International Title Statistics
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.
The Statistics
These figures are as of july 2009, and 100 tournaments are included. (Some omissions are possible.)
Numbers of tournament wins for each player are as follows:
Yi Ch'ang-ho | (kor) | 21 |
Yi Se-tol | (kor) | 12 |
Cho Hun-hyeon | (kor) | 11 |
Takemiya Masaki | (jpn) | 6 |
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok | (kor) | 6 |
Gu Li | (chn) | 6 |
Yoda Norimoto | (jpn) | 4 |
Otake Hideo | (jpn) | 3 |
Chang Hao | (chn) | 3 |
Pak Yeong-hun | (kor) | 3 |
Ma Xiaochun | (chn) | 2 |
O Rissei | (jpn) | 2 |
Cho Chikun | (jpn) | 2 |
Yu Bin | (chn) | 2 |
Cho U | (jpn) | 2 |
Choi Cheolhan | (kor) | 2 |
Kobayashi Koichi | (jpn) | 1 |
Rin Kaiho | (jpn) | 1 |
Seo Pong-su | (kor) | 1 |
Yu Bin | (chn) | 1 |
Luo Xihe | (chn) | 1 |
Pak Cheong-sang | (kor) | 1 |
Wang Xi | (chn) | 1 |
Zhou Heyang | (chn) | 1 |
Zhou Junxun | (tw) | 1 |
Ishida Yoshio | (jpn) | 1 |
Kobayashi Satoru | (jpn) | 1 |
Kong Jie | (chn) | 1 |
Kang Dongyun | (kor) | 1 |
The tallies for each country are as follows. (I count each player according to the country he usually plays in. This is somewhat generous to Japan, since O Rissei, Rin Kaiho and Cho U are from Taiwan, and Cho Chikun is from Korea.)
Korea 58 Japan 23 China 18 Taiwan 1
The Tournaments
The following tournaments are included in the above statistics:
- Fujitsu Cup (22 tournaments)
- Asian TV Cup (21 tournaments)
- Tong Yang Securities Cup (7 tournaments, as I don't count the first two, discontinued)
- IBM Hayago Open Championship (3 tournaments, discontinued)
- Samsung Cup (13 tournaments)
- LG Cup (13 tournaments)
- Ing Cup (6 tournaments)
- Chunlan Cup (7 tournaments)
- Toyota & Denso Cup (4 tournaments)
- Zhonghuan Cup (3 tournaments)
- BCcard Cup (1 tournament)
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 |