12th Fujitsu Cup

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# 12th 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, Chang Hao, Yoo Changhyuk
- 7 from Japan: Cho Chikun, Goto Shungo, Ishida Yoshio, Ishii Shinzo, Kato Masao, Kobayashi Satoru, Kudo Norio
- 5 from China: Ma Xiaochun, Qiu Jun, Wang Lei, Yu Bin, Zheng Hong
- 5 from South Korea: An Choyoung, Cho Hunhyun, Lee Seongjae, Mok Jinseok, Seo Bongsoo
- 1 from Taiwan: Zhou Junxun
- 1 from Europe: Catalin Taranu
- 1 from North America: Jimmy Cha
- 1 from South America: Fernando Aguilar

## Main tournament

Main tournament
Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru W+R 1999-04-10 | Kobayashi Satoru B+1.5 1999-04-12 | Kobayashi Satoru W+R 1999-06-05 | Ma Xiaochun B+5.5 1999-07-03 | Yoo Changhyuk B+0.5 1999-08-07
An Choyoung
Cho Hunhyun
Lee Seongjae | Lee Seongjae W+R 1999-04-10 | Lee Seongjae B+R 1999-04-12
Catalin Taranu
Chang Hao
Kudo Norio | Kudo Norio B+0.5 1999-04-10 | Ma Xiaochun B+R 1999-04-12 | Ma Xiaochun W+1.5 1999-06-05
Seo Bongsoo
Ma Xiaochun
Kato Masao | Kato Masao B+R 1999-04-10 | Kato Masao B+R 1999-04-12
Zheng Hong
Lee Changho
Jimmy Cha | Jimmy Cha B+F 1999-04-10 | Ishida Yoshio B+5.5 1999-04-12 | Yoo Changhyuk B+R 1999-06-05 | Yoo Changhyuk W+4.5 1999-07-03
Ishii Shinzo
Ishida Yoshio
Goto Shungo | Goto Shungo B+5.5 1999-04-10 | Yoo Changhyuk W+5.5 1999-04-12
Yu Bin
Yoo Changhyuk
Zhou Junxun | Zhou Junxun W+10.5 1999-04-10 | Qiu Jun B+R 1999-04-12 | Cho Chikun B+R 1999-06-05
Fernando Aguilar
Qiu Jun
Wang Lei (b) | Wang Lei (b) B+1.5 1999-04-10 | Cho Chikun W+R 1999-04-12
Mok Jinseok
Cho Chikun

## Third place playoff

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1999-08-07 | Kobayashi Satoru | Cho Chikun | B+R | 143 | sgf

## Japanese Preliminary

Seeded: Cho Chikun (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo).
We give only a few games.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1998 | Ryu Shikun | Kono Rin | B+R | 83 | sgf
1998-11-09 | Ishii Shinzo | Sakaguchi Ryuzo | B+1.5 | 266 | sgf
1998-12 | Aoki Kikuyo | Ohira Shuzo | W+R | 208 | sgf
1999-01-18 | Rin Shien | Ishii Shinzo | W+R | 220 | sgf

## European Preliminary

6th European Fujitsu Cup
Guo Juan | Guo Juan B+R 1998-12-12 | Guo Juan B+R 1998-12-12 | Guo Juan B+R 1998-12-13 | Guo Juan B+R 1998-12-13
Leszek Soldan
Vladimir Danek | Vladimir Danek W+6.5 1998-12-12
Alexej Lazarev
Robert Mateescu | Christoph Gerlach B+2.5 1998-12-12 | Christoph Gerlach W+2.5 1998-12-12
Christoph Gerlach
Dmytro Bohatskyi | Rob van Zeijst B+R 1998-12-12
Rob van Zeijst
Hans Pietsch | Hans Pietsch B+R 1998-12-12 | Hans Pietsch W+20.5 1998-12-12 | Catalin Taranu B+3.5 1998-12-13
Csaba Mero
Viktor Bogdanov | Andrei Khmyrov B+7.5 12-12-1998
Andrei Khmyrov
Franz-Josef Dickhut | Cristian Pop B+18.5 1998-12-12 | Catalin Taranu B+R 1998-12-12
Cristian Pop
Emil Nijhuis | Catalin Taranu B+R 1998-12-12
Catalin Taranu

## North American Preliminary

The 12th North American Fujitsu Qualifying tournament was held on 1999-01-09,10,11 in Houston, Texas. Places 1 and 2 were for Jimmy Cha and Michael Redmond. Their mutual game, in the 4th and last round, was resigned by Michael Redmond (playing White) after 177 moves.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1999-01-11 | Jimmy Cha | Michael Redmond | B+R | 181 | sgf