11th 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: Kobayashi Koichi, O Rissei, Ma Xiaochun
7 from Japan: Cho Chikun, Cho Riyu, Hikosaka Naoto, Ishida Yoshio, Kiyonari Tetsuya, Ryu Shikun, Yamashiro Hiroshi
5 from China: Chang Hao, Ding Wei, Shao Weigang, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang
5 from South Korea: Lee Changho, Cho Hunhyun, Choi Myeonghun, Yoo Changhyuk, Seo Bongsoo
1 from Taiwan: Zhou Junxun
1 from Europe: Catalin Taranu
1 from North America: Michael Redmond
1 from South America: Fernando Aguilar

Main tournament

Main tournament
Lee Changho	Lee Changho W+R 1998-04-11	Lee Changho B+4.5 1998-04-13	Lee Changho B+R 1998-06-05	Lee Changho W+5.5 1998-07-04	Lee Changho W+1.5 1998-08-01
Catalin Taranu	Lee Changho W+R 1998-04-11
Ishida Yoshio
Yu Bin	Yu Bin W+R 1998-04-11	Yu Bin B+0.5 1998-04-13
Cho Riyu	Yu Bin W+R 1998-04-11
Cho Chikun
Hikosaka Naoto	Hikosaka Naoto W+0.5 1998-04-11	Hikosaka Naoto B+R 1998-04-13	Hikosaka Naoto B+3.5 1998-06-05
Choi Myeonghun	Hikosaka Naoto W+0.5 1998-04-11
Ding Wei
Cho Hunhyun	Cho Hunhyun B+R 1998-04-11	Cho Hunhyun W+R 1998-04-13
Zhou Junxun	Cho Hunhyun B+R 1998-04-11
Yamashiro Hiroshi
Yoo Changhyuk	Yoo Changhyuk B+R 1998-04-11	Yoo Changhyuk B+R 1998-04-13	Yoo Changhyuk W+1.5 1998-06-05	Chang Hao B+4.5 1998-07-04
Fernando Aguilar	Yoo Changhyuk B+R 1998-04-11
Zhou Heyang
Ryu Shikun	Ryu Shikun W+0.5 1998-04-11	Ma Xiaochun B+3.5 1998-04-13
Shao Weigang	Ryu Shikun W+0.5 1998-04-11
Ma Xiaochun
Chang Hao	Chang Hao B+R 1998-04-11	Chang Hao B+5.5 1998-04-13	Chang Hao W+R 1998-06-05
Kiyonari Tetsuya	Chang Hao B+R 1998-04-11
Kobayashi Koichi
Michael Redmond	Michael Redmond W+0.5 1998-04-11	O Rissei W+11.5 1998-04-13
Seo Bongsoo	Michael Redmond W+0.5 1998-04-11
O Rissei

Third place playoff

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1998-08-01	Hikosaka Naoto	Yoo Changhyuk	W+1.5	279	sgf

Japanese Preliminary

Seeded: (Kobayashi Koichi, O Rissei and) Cho Chikun (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo).
We give only a few games.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1997-11-10	Yata Naoki	Ogata Masaki	W+R	258	sgf
1997-12-18	Yoda Norimoto	Yuki Satoshi	W+5.5	241	sgf
1998-02-02	Kiyonari Tetsuya	Kobayashi Satoru	B+R	233	sgf

European Preliminary

5th EGF Fujitsu Finals
Catalin Taranu	Catalin Taranu W+R 1997-12-13	Catalin Taranu W+R 1997-12-13	Catalin Taranu B+5.5 1997-12-14	Catalin Taranu B+R 1997-12-14
Farid Ben Malek	Catalin Taranu W+R 1997-12-13
Viktor Bogdanov	Sorin Gherman B+R 1997-12-13
Sorin Gherman	Sorin Gherman B+R 1997-12-13
Alexej Lazarev	Leszek Soldan W+21.5 1997-12-13	Guo Juan W+R 1997-12-13
Leszek Soldan	Leszek Soldan W+21.5 1997-12-13
Radek Nechanicky	Guo Juan B+25.5 1997-12-13
Guo Juan	Guo Juan B+25.5 1997-12-13
Rob van Zeijst	Rob van Zeijst W+R 1997-12-13	Dmitrii Yatsenko B+2.5 1997-12-13	Cristian Pop W+1.5 1997-12-14
Ruslan Saifullin	Rob van Zeijst W+R 1997-12-13
Dmitrii Yatsenko	Dmitrii Yatsenko B+R 1997-12-13
Vladimir Danek	Dmitrii Yatsenko B+R 1997-12-13
Cristian Pop	Cristian Pop B+8.5 1997-12-13	Cristian Pop B+2.5 1997-12-13
Matthew Macfadyen	Cristian Pop B+8.5 1997-12-13
Emil Nijhuis	Emil Nijhuis W+R 1997-12-13
Hans Pietsch	Emil Nijhuis W+R 1997-12-13

North American Preliminary

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1997-12-08	Jimmy Cha	Michael Redmond	W+R	140	sgf