2005 Pro Tour Season
| 2005 Pro Tour Season | ||||
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| Player of the Year |
 Kenji Tsumura | |||
| Rookie of the Year |
 Pierre Canali | |||
| World Champion |
Katsuhiro Mori | |||
| Team Champion |
Japan | |||
| Hall of Fame inductions |
 Jon Finkel Darwin Kastle Alan Comer  Tommi Hovi  Olle Råde | |||
| PTs | 7 | |||
| Grand Prix | 31 | |||
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The 2005 Pro Tour season was the tenth Pro Tour season. It started on 10 September 2004 with Grand Prix Rimini, and ended on 4 December 2005 with the conclusion of the 2005 World Championships. It was the longest ever Pro Tour season, as it was a time of transition for the Pro Tour circuit; starting with this season, Pro Tour seasons would take place across a calendar year instead of the latter half of one year and the first half of the next. The Hall of Fame was also introduced during this season, with the inaugural class being Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde.
2005 season changes
Previous Pro Tour seasons had taken place across two calendar years: the latter half of one year, and the first half of the next. Starting with the 2005 season, Pro Tour seasons would correspond with the calendar year, with the World Championships taking place in November or December as the last event of the season.
Furthermore, the previous system of Pro Standings and End-of-the-Year Payout were phased out during the course of the season. End-of-the-Year Payouts were still in effect for the 2005 season, but more than halved, from $635,000 in 2003–4 to $300,000 in 2005, and completely removed for future seasons. To replace it, the Pro Tour Players Club was introduced. Players were assigned levels based on Pro Points accumulated during the previous and current seasons, and they could advance in levels by earning more Pro Points. The benefits ranged from invitations to all Pro Tour events at Level 3, to free airfare and hotel room and an appearance fee of $2000 for each Pro Tour at Level 6, the highest level.[1]
Grand Prix (September–October 2004)
Date: 10–11 September 2004
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Date: 9–10 October 2004
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Date: 9–10 October 2004
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Pro Tour Colombus
29–31 October 2004 in Colombus, Ohio, United States.
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Pierre Canali
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$30,000 | 25 | Pro Tour debut |
| 2 | Shuhei Nakamura
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$20,000 | 20 | |
| 3 |  Nicholas West
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$15,000 | 16 | Pro Tour debut |
| 4 | Olivier Ruel
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$13,000 | 16 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 5 | Gadiel Szleifer
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$9,000 | 12 | |
| 6 | Masashi Oiso
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$8,500 | 12 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 7 | Ryuichi Arita
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$8,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 |  Geoffrey Siron
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$7,500 | 12 |
Grand Prix (November 2004–January 2005)
Date: 6–7 November 2004
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Date: 13–14 November 2004
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Date: 20–21 November 2004
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Date: 20–21 November 2004
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Date: 27–28 November 2004
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Date: 18–19 December 2004
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Date: 8–9 January 2005
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Pro Tour Nagoya
28–30 January 2005 in Nagoya, Japan.
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Shu Komuro
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$30,000 | 25 | |
| 2 | Anton Jonsson
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$20,000 | 20 | Fifth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 |  Terry Soh
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$15,000 | 16 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 4 |  Murray Evans
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$13,000 | 16 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 5 | Masashiro Kuroda
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$9,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 6 |  Frank Karsten
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$8,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Jarno Harkonen
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$8,000 | 12 | |
| 8 |  Vasilis Fatouros
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$7,500 | 12 | First Greek in a Pro Tour Top 8 |
Grand Prix (February–March 2005)
Date: 5–6 February 2005
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Date: 26–27 February 2005
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Date: 5–6 March 2005
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Pro Tour Atlanta
11–13 March 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
| Place | Team | Player | Prize per Player |
Pro Points per Player |
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| 1 | Nova | Gabriel Tsang
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$60,000 | 20 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| David Rood |
Second Pro Tour Top 8 | ||||
| Gabriel Nassif |
Sixth Pro Tour Top 8 | ||||
| 2 | We Add | Don Smith
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$30,000 | 16 | Pro Tour debut |
| Andrew Pacifico |
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| 3 | Les baltringues de Ludipia | Benjamin Caumes
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$18,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| Nicolas Bornarel |
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| Camille Fenet |
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| 4 | One Spin | Tomohiro Kaji
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$15,000 | 12 | |
| Kenji Tsumura |
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| Tomoharu Saito |
Grand Prix (March–April 2005)
Date: 19–20 March 2005
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Date: 26–27 March 2005
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Date: 23–24 April 2005
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Date: 23–24 April 2005
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Pro Tour Philadelphia
6–8 May 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Gadiel Szleifer
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$21,725 | 25 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 2 | Kenji Tsumura
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$12,275 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 | Steven Wolfman
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$7,475 | 16 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 4 | Olivier Ruel
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$6,950 | 16 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 5 | Ryan Cimera
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$2,825 | 12 | Pro Tour debut |
| 6 | Jeff Novekoff
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$4,750 | 12 | Pro Tour debut |
| 7 | Mark Herberholz
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$3,175 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 |  André Müller
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$2,075 | 12 |
Grand Prix (May–June 2005)
Date: 14–15 May 2005
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Date: 11–12 June 2005
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Pro Tour London
8–10 July 2005 in London, Great Britain.
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Geoffrey Siron
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$30,000 | 25 | Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Belgian to win a Pro Tour |
| 2 | Tsuyoshi Fujita
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$20,000 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 | Johan Sadeghpour
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$15,000 | 16 | |
| 4 | Antti Malin
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$13,000 | 16 | |
| 5 | Masashi Oiso
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$9,000 | 12 | Fifth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 6 | Tomi Walamies
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$8,500 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 7 |  Arnost Zidek
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$8,000 | 12 | |
| 8 | David Larsson
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$7,500 | 12 |
Grand Prix (July–September 2005)
Date: 16–17 July 2005
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Date: 23–24 July 2005
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Date: 6–7 August 2005
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Date: 27–28 August 2005
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Date: 3–4 September 2005
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Date: 3–4 September 2005
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Pro Tour Los Angeles
28–30 October 2005 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Antoine Ruel
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$30,000 | 25 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 2 | Billy Moreno
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$20,000 | 20 | |
| 3 | Kenji Tsumura
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$15,000 | 16 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 4 | Chris McDaniel
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$13,000 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tsuyoshi Fujita
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$9,000 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 6 |  Chih-Hsiang Chang
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$8,500 | 12 | First Taiwanese in a Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 7 | Ervin Tormos
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$8,000 | 12 | Pro Tour debut |
| 8 | Ryuichi Arita
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$7,500 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
Grand Prix (November 2005)
Date: 5–6 November 2005
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Date: 5–6 November 2005
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Date: 5–6 November 2005
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Date: 12–13 November 2005
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Date: 19–20 November 2005
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Date: 26–27 November
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2005 World Championships
30 November–4 December 2005 in Yokohama, Japan.
Final standings
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Katsuhiro Mori
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$35,000 | 32 | |
| 2 | Frank Karsten
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$23,000 | 24 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Kaji
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$15,000 | 16 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 4 | Akira Asahara
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$13,000 | 16 | |
| 5 |  Marcio Carvalho
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$9,500 | 12 | |
| 6 |  Ding Leong
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$8,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Shuhei Nakamura
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$7,500 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 | André Coimbra
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$6,500 | 12 |
Team competition
| Place | Country | Player | Prize per Player |
Pro Points per Player |
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| 1 | Japan
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Ichiro Shimura | $10,000 | 6 |
| Takuma Morofuji | ||||
| Masashi Oiso | ||||
| 2 | United States
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Jon Sonne | $5,000 | 5 |
| Antonino De Rosa | ||||
| Neil Reeves |
References
- ↑ Randy Buehler (2005-05-02). "WELCOME TO THE PRO PLAYERS CLUB". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2016-04-29.