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3rd Toyota & Denso Cup

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

Participants

The 32 participants of the main tournament are:

10 from Japan: Cho Sonjin, Cho U, Hane Naoki, Hikosaka Naoto, Rin Kaiho, Ryu Shikun, Seto Taiki, Takao Shinji, Yoda Norimoto, Yuki Satoshi
8 from China: Chang Hao, Chen Yaoye, Choi Cheolhan, Gu Li, Kong Jie, Luo Xihe, Peng Quan, Zhou Heyang
6 from Korea: Cho Hanseung, Ko Geuntae, Lee Changho, Lee Sedol, Park Jungsang, Park Yeonghun
1 from Taiwan: Zhou Junxun
3 from Europe: Alexander Dinerchtein (Russia), Guo Juan (The Netherlands), Ilya Shikshin (Russia)
2 from North America: Feng Yun, Jiang Mingjiu
1 from South America: Fernando Aguilar (Argentina)
1 from the rest of the world: Yang Shihai (Hong Kong)

Main tournament

Main tournament
Lee Sedol	Lee Sedol W+R 2006-08-26	Lee Sedol W+5.5 2006-08-28	Lee Sedol B+R 2006-08-30	Lee Sedol B+R 2006-09-01	Lee Sedol (W+0.5) 2007-01-06 W+R 2007-01-08 W+R 2007-01-09
Yuki Satoshi	Lee Sedol W+R 2006-08-26
Cho Sonjin	Cho Sonjin B+3.5 2006-08-26
Jiang Mingjiu	Cho Sonjin B+3.5 2006-08-26
Hane Naoki	Hane Naoki W+R 2006-08-26	Hane Naoki B+R 2006-08-28
Feng Yun	Hane Naoki W+R 2006-08-26
Luo Xihe	Ko Geuntae B+0.5 2006-08-26
Ko Geuntae	Ko Geuntae B+0.5 2006-08-26
Chen Yaoye	Choi Cheolhan B+5.5 2006-08-26	Peng Quan B+R 2006-08-28	Lee Changho W+2.5 2006-08-30
Choi Cheolhan	Choi Cheolhan B+5.5 2006-08-26
Peng Quan	Peng Quan B+14.5 2006-08-26
Guo Juan	Peng Quan B+14.5 2006-08-26
Lee Changho	Lee Changho W+R 2006-08-26	Lee Changho B+R 2006-08-28
Alexander Dinerchtein	Lee Changho W+R 2006-08-26
Gu Li	Gu Li B+1.5 2006-08-26
Ryu Shikun	Gu Li B+1.5 2006-08-26
Chang Hao	Chang Hao B+0.5 2006-08-26	Chang Hao B+4.5 2006-08-28	Park Yeonghun W+R 2006-08-30	Cho U B+R 2006-09-01
Rin Kaiho	Chang Hao B+0.5 2006-08-26
Park Jungsang	Park Jungsang B+R 2006-08-26
Takao Shinji	Park Jungsang B+R 2006-08-26
Yang Shihai	Yang Shihai W+4.5 2006-08-26	Park Yeonghun W+R 2006-08-28
Ilya Shikshin	Yang Shihai W+4.5 2006-08-26
Park Yeonghun	Park Yeonghun W+R 2006-08-26
Seto Taiki	Park Yeonghun W+R 2006-08-26
Cho U	Cho U B+R 2006-08-26	Cho U W+R 2006-08-28	Cho U W+R 2006-08-30
Zhou Heyang	Cho U B+R 2006-08-26
Yoda Norimoto	Cho Hanseung B+5.5 2006-08-26
Cho Hanseung	Cho Hanseung B+5.5 2006-08-26
Zhou Junxun	Zhou Junxun W+2.5 2006-08-26	Kong Jie W+R 2006-08-28
Fernando Aguilar	Zhou Junxun W+2.5 2006-08-26
Kong Jie	Kong Jie W+R 2006-08-26
Hikosaka Naoto	Kong Jie W+R 2006-08-26

Final

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2007-01-06	Lee Sedol	Cho U	W+0.5	302	sgf
2007-01-08	Cho U	Lee Sedol	W+R	180	sgf
2007-01-09	Cho U	Lee Sedol	W+R	188	sgf

Lee Sedol won 2-1.

Japanese Preliminary

Seeded were Takao Shinji (Honinbo), Cho U (Meijin), Hane Naoki (previous Kisei). The remaining seven Japanese players were selected via preliminaries.

Japanese Last Preliminary 3rd Toyota & Denso Cup
Yamashita Keigo		Kim Sujun W+2.5 2006-06-12	Ryu Shikun B+3.5 2006-06-29
Kim Sujun	Kim Sujun
Aoki Shinichi	Kim Sujun
Otake Hideo	Honda Kunihisa B+R 2006-03-30	Ryu Shikun B+2.5 2006-05-11
Honda Kunihisa	Honda Kunihisa B+R 2006-03-30
Ryu Shikun
Iyama Yuta		Kudo Norio B+R 2006-05-25	Hikosaka Naoto B+9.5 2006-06-15
Kobayashi Koichi	Kudo Norio W+R 2006-03-23
Kudo Norio	Kudo Norio W+R 2006-03-23
Nakano Hironari	Hikosaka Naoto B+R 2006-03-02	Hikosaka Naoto W+2.5 2006-04-06
Hikosaka Naoto	Hikosaka Naoto B+R 2006-03-02
O Rissei
Cho Sonjin		Cho Sonjin W+0.5 2006-04-13	Cho Sonjin B+R 2006-06-08
Imamura Toshiya	Imamura Toshiya
Omori Yasushi	Imamura Toshiya
Kobayashi Satoru		Ushinohama Satsuo W+3.5 2006-03-23
Ushinohama Satsuo		Ushinohama Satsuo W+3.5 2006-03-23
Sakai Hideyuki		Sakai Hideyuki B+R 2006-04-13	Yoda Norimoto W+R 2006-06-29
Ishida Atsushi	O Meien W+R 2006-03-09
O Meien	O Meien W+R 2006-03-09
Fujii Shuya		Yoda Norimoto W+R 2006-04-06
Yoda Norimoto		Yoda Norimoto W+R 2006-04-06
Miyazawa Goro		Mizokami Tomochika	Rin Kaiho B+2.5 2006-06-15
Mizokami Tomochika	Mizokami Tomochika
Obuchi Morito	Mizokami Tomochika
Rin Kaiho		Rin Kaiho W+R 2006-03-23
So Yokoku		Rin Kaiho W+R 2006-03-23
Katayama Yasuo		Yuki Satoshi	Yuki Satoshi B+2.5 2006-07-06
Nakamura Shinya	Yuki Satoshi
Yuki Satoshi	Yuki Satoshi
Cho Chikun		Cho Chikun W+4.5 2006-05-25
Oya Koichi		Cho Chikun W+4.5 2006-05-25
Kubo Hideo		Kubo Hideo	Seto Taiki B+5.5 2006-06-08
Ogata Masaki	Kurahashi Masayuki
Kurahashi Masayuki	Kurahashi Masayuki
Ishigure Ikuro		Seto Taiki
Seto Taiki		Seto Taiki

A few games from earlier preliminaries:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2005-10-17	Tamai Shin	Umezawa Yukari	W+R	162	sgf
2005-10-17	Tsuruyama Atsushi	Yashiro Kumiko	W+0.5	275	sgf
2005-11-14	Uchida Shuhei	Mimura Tomoyasu	W+R	152	sgf
2005-11-14	Uchida Shuhei	Miyazaki Ryutaro	B+1.5	287	sgf
2005-11-14	Kobayashi Izumi	Cho Riyu	W+0.5	265	sgf
2005-11-14	Sato Fumitoshi	Kobayashi Izumi	W+R	184	sgf
2005-11-21	Han Zenki	Kono Mitsuki	B+R	135	sgf
2005-11-21	Tsurumaru Keiichi	Sakai Maki	B+0.5	266	sgf
2005-11-21	Katsura Atsushi	Sakai Maki	W+1.5	269	sgf
2005-11-21	Ohashi Hirofumi	Han Zenki	W+5.5	313	sgf
2005-12-12	O Rissei	Han Zenki	B+R	101	sgf
2005-12-12	Kono Rin	Matsumoto Takehisa	B+0.5	276	sgf
2005-12-12	Kono Rin	O Rissei	W+R	170	sgf

Taiwanese Preliminary

The winner of the 1st preliminary was Yang Mengyun.

Taiwanese Last Preliminary, 3rd Toyota & Denso Cup
Xiao Zhenghao		Xiao Zhenghao B+5.5 2006-02-14	Zhou Junxun W+3.5 2006-04-23
Lin Zhihan		Xiao Zhenghao B+5.5 2006-02-14
Yang Mengyun	Chen Shiyuan B+R 2006-03-16	Zhou Junxun W+R 2006-04-18
Chen Shiyuan	Chen Shiyuan B+R 2006-03-16
Zhou Junxun

The European Go Oza Championship Preliminary Tournament was held on Feb 9-12, 2006. After 4 rounds each of Cristian Pop, Ilya Shikshin, Csaba Merö, Rob van Zeijst and Benjamin Teuber had 4 wins. A few games:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2006-02-09	Bernd Schuetze	Cristian Pop	W+R	206	sgf
2006-02-09	Rob van Zeijst	Vasilij Skochko	B+37.5	255	sgf
2006-02-09	Svetlana Shikshina	Vladimir Danek	B+R	247	sgf
2006-02-09	Cristian Pop	Alexej Lazarev	B+6.5	253	sgf
2006-02-10	Cornel Burzo	Cristian Pop	W+R	132	sgf
2006-02-10	Geert Groenen	Rob van Zeijst	W+R	198	sgf
2006-02-10	Svetlana Shikshina	Benjamin Teuber	W+T	240	sgf

Twenty-four players were selected to play three knockout subtournaments:

European preliminary 3rd Toyota & Denso Cup
Alexander Dinerchtein	Alexander Dinerchtein W+R 2006-02-11	Alexander Dinerchtein B+R 2006-02-12	Alexander Dinerchtein W+4.5 2006-02-12
Andrey Kulkov	Alexander Dinerchtein W+R 2006-02-11
Dragos Banejaru	Dragos Banejaru
Radek Nechanicky	Dragos Banejaru
Benjamin Teuber	Dimitrij Jacenko	Merlijn Kuin
Dimitrij Jacenko	Dimitrij Jacenko
Merlijn Kuin	Merlijn Kuin
Rob van Zeijst	Merlijn Kuin
Guo Juan	Guo Juan	Guo Juan W+R 2006-02-12	Guo Juan W+31.5 2006-02-12
Dimitrij Bogatskij	Guo Juan
Matthew Macfadyen	Matthew Macfadyen B+3.5 2006-02-11
Geert Groenen	Matthew Macfadyen B+3.5 2006-02-11
Svetlana Shikshina	Alexej Lazarev	Alexej Lazarev
Alexej Lazarev	Alexej Lazarev
Franz-Joseph Dickhut	Csaba Mero
Csaba Mero	Csaba Mero
Cristian Pop	Vladimir Danek	Frank Janssen	Ilya Shikshin
Vladimir Danek	Vladimir Danek
Frank Janssen	Frank Janssen
Cornel Burzo	Frank Janssen
Ondrej Silt	Ondrej Silt	Ilya Shikshin
Emil Nijhuis	Ondrej Silt
Diana Koszegi	Ilya Shikshin
Ilya Shikshin	Ilya Shikshin

North American Preliminary

The North American Oza was held in Las Vegas and New York on Jan 14-15, 2006. Winners were Jiang Mingjiu in Las Vegas, and Feng Yun in New York, both with a perfect 6-0 score. A few games from New York:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2006-01-14	Zhi Li Peng	Feng Yun	W+27.5	246	sgf
2006-01-14	Feng Yun	Jie Liang	B+R	147	sgf
2006-01-14	Yupei Xiong	Lu Wang	W+2.5	222	sgf
2006-01-14	Huiren Yang	Feng Yun	W+37.5	278	sgf
2006-01-15	Huiren Yang	Lu Wang	B+15.5	219	sgf
2006-01-15	Zhaonian Chen	Feng Yun	W+R	44	sgf
2006-01-15	Jie Liang	Huiren Yang	W+R	160	sgf
2006-01-15	Feng Yun	Yupei Xiong	B+R	177	sgf
2006-01-15	Lu Wang	Feng Yun	W+R	160	sgf
2006-01-15	Yupei Xiong	Huiren Yang	B+R	243	sgf

South American Preliminary

On Oct 7-9, 2005, the 7th Latin American Go Championship was held. This also served as the South American Preliminary for the 3rd Toyota & Denso Cup. It was won by Fernando Aguilar.

1. Fernando Aguilar (Argentina), 2. Miranda Martín (Argentina), 3. Wang Seng Feng (Brazil), ...

Africa, Asia and Oceania

Oceania

On Jan 21-22, 2006, the Oceania Preliminaries were held in Brisbane, Australia. The result was 1. Sena Lee, 2. Guo Yiming, 3. Joanne Missingham, ...

Africa

On Feb 24-26, 2006, the African Preliminaries were held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. (The 3rd African Oza was simultaneously the 14th South African Open.) The result was 1. Victor Chow, 2. Cheng Lai, ...

Asia

On Mar 23-27, 2006, the 3rd Asian Qualifying Tournament was held in Singapore.

Participants: Yang Shi Hai (8p, Hong Kong), Supravat Pal (1k, India), Michael Putera (3k, Indonesia), Lee Choon Huat (4d, Malaysia), Khadbaatar Deleg (1d, Mongolia), Kang Zhan Bin (6p, Singapore), Tan Jia Cheng (5d, Singapore), Yen Ting Yu (4d, Singapore), Ruechagorn Trairatananusorn (3d, Thailand), Tran Anh Tuan (2d, Vietnam).

The result was 1. Yang Shi Hai, 2. Kang Zhan Bin, 3. Tan Jia Cheng, ...

A few games:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2006-03-24	Kang Zhanbin	Yang Shihai	W+R	184	sgf
2006-03-24	Yang Shihai	Supravat Pal	B+R	47	sgf
2006-03-25	Yang Shihai	Tan Jia Cheng	B+R	131	sgf
2006-03-26	Yang Shihai	Tran Anh Tuan	B+T	217	sgf