International Title Statistics

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From 1988 onwards there have been a number of major international tournaments in which the best players from all three major go-playing countries have been able to compete. On this page we present some statistics on the winners of these tournaments. At the end are listed the tournaments which are included.

Andrew Simons has also created a [ext] color coded table of international title winners.

The Statistics

These figures are as of February 2014, and 124 tournaments are included. (Some omissions are possible.)

Numbers of tournament wins for each player are as follows:

Player Country Titles
Yi Ch'ang-ho Korea, Republic Of 21
Yi Se-tol Korea, Republic Of 16
Cho Hun-hyeon Korea, Republic Of 11
Gu Li China 7
Takemiya Masaki Japan 6
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok Korea, Republic Of 6
Kong Jie China 6
Yoda Norimoto Japan 4
Otake Hideo Japan 3
Chang Hao China 3
Pak Yeong-hun Korea, Republic Of 3
Yu Bin China 3
Ma Xiaochun China 2
O Rissei Japan 2
Cho Chikun Japan 2
Cho U Japan 2
Choi Cheolhan Korea, Republic Of 2
Baek Hongsuk Korea, Republic Of 2
Kobayashi Koichi Japan 1
Rin Kaiho Japan 1
Seo Pong-su Korea, Republic Of 1
Luo Xihe China 1
Pak Cheong-sang Korea, Republic Of 1
Wang Xi China 1
Zhou Heyang China 1
Zhou Junxun Taiwan, Province Of China 1
Ishida Yoshio Japan 1
Kobayashi Satoru Japan 1
Kang Dongyun Korea, Republic Of 1
Piao Wenyao China 1
Park Junghwan Korea, Republic Of 1
Won Sungjin Korea, Republic Of 1
Jiang Weijie China 1
Zhou Ruiyang China 1
Shi Yue China 1
Fan Tingyu China 1
Chen Yaoye China 1
Iyama Yuta Japan 1
Mi Yuting China 1
Tang Weixing China 1
Tuo Jiaxi China 1

The tallies for each country are as follows.

 Korea  Korea, Republic Of 66
 China  China 33
 Japan  Japan 24
 Taiwan Taiwan, Province Of China  1

valerio: this chinese [ext] statistic counts 99 tournaments (all editions of Tongyang and don't count the IBM). The figure is: Korea 60, Japan 20, China 18 and Taiwan 1.

The Tournaments

The following tournaments are included in the above statistics:

The following is a list of the winners, in chronological order of the date of the win (that is, the date of the last game of the tournament - although in the case of the 4th Fujitsu Cup this game wasn't actually played).

1st Asian TV 1989-08-12 Takemiya Masaki
1st Fujitsu 1988-09-03 Takemiya Masaki
1st IBM 1988-10-05 Ishida Yoshio
2nd Fujitsu 1989-08-05 Takemiya Masaki
1st Ing 1989-09-05 Cho Hun-hyeon
2nd IBM 1989-10-07 Otake Hideo
3rd Fujitsu 1990-08-04 Rin Kaiho
2nd Asian TV 1990-08-15 Takemiya Masaki
3rd IBM 1990-09-08 Kobayashi Satoru
4th Fujitsu 1991-08-03 Cho Chikun
3rd Asian TV 1991-08-30 Takemiya Masaki
3rd Tong Yang 1992-01-27 Yi Ch'ang-ho
5th Fujitsu 1992-08-01 Otake Hideo
4th Asian TV 1992-08-23 Takemiya Masaki
2nd Ing 1993-05-20 Seo Pong-su
4th Tong Yang 1993-06-08 Yi Ch'ang-ho
5th Asian TV 1993-07-30 Yoda Norimoto
6th Fujitsu 1993-08-07 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
5th Tong Yang 1994-06-22 Cho Hun-hyeon
6th Asian TV 1994-07-23 Otake Hideo
7th Fujitsu 1994-08-06 Cho Hun-hyeon
6th Tong Yang 1995-05-24 Ma Xiaochun
7th Asian TV 1995-07-14 Yi Ch'ang-ho
8th Fujitsu 1995-08-05 Ma Xiaochun
7th Tong Yang 1996-03-20 Yi Ch'ang-ho
8th Asian TV 1996-05-04 Yi Ch'ang-ho
9th Fujitsu 1996-08-03 Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd Ing 1996-11-06 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
1st Samsung 1996-11-29 Yoda Norimoto
8th Tong Yang 1997-04-18 Cho Hun-hyeon
9th Asian TV 1997-05-15 Yu Bin
1st LG 1997-05-19 Yi Ch'ang-ho
10th Fujitsu 1997-08-02 Kobayashi Koichi
2nd Samsung 1997-11-28 Yi Ch'ang-ho
2nd LG 1998-03-23 O Rissei
9th Tong Yang 1998-05-13 Yi Ch'ang-ho
11th Fujitsu 1998-08-01 Yi Ch'ang-ho
10th Asian TV 1998-08-15 Yoda Norimoto
3rd Samsung 1999-02-08 Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd LG 1999-05-10 Yi Ch'ang-ho
11th Asian TV 1999-05-29 Yoda Norimoto
1st Chunlan 1999-06-29 Cho Hun-hyeon
12th Fujitsu 1999-08-07 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
4th Samsung 1999-12-07 Yi Ch'ang-ho
4th LG 2000-05-10 Yu Bin
12th Asian TV 2000-05-31 Cho Hun-hyeon
2nd Chunlan 2000-06-22 O Rissei
13th Fujitsu 2000-08-12 Cho Hun-hyeon
5th Samsung 2000-12-14 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
4th Ing 2001-02-16 Yi Ch'ang-ho
13th Asian TV 2001-05-10 Cho Hun-hyeon
5th LG 2001-05-21 Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd Chunlan 2001-06-26 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
14th Fujitsu 2001-08-04 Cho Hun-hyeon
6th Samsung 2001-12-14 Cho Hun-hyeon
6th LG 2002-04-01 Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
14th Asian TV 2002-05-10 Yi Ch'ang-ho
15th Fujitsu 2002-08-03 Yi Se-tol
7th Samsung 2003-01-14 Cho Hun-hyeon
1st Toyota 2003-01-29 Yi Ch'ang-ho
4th Chunlan 2003-03-18 Yi Ch'ang-ho
7th LG 2003-03-27 Yi Se-tol
16th Fujitsu 2003-07-07 Yi Se-tol
15th Asian TV 2003-09-07 Zhou Heyang
8th Samsung 2003-12-11 Cho Chikun
8th LG 2004-04-01 Yi Ch'ang-ho
16th Asian TV 2004-05-14 Yu Bin
17th Fujitsu 2004-07-05 Pak Yeong-hun
9th Samsung 2004-12-10 Yi Se-tol
2nd Toyota 2005-01-08 Yi Se-tol
1st Zhonghuan 2005-01-15 Park Yeonghun
5th Ing 2005-03-06 Chang Hao
5th Chunlan 2005-03-08 Yi Ch'ang-ho
9th LG 2005-04-20 Cho U
18th Fujitsu 2005-06-04 Yi Se-tol
17th Asian TV 2005-06-17 Cho U
2nd Zhonghuan 2005-08-20 Choi Cheolhan
10th Samsung 2006-01-13 Luo Xihe
10th LG 2006-04-21 Gu Li
19th Fujitsu 2006-07-03 Pak Cheong-sang
18th Asian TV 2006-08-11 Wang Xi
3rd Toyota 2007-01-09 Yi Se-tol
11th Samsung 2007-01-24 Chang Hao
11th LG 2007-03-22 Zhou Junxun
6th Chunlan 2007-03-25 Gu Li
19th Asian TV 2007-06-14 Yi Se-tol
20th Fujitsu 2007-07-09 Pak Yeonghun
3rd Zhonghuan 2007-08-17 Yi Ch'ang-ho
12th Samsung 2008-01-24 Yi Se-tol
12th LG 2008-02-28 Yi Se-tol
20th Asian TV 2008-06-04 Yi Se-tol
21st Fujitsu 2008-07-07 Gu Li
4th Toyota 2009-01-08 Gu Li
13th Samsung 2009-01-22 Yi Se-tol
13th LG 2009-02-25 Gu Li
6th Ing 2009-04-23 Choi Cheolhan
1st BCcard 2009-05-04 Gu Li
21th Asian TV 2009-06-12 Kong Jie
7th Chunlan 2009-06-24 Chang Hao
22th Fujitsu 2009-07-06 Kang Dongyun
14th Samsung 2009-12-17 Kong Jie
14th LG 2010-02-24 Kong Jie
2nd BCcard 2010-04-27 Yi Se-tol
22th Asian TV 2010-06-03 Kong Jie
23rd Fujitsu 2010-07-05 Kong Jie
15th Samsung 2010-12-10 Gu Li
15th LG 2011-02-24 Piao Wenyao
3rd BCcard 2011-04-28 Yi Se-tol
23rd Asian TV 2011-06-10 Kong Jie
8th Chunlan 2011-06-30 Yi Se-tol
24th Fujitsu 2011-08-14 Park Junghwan
16th Samsung 2011-12-07 Won Sungjin
16th LG 2012-02-15 Jiang Weijie
4th BCcard 2012-05-16 Baek Hongsuk
24th Asian TV 2012-08-17 Baek Hongsuk
17th Samsung 2012-12-13 Yi Se-tol
1st Bailing Cup 2013-01-19 Zhou Ruiyang
17th LG 2013-02-20 Shi Yue
7th Ing 2013-03-06 Fan Tingyu
9th Chunlan 2013-06-20 Chen Yaoye
25th Asian TV 2013-06-30 Iyama Yuta
1st Mlily Cup 2013-12-06 Mi Yuting
18th Samsung 2013-12-11 Tang Weixing
18th LG 2014-02-13 Tuo Jiaxi

This is a copy of the living page "International Title Statistics" at Sensei's Library.
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