16th Fujitsu Cup

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# 16th 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 Sedol, Yoo Changhyuk, O Meien
- 7 from Japan: Cho Chikun, Hane Naoki, Kato Masao, Kobayashi Satoru, O Rissei, Takao Shinji, Yoda Norimoto
- 5 from China: Chang Hao, Gu Li, Huang Yizhong, Wang Lei, Zhou Heyang
- 5 from South Korea: Cho Hunhyun, Choi Myeonghun, Lee Changho, Park Yeonghun, Song Taekon
- 1 from Taiwan: Zhou Junxun
- 1 from Europe: Catalin Taranu
- 1 from North America: John Lee
- 1 from South America: Fernando Aguilar

## Main tournament

Main tournament
Gu Li | Gu Li B+R 2003-04-12 | Yoo Changhyuk W+R 2003-04-14 | Yoda Norimoto W+R 2003-06-07 | Lee Sedol W+0.5 2003-07-05 | Lee Sedol W+R 2003-07-07
Cho Chikun
Yoo Changhyuk
Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto B+R 2003-04-12 | Yoda Norimoto B+R 2003-04-14
Chang Hao
Wang Lei (b)
Huang Yizhong | Kobayashi Satoru W+R 2003-04-12 | Kobayashi Satoru W+R 2003-04-14 | Lee Sedol W+6.5 2003-06-07
Kobayashi Satoru
Park Yeonghun
Choi Myeonghun | Hane Naoki W+R 2003-04-12 | Lee Sedol W+R 2003-04-14
Hane Naoki
Lee Sedol
Zhou Heyang | Song Taekon W+R 2003-04-12 | Song Taekon B+R 2003-04-14 | Song Taekon W+0.5 2003-06-07 | Song Taekon B+R 2003-07-05
Song Taekon
O Meien
Fernando Aguilar | Takao Shinji W+R 2003-04-12 | Takao Shinji W+R 2003-04-14
Takao Shinji
Zhou Junxun
John Lee | John Lee B+R 2003-04-12 | Lee Changho W+R 2003-04-14 | Lee Changho B+4.5 2003-06-07
Catalin Taranu
Lee Changho
Kato Masao | Cho Hunhyun W+3.5 2003-04-12 | O Rissei B+4.5 2003-04-14
Cho Hunhyun
O Rissei

The quarterfinals were held in Tokyo instead of Beijing because of SARS.

## Third place playoff

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2003-07-07 | Yoda Norimoto | Lee Changho | W+R | 114 | sgf

## Japanese Preliminary

Seeded: (O Meien and) O Rissei (Kisei), Yoda Norimoto (Meijin), and Kato Masao (Honinbo).
Preliminary winners: Cho Chikun, Hane Naoki, Kobayashi Satoru, Takao Shinji.

16th Fujitsu Cup, Last Japanese Preliminary
Yamada Kimio | Nakano Hironari | Cho Chikun B+R 2003-01-20
Nakano Hironari
Cho Chikun
Rin Kaiho | Takao Shinji B+8.5 2003-01-13 | Takao Shinji B+R 2003-02-03
Takao Shinji
Kobayashi Koichi
Cho U | Cho U | Kobayashi Satoru B+0.5 2003-01-27
Kataoka Satoshi
Kobayashi Satoru
Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki B+2.5 2003-01-27
Yuki Satoshi
Matsumoto Takehisa | Ryu Shikun
Ryu Shikun

Two earlier games:

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2002-11-04 | Tsuchida Masamitsu | Sakai Hideyuki | W+R | 182 | sgf
2002-12-16 | Kobayashi Koichi | Konno Tameto | B+R | 119 | sgf

## European Preliminary

10th European Fujitsu Cup (from round 2)
Dragos Bajenaru | Dragos Bajenaru W+R 2002-11-30 | Cristian Pop | Cristian Pop B+3.5 2002-12-01 | Catalin Taranu B+R 2002-12-01
Guo Juan
Cristian Pop | Cristian Pop
Ion Florescu
Matthew Macfadyen | Mykhailo Halchenko | Alexandre Dinerchtein W+R 2002-11-30
Mykhailo Halchenko
Alexandre Dinerchtein | Alexandre Dinerchtein W+R 2002-11-30
Christoph Gerlach
Csaba Mero | Csaba Mero B+5.5 2002-11-30 | Svetlana Shikshina B+4.5 2002-11-30 | Catalin Taranu B+R 2002-12-01
Rob van Zeijst
Svetlana Shikshina | Svetlana Shikshina W+R 2002-11-30
Tibor Pocsai
Pal Balogh | Dmytro Bohatskyi | Catalin Taranu W+R 2002-11-30
Dmytro Bohatskyi
Catalin Taranu | Catalin Taranu B+R 2002-11-30
Frank Janssen

## North American Preliminary

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2003-01-18 | Zhou Yuan | Yang Huiren | W+6.5 | 255 | sgf
2003-01-18 | Yu Lianzhou | Jimmy Cha | W+28.5 | 297 | sgf
2003-01-18 | Jimmy Cha | Thomas Hsiang | B+R | 221 | sgf
2003-01-18 | Yang Huiren | John Lee | W+R | 228 | sgf
2003-01-19 | John Lee | Jimmy Cha | B+R | 153 | sgf