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| 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 | |
| The 2nd Zhonghuan Cup starts to play in Taipei, China. In the first round, Lee Changho lost to O Meien by half point and eight players advanced to the 2nd round. The 2nd round pairings are, Lee Sedol vs. O Meien, Choi Cheolhan vs. Yamashita Keigo, Kim Seong Ryong vs. Yoda Norimoto and O Rissei vs. Hane Naoki. | 2005-08-14 |
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| In the final game of the 43rd Japanese Judan title match, Cho Chikun 9p (Black) defeated O Rissei 9p by 5.5 points, therefore Cho Chikun won the title by a total score of 3:2 and also ended O Rissei's four consecutive title in this event. | 2005-04-27 | |
| After four rounds of the 10th LG Cup preliminary ended on 3/25, 16 players have successfully advanced to the main event. Among them, there are 9 Chinese players (Qiu Jun 7p, Liu Xing 6p, Zhou Heyang 9p, Luo Xihe 9p, Piao Wenyao 3p, Chen Yaoye 4p, Kong Jie 7p, Wang Yuhui 7p and Liu Shizhen 6p), 5 Korean players (Kim Ki Young 1p, Park Byeongkyu 4p, Choi MyungHoon 8p, Yoon HyunSeok 7p, Park Jungsang 4p) and 2 Japanese players (Kobayashi Koichi 9p and So Yokoku 7p). These 16 players will join 16 seed players in the main event, there are 4 Chinese seed players (Yu Bin 9p, Chang Hao 9p, Gu Li 7p, Wang Xi 5p), 5 Korean seed players (Lee Changho 9p, Lee Sedol 9p, Choi Cheolhan 9p, Park YuongHoon 9p, Kim Seong Ryong 9p) and 4 Japanese seed players (Cho U 9p, Hane Naoki 9p, O Rissei 9p and Yamashita Keigo 9p). Overall there will be a total of 13 Chinese, 10 Korean and 6 Japanese players in the main event. | 2005-03-25 | |
| In the final of the 1st Zhonghuan Cup held on 1/15, Park YuongHoon 9p took White and defeated O Rissei 9p by resignation, winning the champion and the prize money of 2 million Taiwan Dollar (about $62,700). | 2005-01-15 | |
| In the semi final of 1st Zhonghuan Cup held on 1/13, O Rissei 9p took Black and eliminated Lee Changho 9p by 0.5 point, Park YuongHoon 9p took Black and defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p by resignation, therefore O Rissei and Park YuongHoon advanced to the final which will take place on 1/15. | 2005-01-13 | |
| The year 2004 passed so quickly, who are the top 10 richest pros in the past year? 1. Cho U 9p, his total yearly income is about $1.04 million. 2. Hane Naoki 9p, about $646,000. 3. Yamashita Keigo 9p, about $524,000. 4. Yoda Norimoto 9p, about $519,000. 5. Lee Changho 9p, about $496,000. 6. Lee Sedol 9p, about $334,000. 7. O Rissei 9p, about $318,000. 8. Kobayashi Koichi 9p, about $297,000. 9. O Meien, about $232,000. 10. Gu Li 7p, about $213,000. | 2005-01-12 | |
| After the first two rounds of the 1st Zhonghuan Cup held on 9/16 and 9/18 respectively, four players Lee Changho 9p, Park YuongHoon 9p, Yamashita Keigo 9p and O Rissei 9p advanced to the semifinal. The semifinal and final will take place in December. | 2004-09-18 | |
| In the second round of the 9th LG Cup, Lee Sedol 9p (Black) defeated Jiang Mingjiu 7p by resignation, Lee Changho 9p (Black) beat O Rissei 9p by resignation, Jo HanSeung 7p (White) eliminated Yamashita Keigo 9p by 7.5 points, Yoo Changhyeok 9p (Black) edged Gu Li 7p by 2.5 points, Kong Jie 7p (White) overpowered Choi Cheolhan 8p by resignation, Cho U 9p (Black) knocked out Mok Jinseok 8p by resignation, Won SeongJin 5p (Black) ousted Kim Mansoo 5p by 2.5 points, Yu Bin 9p (White) downed Park Seunghyeon 4p by resignation. Out of 8 seats in the quarter-final, Korea takes 5, China 2 and Japan 1, the quarter-final will take place on 10/28. | 2004-05-20 |
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| The 9th LG Cup starts to play on 5/18 in Seoul, Korea. In the first round, Kong Jie 7p of China (White) defeated Zhou Junxun 9p of Taipei China by resignation with 150 moves, Yoo Changhyeok 9p of Korea (Black) beat Zhou Heyang 9p of China by resignation with 137 moves, Yamashita Keigo 9p of Japan (Black) knocked out Song TaeKon 7p of Korea by resignation, O Rissei 9p of Japan (Black) edged Cho Hunhyun 9p of Korea by 2.5 points, Kim Mansoo 5p of Korea (Black) overpowered Hane Naoki 9p of Japan by 1.5 points, and the other winners are Cho U 9p of Japan, Jiang Mingjiu 7p of North America and Park Seunghyeon 4p of Korea. These eight winners advanced and they will join with eight seed players in the second round. After one day break, the second round will take place on 5/20. | 2004-05-18 |
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| The 5th Ing Cup starts to play on 4/20 in Shanghai, China. Here is the result of the first round, Zhou Heyang 9p (White) defeated Jimmy Cha 4p by 3 points, Yamashita Keigo 9p (White) eliminated Gu Li 7p by 2 points, Kong Jie 7p (Black) overpowered Lee Sedol 9p by 3 points, Yoo Changhyeok 9p (Black) beat Liu Xing 6p by resignation, Peng Quan 5p (Black) ousted O Rissei 9p by 3 points, Korean Kisei Choi Cheolhan 8p (Black) knocked out Japanese Kisei Hane Naoki 9p by resignation, Song TaeKon 6p (White) edged over Cho U 9p by 3 points and Zhou Junxun 9p (Black) downed Alexandre Dinerchtein 1p by 9 points. | 2004-04-20 | |
| O Rissei 9p won his fourth consecutive Judan title after he (Black) defeated the challenger Cho U 9p by resignation with only 127 moves in the game 4 of the 42nd Japanese Judan title match, winning the title by a total score of 3:1. The champion prize is 14 million Japanese Yen. | 2004-04-15 | |
| The first round of 3rd CSK Cup Asian Team Contest was held on 3/21, Chinese Team defeated Japanese Team by 3:2, the five game results are, Yoda Norimoto 9p (White) defeated Wang Lei 8p by resignation, Wang Xi 4p (White) edged new Kisei Hane Naoki 9p by 1.5 points, Yu Bin 9p (Black) defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p by resignation, Kong Jie 7p (White) overpowered Mimura Tomoyasu 9p by resignation, Yuki Satoshi 9p (White) defeated Ding Wei 8p by resignation. Korean Team blanked Taiwanese Team by 5:0, Lee Changho 9p, Yoo Changhyeok 9p, Lee Sedol 9p, Choi Cheolhan 7p and Song TaeKon 6p defeated Cho U 9p, O Rissei 9p, O Meien 9p, Rin Kaiho 9p and Zhou Junxun 9p respectively. The round 2 will continue tomorrow, the pairings are, Chinese Team vs. Taiwanese Team, Korea Team vs. Japanese Team. | 2004-03-21 | |
| In the game 1 of the 42nd Japanese Judan title match, the defending champion O Rissei 9p took White and defeated Cho U 9p by 9.5 points, leading the series by 1:0, the game 2 will be held on 3/26. | 2004-03-11 | |
| Who are the Top Ten Richest Go Pros in 2003? 1. Lee Changho 9p yearly income about $862 thousands, 2. Yamashita Keigo 9p about $756 thousands, 3. Cho U 9p about $685 thousands, 4. Yoda Norimoto 9p about $587 thousands, 5. O Rissei 9p about $483 thousands, 6. Lee Sedol 9p about $430 thousands, 7. Cho Chikun 9p about $404 thousands, 8. Hane Naoki 9p about $404 thousands, 9. Cho Hunhyun 9p about $363 thousands, 10. Ryu Shikun 9p about $289 thousands. | 2004-01-02 | |
| The first round of the 5th Chunlan Cup was held on 12/29 in Beijing, China. As a result, four out of five Chinese successfully advanced to the next round. Yoo Changhyeok 9p of Korea (Black) defeated Peng Jinghua 6p of Taipei China by resignation. Gu Li 7p of China (Black) beat Michael Redmond 9p of North America by resignation. Hu Yaoyu 7p of China (Black) knocked out Guo Juan 5p of Europe by resignation. Yu Bin 9p of China (Black) eliminated Lee Sedol 9p of Korea by resignation. Peng Quan 5p of China (Black) edged Zhou Junxun 9p of Taipei China by 5.5 points. Wang Lei 8p of China (Black) ousted O Meien 9p of Japan by resignation. Song TaeKon 6p of Korea (White) overpowered O Rissei 9p of Japan by 10.5 points. Cho Chikun 9p of Japan (White) downed Kong Jie 7p of China by resignation. | 2003-12-29 | |
| In the final of 15th Asian TV Cup Fast Game, Zhou Heyang 9p of China defeated Mimura Tomoyasu 9p by killing a big dragon and won the champion after he beat O Rissei 9p in the semi-final. | 2003-09-07 | |
| In the 15th Asian TV Cup Fast Game, Mimura Tomoyasu 9p became the big dark horse as he eliminated Lee Changho 9p and first advanced to the final, the other final seat will be decided among Zhou Heyang 9p and O Rissei 9p. | 2003-09-05 | |
| In the first two games of 15th Asian TV Cup Fast Game, Zhou Heyang 9p defeated Jiang Zhujiu 9p, Mimura Tomoyasu 9p knocked out Peng Quan 5p, Zhou Heyang will contest a seat in the final with the winner among O Rissei 9p and Lee Sang-Hoon 7p. | 2003-09-04 | |
