List of Go players
European Go Professionals Players

List of Go players

Section Title: European Go Professionals Players
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Origin	Name	DOB–DOD	Peak rank	Notes

Austria	Manfred Wimmer	1944–1995	2p	Born in Austria, became the first western Go professional in 1978, doing so with the Kansai Ki-in. Reached 2p the same year, and later brought Go to Kenya and Madagascar.

Germany	Hans Reinhard Pietsch	1968–2003	6p	Known for spreading Go around the world.

Romania	Catalin Taranu	1973–	5p	One of Romania's best players and a pro in Japan. Affiliate of the Nihon Ki-In.

Russia	Alexandre Dinerchtein	1980–	3p	The first Russian professional Go player. Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

Russia	Svetlana Shikshina	1980–	3p	The first Russian professional Go player among Alexandre Dinerchtein. Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

Hungary	Diana Koszegi	1983–	1p	The first Hungarian professional Go player. Affiliate of the Hanguk Kiwon.

Ukraine	Mariya Zakharchenko	1995–	1p	the first professional player of Ukraine.

Slovakia	Lisy Pavol	1995–	2p	European Go Federation Professional Player, European Champion, 5 times Slovak Go Champion.

Israel	Ali Jabarin	1993–	2p	European Go Federation Professional Player, 2016 European Go Grand-Slam Champion, 2018 European Grand-Prix Champion.

Poland	Mateusz Surma	1995–	1p	European Go Federation Professional Player, 3 times Polish Go Champion.

Russia	Ilja Shikshin	1990–	2p	European Go Federation Professional Player, Two times European Go Champion, 2 times Under 12 European Youth Champion, 2 times Under 18 European Youth Champion.

Ukraine	Artem Kachanovskyi	1992–	2p	European Go Federation Professional Player.

Ukraine	Andrii Kravets	1990–	1p	European Go Federation Professional Player. European U12 Champion (2002) and 2 times Ukrainian Champion (2012, 2015).

Finland	Antti Törmänen	1989–	1p	Antti Törmänen is a Finnish 1p with Nihon Kiin. He was an insei at the Nihon Ki-in, Tokyo from October 2011 to May 2012 and again from April 2014.

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Svetlana Valeryevna Shikshina (1980) is a professional Go player from Russia.

final_sentence: Svetlana Valeryevna Shikshina (1980) is a professional Go player from Russia.