Up Next

1st Toyota & Denso Cup

Main tournament
Japanese Preliminary
Chinese Preliminary
Korean Preliminary
European Preliminary
North American Preliminary
South American Preliminary
Africa, Asia and Oceania

Participants

The 32 participants of the main tournament are:

13 from Japan: Cho Chikun, Cho U, Goto Shungo, Hasegawa Sunao, Kobayashi Koichi, Komatsu Hideki, O Meien, O Rissei, Ryu Shikun, Yamashita Keigo, Yo Kagen, Yoda Norimoto, Yuki Satoshi
7 from China: Chang Hao, Chen Zude, Ma Xiaochun, Shao Weigang, Wang Lei, Yu Bin, Zhang Xuan
7 from Korea: Cho Hunhyun, Kim Soojang, Lee Changho, Lee Sedol, Park Jieun, Park Yeonghun, Yoo Changhyuk
1 from Europe: Alexander Dinerchtein
1 from North America: Yang Huiren
1 from South America: Fernando Aguilar
2 from the rest of the world: Lin Yuxian (Taiwan), Yang Shihai (Hong Kong)

Main tournament

Main tournament
Cho Hunhyun	Cho Hunhyun B+R 2002-03-19	Wang Lei (b) B+2.5 2002-09-02	Wang Lei (b) B+R 2002-09-04	Chang Hao W+R 2002-09-06	Lee Changho B+R 2003-01-29
Kobayashi Koichi	Cho Hunhyun B+R 2002-03-19
Wang Lei (b)	Wang Lei (b) W+14.5 2002-03-19
Lin Yuxiang	Wang Lei (b) W+14.5 2002-03-19
O Rissei	O Rissei B+R 2002-03-19	O Rissei B+R 2002-09-02
Yang Huiren	O Rissei B+R 2002-03-19
Chen Zude	Chen Zude W+2.5 2002-03-19
Goto Shungo	Chen Zude W+2.5 2002-03-19
O Meien	O Meien W+R 2002-03-19	O Meien B+R 2002-09-02	Chang Hao B+R 2002-09-04
Zhang Xuan	O Meien W+R 2002-03-19
Yang Shihai	Yang Shihai B+R 2002-03-19
Cho U	Yang Shihai B+R 2002-03-19
Chang Hao	Chang Hao B+R 2002-03-19	Chang Hao B+R 2002-09-02
Komatsu Hideki	Chang Hao B+R 2002-03-19
Lee Sedol	Lee Sedol B+R 2002-03-19
Yuki Satoshi	Lee Sedol B+R 2002-03-19
Park Jieun	Park Jieun W+R 2002-03-19	Yu Bin W+R 2002-09-02	Yu Bin B+4.5 2002-09-04	Lee Changho W+R 2002-09-06
Yoda Norimoto	Park Jieun W+R 2002-03-19
Yu Bin	Yu Bin W+R 2002-03-19
Alexander Dinerchtein	Yu Bin W+R 2002-03-19
Shao Weigang	Shao Weigang W+7.5 2002-03-19	Yoo Changhyuk B+R 2002-09-02
Cho Chikun	Shao Weigang W+7.5 2002-03-19
Yoo Changhyuk	Yoo Changhyuk W+R 2002-03-19
Ma Xiaochun	Yoo Changhyuk W+R 2002-03-19
Lee Changho	Lee Changho B+R 2002-03-19	Lee Changho W+1.5 2002-09-02	Lee Changho B+R 2002-09-04
Ryu Shikun	Lee Changho B+R 2002-03-19
Yamashita Keigo	Yamashita Keigo W+R 2002-03-19
Park Yeonghun	Yamashita Keigo W+R 2002-03-19
Yo Kagen	Yo Kagen B+R 2002-03-19	Fernando Aguilar B+2.5 2002-09-02
Kim Soojang	Yo Kagen B+R 2002-03-19
Fernando Aguilar	Fernando Aguilar W+3.5 2002-03-19
Hasegawa Sunao	Fernando Aguilar W+3.5 2002-03-19

Seeded were O Meien (Honinbo), O Rissei (Kisei), and Yoda Norimoto (Meijin). Invited were Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi and Ryu Shikun. The remaining seven Japanese players were the winners of a Japanese Preliminary. A few games from this preliminary:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-01-10	Kim Sujun	Yuki Satoshi	W+3.5	238	sgf
2002-01-31	Goto Shungo	Ishida Yoshio	B+2.5	171	sgf
2002-02-07	Takemiya Masaki	Yuki Satoshi	W+R	186	sgf

Chinese Preliminary

Seeded were Chang Hao, Ma Xiaochun and Yu Bin. Invited were Chen Zude and Zhang Xuan. The players Shao Weigang and Wang Lei (b) were selected via preliminaries.

The preliminary tournament had 8 participants, and started with two rounds.
Round 1 (2002-01-04): Shao Weigang beats Hu Yaoyu, Kong Jie beats Zhou Heyang (sgf), Gu Li beats Liu Jin, Wang Lei beats Luo Xihe (sgf).
Round 2 (2002-01-05): Shao Weigang beats Kong Jie (sgf), Hu Yaoyu beats Zhou Heyang (sgf), Wang Lei beats Gu Li (sgf), Luo Xihe beats Liu Jin (sgf).
That eliminated Zhou Heyang and Liu Jin, who lost twice. Shao Weigang and Wang Lei, who won twice, played a game won by Wang Lei (sgf). That gave a place to Wang Lei. The remaining five players played a small knockout tournament won by Shao Weigang.

Kong Jie Gu Li
B+R
2002-01-07 Luo Xihe
W+0.5
2002-01-08 Shao Weigang
B+R
2002-01-10

Gu Li

Hu Yaoyu Luo Xihe

Luo Xihe

Shao Weigang

Korean Preliminary

Seeded were Cho Hunhyun, Lee Changho, Lee Sedol and Yoo Changhyuk. Invited were Kim Soojang and Park Jieun. Finally, Park Yeonghun was selected via preliminaries.

European Preliminary

The European Go Oza Championship Preliminary Tournament was held on 7-8 Feb 2002. After 4 rounds each of Csaba Merö, Franz-Josef Dickhut, Cristian Pop, Rob van Zeijst and Alexander Dinerchtein had 4 wins. One game:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-02-08	Pierre Colmez	Rob van Zeijst	W+R	192	sgf

Sixteen players were selected to play a knockout tournament on 9-10 Feb:

European preliminary 1st Toyota & Denso Cup
Anton Zatonskikh	Tibor Pocsai	Csaba Mero B+ 2002-02-09	Alexander Dinerchtein	Alexander Dinerchtein B+R 2002-02-10
Tibor Pocsai	Tibor Pocsai
Laurent Heiser	Csaba Mero
Csaba Mero	Csaba Mero
Rudi Verhagen	Alexander Dinerchtein	Alexander Dinerchtein
Alexander Dinerchtein	Alexander Dinerchtein
Rob van Zeijst	Ion Florescu W+ 2002-09-02
Ion Florescu	Ion Florescu W+ 2002-09-02
Franz-Josef Dickhut	Franz-Josef Dickhut	Franz-Josef Dickhut	Dragos Bajenaru
Matthew Macfadyen	Franz-Josef Dickhut
Radek Nechanicky	Michiel Eijkhout
Michiel Eijkhout	Michiel Eijkhout
Frank Janssen	Guo Juan	Dragos Bajenaru B+0.5 2002-02-09
Guo Juan	Guo Juan
Cristian Pop	Dragos Bajenaru
Dragos Bajenaru	Dragos Bajenaru

North American Preliminary

Two North American Preliminaries were held: a Western in San Francisco, won by the 19-year-old amateur Jie Li, and an Eastern in New York, won by Feng Yun, 9p.

Western Championship: 1. Jie Li (7d), 2. Jimmy Cha (4p), 3. Ming Jiu Jiang (7p), 4. Zhu Jiu Jiang (9p), ...
Eastern Championship: 1. Feng Yun (9p), 2. Huiren Yang (4p), 3. Kevin Huang (7d), 4. John Lee (7d), ...

The best placed US citizens, Jimmy Cha, 4p, in the Western, and Huiren Yang, 1p, in the Eastern tournaments, played a playoff won by the latter.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-12-01	Jiang Zhujiu	Li Jie	W+R	194	sgf
2002-01-13	Jimmy Cha	Yang Huiren	W+1.5	325	sgf

South American Preliminary

On Oct 11-13, 2001, the 3rd Latin American Go Championship was held. This also served as the South American Preliminary for the 1st Toyota & Denso Cup. It was won by Fernando Aguilar (Argentina).

Africa, Asia and Oceania

Oceania

On Jan 12-13, 2002, the Oceania Preliminaries were held in Brisbane, Australia. The winner was Yiming Guo (8d).

Playoff

On Mar 17-18, 2002 a 4-person league was played between representatives from South Africa, Oceania, Hong Kong and Taiwan. (In the first column the White player.)

#	player	result	1	2	3	4
1.	Victor Guang Chow (South Africa)	1-2			B+26.5	B+18.5
2.	Yiming Guo (Australia)	0-3	B+R
3.	Yang Shihai (Hong Kong)	3-0		W+R		W+R
4.	Lin Yuxian (Taiwan)	2-1		W+R

Numbers 1 and 2 were Yang Shihai (Hong Kong) and Lin Yuxian (Taiwan). They played in the main tournament.

Kong Jie	Gu Li B+R 2002-01-07	Luo Xihe W+0.5 2002-01-08	Shao Weigang B+R 2002-01-10
Gu Li
Hu Yaoyu	Luo Xihe
Luo Xihe
Shao Weigang