10th Fujitsu Cup

Main tournament
Third place playoff
Japanese Preliminary
European Preliminary
North American Preliminary

Participants

The 24 participants of the main tournament are:

Top 3 from last year: Lee Changho, Ma Xiaochun, Kobayashi Koichi
7 from Japan: Cho Chikun, O Meien, O Rissei, Otake Hideo, Rin Kaiho, Takemiya Masaki, Yuki Satoshi
5 from China: Chang Hao, Liu Xiaoguang, Wang Lei, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang
5 from South Korea: Cho Hunhyun, Choi Myeonghun, Seo Bongsoo, Yang Jaeho, Yoo Changhyuk
1 from Taiwan: Zhou Junxun
1 from Europe: Rob van Zeijst
1 from North America: Jimmy Cha
1 from South America: Wang Senfeng

Main tournament

Main tournament
Takemiya Masaki		Takemiya Masaki B+R 1997-04-14	Zhou Heyang W+2.5 1997-06-07	Kobayashi Koichi B+1.5 1997-07-05	Kobayashi Koichi W+4.5 1997-08-02
Otake Hideo	Zhou Junxun W+3.5 1997-04-12
Zhou Junxun	Zhou Junxun W+3.5 1997-04-12
Lee Changho		Zhou Heyang B+0.5 1997-04-14
Choi Myeonghun	Zhou Heyang W+0.5 1997-04-12
Zhou Heyang	Zhou Heyang W+0.5 1997-04-12
Kobayashi Koichi		Kobayashi Koichi B+R 1997-04-14	Kobayashi Koichi B+1.5 1997-06-07
Seo Bongsoo	Seo Bongsoo W+R 1997-04-12
Rob van Zeijst	Seo Bongsoo W+R 1997-04-12
Chang Hao		Chang Hao B+R 1997-04-14
Cho Hunhyun	Yuki Satoshi B+6.5 1997-04-12
Yuki Satoshi	Yuki Satoshi B+6.5 1997-04-12
Rin Kaiho		Rin Kaiho W+R 1997-04-14	Ma Xiaochun W+1.5 1997-06-07	O Rissei W+2.5 1997-07-05
Yu Bin	Yu Bin W+R 1997-04-12
Jimmy Cha	Yu Bin W+R 1997-04-12
Ma Xiaochun		Ma Xiaochun W+R 1997-04-14
O Meien	O Meien W+R 1997-04-12
Wang Lei (b)	O Meien W+R 1997-04-12
Liu Xiaoguang		O Rissei W+17.5 1997-04-14	O Rissei B+R 1997-06-07
Yang Jaeho	O Rissei W+R 1997-04-12
O Rissei	O Rissei W+R 1997-04-12
Cho Chikun		Cho Chikun B+5.5 1997-04-14
Yoo Changhyuk	Yoo Changhyuk W+29.5 1997-04-12
Wang Senfeng	Yoo Changhyuk W+29.5 1997-04-12

Third place playoff

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1997-08-02	Ma Xiaochun	Zhou Heyang	B+R	191	sgf

Japanese Preliminary

Seeded: (Kobayashi Koichi and) Cho Chikun (Kisei, Honinbo), Takemiya Masaki (Meijin).

We give only a few games.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1996-09	Sekiyama Toshimichi	Hashimoto Shoji	B+1.5	284	sgf
1996-11-18	Honda Kunihisa	Yamada Kimio	B+4.5	297	sgf
1997-01-13	Miyamoto Yoshihisa	Ryu Shikun	B+4.5	240	sgf
1997-02-03	Yuki Satoshi	Kato Masao	B+R	155	sgf

European Preliminary

EGF Fujitsu Finals 1996
Guo Juan	Guo Juan W+10.5 1996-12-14	Guo Juan W+5.5 1996-12-14	Hans Pietsch B+19.5 1996-12-15	Rob van Zeijst B+5.5 1996-12-15
Radek Nechanicky	Guo Juan W+10.5 1996-12-14
Mark Boon	Mark Boon B+7.5 1996-12-14
Sorin Gherman	Mark Boon B+7.5 1996-12-14
Christoph Gerlach	Christoph Gerlach W+7.5 1996-12-14	Hans Pietsch W+R 1996-12-14
Vladimir Danek	Christoph Gerlach W+7.5 1996-12-14
Andrei Gomenyuk	Hans Pietsch W+R 1996-12-14
Hans Pietsch	Hans Pietsch W+R 1996-12-14
Catalin Taranu	Catalin Taranu	Catalin Taranu	Rob van Zeijst B+T 1996-12-15
Dmitriy Bogatskii	Catalin Taranu
Viktor Bogdanov	Laurent Heiser W+4.5 1996-12-14
Laurent Heiser	Laurent Heiser W+4.5 1996-12-14
Alexej Lazarev	Pierre Colmez W+R 1996-12-14	Rob van Zeijst B+R 1996-12-14
Pierre Colmez	Pierre Colmez W+R 1996-12-14
Egbert Rittner	Rob van Zeijst W+R 1996-12-14
Rob van Zeijst	Rob van Zeijst W+R 1996-12-14

North American Preliminary

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1996-11-25	Michael Redmond	Jimmy Cha	W+5.5	275	sgf