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| In the game 6 of 33rd Japanese Kisei best-of-7 title match, Yamashita Keigo 9p defeated Yoda Norimoto 9p by 2.5 points and successfully defended his title by 4:2. So far Yamashita Keigo achieves four straight titles in this event. | 2009-03-12 | |
| 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 | |
| Mok Jinseok 9p of Korea defeated Yoda Norimoto 9p of Japan by resignation in the game 9 of the 9th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/30 and won his third consecutive game in this event. On 12/1, Chang Hao 9p of China will challenge Mok Jinseok. | 2007-11-30 |
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| In the game 8 of the 9th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/29, Mok Jinseok 9p of Korea defeated Hu Yaoyu 8p of China luckily by half point. In the game 9 tomorrow, Yoda Norimoto will challenge Mok Jinseok. | 2007-11-29 |
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| In the game 6 of the 9th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest held on 11/27, Yamada Kimio 9p of Japan defeated Wang Xi 9p of China luckily by 0.5 point with 322 moves. So far, each of three countries lost two players respectively and has three remaining, Chinese team: Hu Yaoyu, Chang Hao and Gu Li, South Korean team: Mok Jinseok, Park YuongHoon and Lee Changho, Japanese team: Yamada Kimio, Yoda Norimoto and Takao Shinji. The game 7 will continue tomorrow, one Korean player will challenge Yamada Kimio. | 2007-11-27 | |
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 title match 5 of the 62nd Honinbo best-of-7 final on 6/25-6/26, Takao Shinji 9p defeated the challenger Yoda Norimoto 9p by 2.5 points and again successfully defended his title by 4:1, this is also Takao Shinji's 3rd straight Honinbo title. | 2007-06-26 | |
| In title match 4 of the 62nd Honinbo held on 6/18-6/19, the defending champion Takao Shinji 9p defeated Yoda Norimoto 9p by 5.5 points, taking 3:1 lead in best-of-7 final. Takao Shinji is just one victory away from his 3rd consecutive Honinbo title. The game 5 will take place on 6/25-6/26. | 2007-06-19 | |
| 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 | |
| In the title match 2 of the 62nd Japanese Honinbo held on 5/22-5/23, the challenger Yoda Norimoto 9p defeated Takao Shinji 9p by 1.5 points and evened the series at 1-1. The game 3 of best-of-7 title match will take place on 6/6-6/7. | 2007-05-24 | |
| In title match 1 of the Japanese 62nd Honinbo held on 5/10-5/11, the title holder Takao Shinji 9p defeated the challenger Yoda Norimoto 9p luckily by half point and takes 1:0 lead in best-of-7 series. The game 2 will take place on 5/22-5/23. | 2007-05-11 | |
| 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 | |
| The final phase of 8th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest starts to play on 2/6. In game 11, Park YuongHoon 9p defeated Yoda Norimoto 9p by 1.5 points and achieved four consecutive victories in this event. So far, the last-term champion Japanese Team was eliminated from the tournament. Both Korean Team and Chinese Team have two players left, Korea: Park YuongHoon 9p and Lee Changho 9p, China: Kong Jie 7p and Gu Li 9p. Tomorrow Kong Jie most likely will challenge Park YuongHoon. | 2007-02-06 | |
| Top 10 richest Go professionals in 2006 world Go arena: Takao Shinji 9p of Japan ranks #1 with total tournament prize of about US$750 thousands; #2, Yamashita Keigo 9p of Japan with about $660 thousands; #3, Gu Li 9p of China with about $600 thousands; #4, Cho U 9p of Japan with about $570 thousands; #5, Lee Changho 9p of Korea with about $425 thousands; #6, Hane Naoki 9p of Japan with about $375 thousands; #7, Luo Xihe 9p of China with about $337 thousands; #8, Park Jungsang 9p of Korea with about $310 thousands; #9, Lee Sedol 9p of Korea with about $300 thousands; #10, Yoda Norimoto 9p of Japan with about $255 thousands. | 2007-01-01 | |
| In the game 10 of 8th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest, Park YuongHoon 9p defeated Chen Yaoye 5p by 2.5 points and achieved three consecutive victories in this event. So far, the second phase comes to an end, Both Korean Team and Chinese Team have two players left, Korea: Park YuongHoon 9p and Lee Changho 9p, China: Kong Jie 7p and Gu Li 9p. And Yoda Norimoto 9p is the only player left in Japanese Team. The final phase of this tournament will take place from 2/5/2007-2/9/2007 in Shanghai, China. | 2006-11-27 |
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| The 8th China-Japan-Korea Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest starts to play on 9/12 in Beijing, China. Five high hands from each country will participate this annual event. In this term, Chinese Team consists of Gu Li 9p, Wang Lei 8p, Kong Jie 7p, Peng Quan 7p and Chen Yaoye 5p, Korean Team has Lee Changho 9p, Cho Hunhyun 9p, Choi Cheolhan 9p, Park YuongHoon 9p and Won SeongJin 7p, Japanese Team includes Yoda Norimoto 9p, Hane Naoki 9p, Takao Shinji 9p, Yamada Kimio 9p and Imamura Toshiya 9p. In the game 1 held on 9/12, Hane Naoki 9p defeated Wang Lei 8p by 1.5 points, the game 2 will continue on 9/13. | 2006-09-12 |
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| Yoda Norimoto 9p of Japan defeated Lee Changho 9p by resignation in the final game (game 14) of the 7th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest, therefore Yoda Norimoto helped Japanese team to win the champion for the first time by three consecutive wins in the end, Japanese team also wins the champion prize of 150 million South Korean Won (about US$ 150 thousands) and he also obtains three-consecutive-win prize of 10 million Won. | 2006-02-24 |
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| In the game 13 of the 7th Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest, Yoda Norimoto 9p (White) defeated Kong Jie 7p by resignation, thus Chinese team is out. Tomorrow, Yoda Norimoto will face Lee Changho in the final game of this tournament to decide the champion. | 2006-02-23 |
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