 points and won his third world champion. The champion prize is 15 million Yen. Besides this champion, Kong Jie also keeps other three world champions (LG Cup, Samsung Cup and Asian TV Cup Fast Game) and achieves a great victory to become the world #1 player. | 2010-07-05 | 
 |
| In the semi final of 23rd Fujitsu Cup held on 7/3, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Piao Wenyao 5p by resignation and Kong Jie 9p defeated Qiu Jun 9p by resignation. Therefore the current two world strongest players, Lee Sedol and Kong Jie, will meet in the final for the champion on 7/5. | 2010-07-03 | |
| The 23rd Fujitsu Cup started to play. After first three rounds held on 4/10, 4/12 and 4/14 respectively, the final four players were decided. Among notables, Park Junghwan knocked out Chang Hao by resignation in first round, Qiu Jun eliminated Lee Changho by resignation and Gu Li defeated Park Junghwan by resignation in second round. In third round, Lee Sedol defeated Gu Li by resignation, Qiu Jun beat Kang Doonyoon by resignation, Kong Jie overpowered Kim Jisuk by resignation and Piao Wenyao defeated Park YuongHoon by resignation. So three Chinese and one Korean players advanced to the semi final. The semi final and final will take place on 7/3 and 7/5 respectively, the semi final pairings are Lee Sedol vs. Piao Wenyao and Kong Jie vs. Qiu Jun. | 2010-04-15 | |
| The final of the 22nd Fujitsu Cup was held on 7/6, Kang Doonyoon 9p defeated Lee Changho 9p by resignation and won the champion of the world major Go tournament for the first time, in comparison Lee Changho 9p finished the second place for the eighth straight time in world Go tournament. In the 3-4 place fight, Park YuongHoon beat Chang Hao by resignation. | 2009-07-06 | |
| In the semi final of the 22nd Fujitsu Cup held on 7/4, Lee Changho 9p defeated Chang Hao 9p by 4.5 points, Kang Doonyoon 9p beat Park YuongHoon 9p by resignation. The final between Lee Changho and Kang Doonyoon will take place on 7/6, the champion prize is 15 million Yen. | 2009-07-05 | |
| The quarter final of the 22nd Fujitsu Cup was held on 6/6, Chang Hao 9p treated violence with violence and defeated Lee Sedol 9p by killing a big dragon, in other three games, Kang Doonyoon, Park YuongHoon and Lee Changho defeated Piao Wenyao, Kono Rin and Yamashita Keigo respectively and moved to the semi final. The semi final and final will take place on 7/4 and 7/6, the semi parings are Chang Hao vs. Lee Changho and Park YuongHoon vs Kang Doonyoon. | 2009-06-08 | |
| In the game 4 of the 1st World BC Card Cup best-of-5 title match, Gu Li 9p defeated Jo HanSeung 9p by resignation and won the title by 3:1. Gu Li also won the champion prize of 300 million South Korean Won, Jo HanSeung won the runner-up prize of 50 million Won. This champion is also Gu Li's sixth world champion, so far there are total seven worldwide major Go championship events, Gu Li holds five champions (LG Cup, Chunlan Cup, Fujitsu Cup, Toyota Cup World Oza and World BC Card Cup), Choi Cheolhan holds Ing Cup and Lee Sedol owns Samsung Cup. | 2009-05-04 | |
| The 22nd Fujitsu Cup started to play in Tokyo, Japan, after two rounds of intense fights on 4/11 and 4/13, the final eight were decided, two Chinese and two Japanese players advanced and so did four Korean players. The round 3 will be held on 6/6 in Seoul, Korea, the parings are, Chang Hao vs. Lee Sedol, Piao Wenyao vs. Kang Doonyoon, Kono Rin vs. Park YuongHoon, Yamashita Keigo vs. Lee Changho. | 2009-04-13 | |
| In the second game of 13th LG Cup held on 2/25, Gu Li 9p defeated Lee Sedol 9p by resignation with 172 moves, therefore Gu Li won the champion by 2:0 and the champion prize of 250 million Won. This is Gu Li's fifth world champion, so far he holds four world champions (Chunlan Cup, Toyota Cup World Oza, Fujitsu Cup and LG Cup), surpassing Lee Sedol, and becomes the 'world #1' player. The overall record between Gu Li and Lee Sedol is, Gu Li leads by 9:8. | 2009-02-25 |
|
| In the game 2 of the 4th Toyota Cup World Oza best-of-3 title match held on 1/8, Gu Li 9p again defeated Piao Wenyao 5p by resignation, therefore winning the champion by 2:0. This victory is also Gu Li's fourth world major Go tournament champion after winning champions in LG Cup, Chunlan Cup and Fujitsu Cup. | 2009-01-08 |
|
On 7/7, Gu Li  9p (age 25) defeated Lee Changho 9p (age 32) by resignation in the final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup and won the champion, Gu Li also becomes the first non-Korean player who won three world champions. In the 3rd-4th place final, Chang Hao 9p beat Liu Xing 7p by resignation. The champion and runner-up prize are 15 million and 5 million Yen respectively. | 2008-07-07 |
|
| In the semi final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup held on 7/5, Gu Li 9p defeated Chang Hao 9p by resignation and Lee Changho 9p beat Liu Xing 7p by resignation, Gu Li and Lee Changho will play for the champion on 7/7. | 2008-07-05 | |
| The quarter final of the 21st Fujitsu Cup was held on 6/7, as a result, all three Chinese players Gu Li (age 25), Chang Hao (age 31) and Liu Xing (age 23) defeated South Korean players Lee Sedol (age 25), Park YuongHoon (age 23) and Jo HanSeung (age 25) respectively and advanced to the semi final, Lee Changho (age 32) defeated Yoda Norimoto (age 42) by 3.5 points and is the only South Korean player in the final four. The parings in the semi final is, Gu Li vs. Chang Hao, Liu Xing vs. Lee Changho. The rules of Fujitsu Cup is, 3 hours each side and 10 minutes in overtime. The semi and final will take place on 7/5 and 7/7 respectively in Tokyo, Japan. The champion prize is 15 million Yen. | 2008-06-07 | |
| The 2nd round of the 21st Fujitsu Cup was taken place on 4/14, as a result, Gu Li defeated Lee Yeongkyu by resignation, Chang Hao beat Kono Rin by resignation, Liu Xing edged O Rissei by half point, Lee Changho knocked out Kong Jie by resignation, Lee Sedol eliminated Iyama Yuta by resignation, Jo HanSeung overpowered Yamashita Keigo by 6.5 points, Park YuongHoon ousted Takao Shinji by 3.5 points and Yoda Norimoto won over Kang Doonyoon by resignation. The 3rd round (quarter final) will be held on 6/7 in Bejing, China. The parings will be Gu Li vs. Lee Sedol, Chang Hao vs. Park YuongHoon, Liu Xing vs. Jo HanSeung and Lee Changho vs. Yoda Norimoto. | 2008-04-14 | |
| The 21st Fujitsu Cup started to play. In round 1 held on 4/12, Kong Jie 7p defeated Alexandre Dinerchtein 3p by 16.5 points, Lee Yeongkyu 7p beat Hu Yaoyu 8p by time, other winners include Iyama Yuta 7p, Kono Rin 9p, Takao Shinji 8p, Kang Doonyoon 7p, Jo HanSeung 9p and O Rissei 9p. The champion prize is 15 million Yen, each side has 3-hour regular time and 10 time 1 minute overtime. The round 2 will continue on 4/14. | 2008-04-12 | |
| In the decisive game 3 of the 12th Samsung Cup final held on 1/24, Lee Sedol 9p defeated Park YuongHoon 9p by 1.5 points and won Samsung Cup champion for the second time, this is also Lee Sedol's eighth world champion (Fujitsu Cup 3 times, Samsung Cup 2 times, Toyota Cup World Oza 2 times, LG Cup 1 time). So far, South Korean players won total 47 world individual champions, Japanese 11, China 8 and China Taipei 1. | 2008-01-24 |
|
| In the final of the 20th Fujitsu Cup held on 7/9 in Tokyo, Japan, Park YuongHoon 9p defeated Lee Changho 9p by 1.5 points and won the champion for the second time. In 2004, Park YuongHoon defeated Yoda Norimoto 9p and won his first champion in this event. In the 3rd-4th place game, Yoda Norimoto 9p beat Cho U 9p by 3.5 points and won the third place. | 2007-07-09 | |
| In the quarter final of 20th Fujitsu Cup held on 6/2, Lee Changho 9p defeated Hu Yaoyu 8p by 2.5 points, Park YuongHoon 9p beat Zhou Heyang 9p by resignation, Cho U 9p overpowered Choi Cheolhan 9p by resignation and Yoda Norimoto 9p eliminated Wang Xi 9p by resignation. So far, all Chinese players are out, Korea and Japan split four seats in the semi. The semi and final will take place on 7/7 and 7/9 respectively. The semi parings are Lee Changho vs. Cho U and Park YuongHoon vs. Yoda Norimoto. | 2007-06-02 | |
| The second round of 20th Fujitsu Cup world Go tournament was played on 4/16. The result is, Wang Xi defeated Park Jungsang by 3.5 points, Zhou Heyang beat Nakamura Shinya by resignation, Hu Yaoyu edged Yamashita Keigo by 2.5 points, Cho U knocked out Lee Sedol by resignation, Yoda Norimoto overpowered Gu Li by resignation, Lee Changho eliminated Chang Hao by resignation, Choi Cheolhan ousted Kong Jie by resignation and Park YuongHoon defeated Yokota Shigeaki by resignation. The third round (quarter final) will take place on 6/2, the pairings are Hu Yaoyu vs. Lee Changho, Wang Xi vs. Yoda Norimoto, Zhou Heyang vs. Park YuongHoon, Cho U vs. Choi Cheolhan. The semi and final will take place on 7/7 and 7/9 respectively. | 2007-04-16 | |
| The 20th Fujitsu Cup world Go tournament started to play on 4/14. In the first round, Chang Hao 9p, Kong Jie 7p, Wang Xi 9p, Hu Yaoyu 8p, Cho U 9p, Nakamura Shinya 8p, Yoda Norimoto 9p and Yokota Shigeaki 9p defeated their opponents respectively and advanced to the second round. The eight seed players (Gu Li, Zhou Heyang, Lee Changho, Lee Sedol, Park YuongHoon, Choi Cheolhan, Yamashita Keigo and Park Jungsang) will enter the second round directly. The second round will take place on 4/16. The noticeable pairings in second round are Chang Hao 9p vs. Lee Changho 9p and Gu Li 9p vs. Yoda Norimoto 9p. | 2007-04-14 | |
