Fujitsu Cup

The Fujitsu Cup (1988-2011) holds the distinction of being the first true world championship in professional Go, breaking the sport out of its historically national tournament structures. Sponsored by Fujitsu and organized with the Yomiuri Shimbun, it ran for 24 editions. The format grew from 16 to 32 players with a single-game final and a winner's purse of 15 million yen. Its inaugural champion was the flamboyant "Cosmic Go" stylist Takemiya Masaki. The tournament's cancellation in 2011 marked the end of an era for Japanese-hosted international Go, as the sport's commercial center shifted toward Korea and China.

Country Japan Type Open Format Knockout Cycle 1y Komi 6.5 Discontinued Editions 25

2010 · Edition #23

Champion: Kong Jie · Runner-up: Lee Sedol

Taiwan qualifier, Final 1 game

Feb 10 Zhou Junxun W+R Chen Shiyuan

Korean qualifier, Semi-final 2 games

Feb 2 Park Junghwan B+R An Hyeong-chun Feb 2 Weon Seong-chin W+R Mok Chin-seok

Korean qualifier, Group Final 2 games

Feb 3 Park Junghwan B+R Yi Yeong-ku Feb 3 Mok Chin-seok B+R Yun Junsang

Japanese qualifier, Group semi-final 3 games

Dec 3 Murakawa Daisuke W+R Cho Chikun Dec 10 Iyama Yuta W+R Cho Riyu Dec 24 Takao Shinji B+6.5 Rin Kaiho

Japanese qualifier, Group Semi-final 2 games

Nov 26 Yukawa Mitsuhisa W+11.5 Ishida Yoshio Nov 26 Komatsu Hideki W+R Yoda Norimoto

Japanese qualifier, Group Final 2 games

Jan 21 Rin Shien W+R Anzai Nobuaki Jan 28 Cho Chikun W+0.5 Sakai Hideyuki

Japanese qualifier, Group final 1 game

Dec 17 Ishida Yoshio B+2.5 Yoda Norimoto

Final 1 game

Jul 5 Lee Sedol W+12.5 Kong Jie

3rd Place Playoff 1 game

Jul 5 Qiu Jun B+R Piao Wenyao

Semi-final 2 games

Jul 3 Qiu Jun W+R Kong Jie Jul 3 Lee Sedol B+R Piao Wenyao

Quarter-final 4 games

Apr 14 Kang Dongyun W+0.5 Qiu Jun Apr 14 Pak Yeong-hun W+R Piao Wenyao Apr 14 Kim Jiseok W+R Kong Jie Apr 14 Gu Li W+R Lee Sedol

round 3 1 game

Apr 14 Gu Li W+R Lee Sedol

Round 2 8 games

Apr 12 Park Junghwan W+R Gu Li Apr 12 Hane Naoki W+R Kang Dongyun Apr 12 Lee Changho W+R Qiu Jun Apr 12 Takao Shinji W+4.5 Pak Yeong-hun Apr 12 Lee Sedol B+3.5 Anzai Nobuaki Apr 12 Cho U W+R Kim Jiseok Apr 12 Piao Wenyao B+2.5 Yamashita Keigo Apr 12 Kong Jie B+8.5 Ishida Yoshio

Round 1 8 games

Apr 10 Chang Hao W+R Park Junghwan Apr 10 Piao Wenyao B+R Jie Li Apr 10 Fernando Aguilar W+R Takao Shinji Apr 10 Choi Cheolhan W+1.5 Hane Naoki Apr 10 Kim Jiseok B+R Alexandre Dinerchtein Apr 10 Chen Shiyuan W+2.5 Anzai Nobuaki Apr 10 Ishida Yoshio B+R Mok Chin-seok Apr 10 Sakai Hideyuki W+2.5 Qiu Jun

Japanese qualifier, Round 1 9 games

Oct 29 Kudo Norio W+7.5 Moriyama Naoki Oct 29 Anzai Nobuaki B+13.5 Cho Sonjin Oct 29 Ogaki Yusaku W+R Yoda Norimoto Oct 29 Sugimoto Akira W+4.5 Ishida Yoshio Oct 29 Sakai Hideyuki B+3.5 Yamada Kimio Oct 29 Cho Chikun B+R Otake Hideo Nov 5 Kono Rin W+R Takao Shinji Nov 5 Rin Kaiho B+R Nakane Naoyuki Nov 12 Iyama Yuta B+0.5 Seto Taiki

Japanese qualifier, B Preliminary 1 game

Sep 14 Uchida Shuhei ? O Meien