Japan's Mt. Fuji is a beautiful scenery that makes people linger, and the Fujitsu Cup is one of the earliest scenic spots in the world chess world. When it was learned that Mr. Ying Changqi of Taiwan was preparing for the Ying Cup World Go Tournament for the first time in history, the Japanese Chess Academy preemptively launched the first Fujitsu Cup World Professional Go Championship in April 1988.
Subsequently, the Ying Cup and the Toyo Securities Cup were held successively, and in the mid-to-late 1990s, the Samsung Cup, LG Cup, Chunlan Cup, etc. also appeared on the scene, and after entering the new century, more competitions surfaced, and the Go world became more and more lively.
Unfortunately, due to the economic crisis and the poor performance of Japanese chess players, the Fujitsu Cup died after the 24th tournament in 2011 and left the world stage. The total number of editions held is second only to the 25th edition of the Samsung Cup and the 26th LG Cup, ranking third among the world competitions.
Masaki Takemiya and Lin Haifeng
Contrary to Nie Weiping's proud Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the Fujitsu Cup brings deep "Fuji pain" to the Chinese people. After the founding of the World Series, we looked forward to the stars and the moon, but for a long time did not look forward to engraving the world championship with the Chinese brand, from 1988 to 1994, the top masters of Japan and South Korea took turns to fight and grab the throne of the world's first place, but we could only stare at the side, this kind of unbearable suffering, is difficult for many people who have not experienced that era to understand. Below I will make public the list of the champions, runners-up and final four of the previous Fujitsu Cup:
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Fujitsu Cup
champion
runner-up
Final Four
1988-1
Masaki Takemiya
Lin Haifeng
Nie Weiping and Kobayashi Koichi
1989-2
Cho Hwan-hyun and Seo Bong-so
1990-3
Nie Weiping
Koichi Kobayashi and Cho Kao Hyun
1991-4
Zhao Zhixun
Qian Yuping
Kobayashi Koichi and Wang Licheng
1992-5
Ohtake Hero
Wang Licheng
Ma Xiaochun, Liu Xiaoguang
1993-6
Liu Changhe
Cho Hwan-hyun
Masao Kato - Shuzo Awaji
1994-7
Lin Haifeng, Zhao Zhixun
1995-8
Ma Xiaochun
Koichi Kobayashi
Liu Changhe and Zhao Zhixun
1996-9
Lee Chang-ho
Kobayashi Koichi and Liu Xiaoguang
1997-10
Ma Xiaochun, Zhou Heyang
1998-11
Chang Hao
Masato Hikosaka
1999-12
Kobayashi Kyaw and Cho Ji-hoon
2000-13
Mu Zhen Shuo, Kobayashi Jue
2001-14
Choi Myung-hoon
Lin Haifeng, Zhou Junxun
2002-15
Lee Sedol
Wang Minghuan and Lee Chang-ho
2003-16
Song Tae-kun
Lee Chang-ho and Kiki Ida
2004-17
Park Yong-hoon
Noriki Ida
Song Tae-kun, Liu Chang-hyuk
2005-18
Choi Chul-han
Liu Changhe, Song Tae-kun
2006-19
Park Jeong-hsiang
Zhou Heyang
Choi Chul-han, Lee Sedol
2007-20
Yoshiki Ida and Zhang Xu
2008-21
Coulee
Chang Hao, Liu Xing
2009-22
Jiang Dongrun
Park Yong-hoon, Chang-ho
2010-23
Kong Jie
Qiu Jun, Park Wenyao
2011-24
Park Young-hwan
Qiu Jun
Yuta Iyama, Jiangyi
From the above list, we can draw the following conclusions: First, Japan's six super leagues are worthy of the name, and four of them have won the first five Fujitsu Cups in a row, which is the best evidence. After Nie Weiping was invincible in the Sino-Japanese ring, Wu Qingyuan said that "Nie Weiping is the de facto first", which seems to be just a cloud of smoke in the past, or there is a suspicion of exaltation.
Wu Gong Zhengshu, Nie Weiping, Lin Haifeng, and Cao Xuanxuan are in the same frame
Second, Masaki Takemiya, who is famous for his "cosmic flow" chess style in the belly of the high, is worthy of being a super master in the world chess world, and winning the first two Fujitsu Cups is the best praise for him.
Third, the first seven tournaments have a total of 14 final opportunities, China only Nie Weiping and Qian Yuping won once each, the record is simply unbearable, at that time the Chinese chess fans seem to be living in the depths of the water, who will save us from jumping out of the bitter sea?
Fourth, in the eighth Fujitsu Cup in 1995, the championship trophy engraved with Ma Xiaochun's name was late, but it finally became a reality. However, in the past few months, Ma Xiaochun has already won China's first world championship trophy, the sixth Toyo Securities Cup, so the degree of joy this time has been greatly reduced.
Ma Xiaochun nine paragraphs
Fifth, Kobayashi Koichijiu, one of Japan's six super-masters who brought Ma Xiaochun a lot of nightmares, reached the top in 1997, and since then, except for Masao Kato, the rest of the six super-leagues have all been titled in the gold list. However, Nie Weiping, who is the same age as Kobayashi, has prematurely aged, and it is difficult to see the figure of the World Series. But then again, the phenomenon of the short lifespan of Chinese masters is a problem recognized by the Chinese sports community, and it is not unique to the Go world.
Sixth, a total of 24 gold cups, South Korea won 15, Japan won 6 times, and China only took the last place 3 times. China's winning percentage is only 12.5%, the lowest of all World Series. Until the Fujitsu Cup is completely over, we have not been able to completely eliminate the "Fuji pain", which is the sadness of the Chinese chess community.
The 24th Fujitsu Cup is a history of blood and tears in Chinese Go. The good news is that the Chinese Go masters who know shame and courage, go forward and follow, do not fear difficulties, and finally phoenix nirvana, and then catch up, from 2013 to stand at the peak of the world's Go.
Whether Ke Jie, Gu Ba, Ding Xin, Ding Hao, Xie Ke and other young talents can snipe South Korea Ershen and continue to stand at the head of the world Go tide in the fight between China and South Korea, it depends on you!