10-28

The Japanese female and male Honinbo title holders to be married spring 2004. Kobayashi Izumi, daughter of Kobayashi Koichi will marry Cho U who is from Taiwan originally but now living in Japan.

10-28

The quarter-finals meant the exit of the two remaining Chinese players so the semi-finals of the 8th LG Cup will be an all-Korean affair. To be continued the 9th of March 2004.

10-23

Title holder Yoda Norimoto [jp] won the 5th game of the 28th Meijin title match, thus convincingly beating challenger Yamashita Keigo [jp].

10-16

Challenger Yamashita Keigo [jp] is facing kadoban after loosing to title holder Yoda Norimoto [jp] in the 4th game of the 28th Meijin title match. Play continues next week, October 23rd.

10-16

The 3rd round of the challenger tournament of the 8th Samsung Cup shows the exit of the Korean top-three: Lee ChangHo, Cho HunHyun and Lee SeDol all lost.

10-03

Results from the World Amateur Championships: 1st Hiraoka Satoshi (8d, jp), 2nd Junghwan Kim (8d, kr), 3rd Emil Nijhuis (6d, nl). Read more at iwabc.com and My Friday Night Files.