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Current Students in Korea
 | Anastasia KhlepetinaKGS: Country: Russia Year of Birth: 1990 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 1 year Text: Nasty |
Former BIBA Students
 | Gareth DavisKGS: - Country: U.K. Year of Birth: 1986 Rank: 3k (we think about 1k-1d) Trip Duration: 1 year 8 months Text: Gareth has stayed few days at KBC (Hungary), afterwards he decided to continue his studies at BIBA. He stayed 1 year and 8 months in BIBA. He helped a lot with teaching English for visitors (professinal players or strong amateurs). Thank you. |
 | Hüsrev AksütKGS: Husrev Country: Turkey Year of Birth: 1987 Rank: 2-3 dan Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: Has been playing since 2006. |
 | Matt MennieKGS: MarcoRosso Country: Canada Year of Birth: 1988 Rank: 1 Dan Trip Duration: 1 month Text: Avid player of Baduk. Attended BIBA for one month, May 2012. In that time I improved considerably. I'm currently on the Canadian Go Association's executive board. |
 | Thomas DanelKGS: suounegni Country: France Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 5d (7/8d Tygem) Trip Duration: never leave...... Text: I came to BIBA in October 2012, I was 5d at the time. Now about 7/8d. I'll try to be 9d in 2014 I hate self introduction... 😀 |
 | Kerem KaraerkekKGS: baklava Country: turkey Year of Birth: 1971 Rank: 2d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I am one of the first players in turkey and long time 2d. I am a mountain guide and I try to come to biba when I am not working. |
 | Jonathan MelcherKGS: Aeroplane Country: Canada Year of Birth: 1986 Rank: 5d/6d Tygem Trip Duration: 2 flights of stairs Text: I'm 27, I've been playing Baduk since I was 18. I have a B.Sc. in Mathematics and will likely be a teacher when I return home to Canada. I also like poker, hunting, horseback riding, camping, etc. Korea's been a blast so far! |
 | Andrew SimonsKGS: Uberdude Country: United Kingdom Year of Birth: 1985 Rank: 4d Trip Duration: 2 months Text: Started playing 2005. Came to BIBA to study Go, but stayed for a girl ;-). 2nd place in British Go Championship 2013. |
 | Jean-Sébastien LechasseurKGS: JeansebL Country: Canada Year of Birth: 1988 Rank: 5d Trip Duration: 2.5 months Text: I organized a trip to BIBA with four of my friends. It was a lifetime experience and I hope to go back soon. At BIBA, I learned how to study go. This is priceless because it helped me to keep improving when I came back to Canada. Right now, I'm the president of the Quebec Go Association and I'm doing a PhD in Number Theory at the University of Montreal. |
 | Yansai NoeysoongnoenKGS: Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 1987 Rank: 2d Trip Duration: 6 months Text: I liked my time in Korea, it was not just a place to study Go but I felt welcome as part of the BIBA family. Although I can't speak English well, I could communicate well with everyone because they tried to help me a lot. Thank you all. Now my English is improving =). |
 | Jimmy KohKGS: PinotNoir Country: Singapore Year of Birth: 1973 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: 3 dan from Singapore, been playing Go for over 20 years 🙂 |
 | Vorawat TanapatsopolKGS: Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 5D Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I studied at BIBA for 1 month in 2011. Even though i stayed at BIBA only for 1 month but i gain many Baduk experience by getting a lecture from Blackie and also i can participate in many tournament and also observe some important professional tournament.So i can say that BIBA is a good starting point for foreigner Baduk player to study baduk seriously in Korea and I also want to go back and continue study Baduk at BIBA if i have an opportunity (Also money :P) |
 | Paphawin Inthanan / (Ton)KGS: Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 2D Trip Duration: 1 Month Text: BIBA is the nice place to learn about baduk. There have a lot of good people and i like them. And when I went there, That made me know the Korean foods is very nice .... and the girls too. = w ='' |
 | Patrick PittersKGS: XoXo88 Country: Germany Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: Went to BIBA to experience Korea mainly and to study Go in advance, it was a great choice and i will try everything to get back as soon as i can. not only to meet up with all these great people around BIBA again and play baduk until im deadtired but also because it was just the best holiday i ever had. thank you so much to offer this dia and blackie. |
 | Bertan BilenKGS: bertan Country: Turkey Year of Birth: 1984 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 2.5 months Text: have been playing since 2005. still trying to improve my game. |
 | Kanno HirokiKGS: Khiroki Country: Hong Kong China Year of Birth: 1991 Rank: 5D (Tygem 7D) Trip Duration: 4 years (every weeke Text: I'm studying Baduk Studies at Myongji University in Korea. I was studied in BIBA for every weekend more than 1 year. I will stay in Korea 2 more years until I finish my degree. |
 | Zhang XiangKGS: Sadaharu Country: Singapore Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 6d Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: Started learning Go in 1999. First 6d in Singapore. Went for various international competitions. Likes everything related to Korea and Japan. Blackie and Dia are both very nice people and I learnt a lot of them. Would like to go back and learn if possible. Likes to drink alcohol 🙂 |
 | Carlos Vladimiro González ZelayaKGS: fosil Country: Mexico Year of Birth: 1981 Rank: 5d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I'm from Mexico, got a MS in Mathematics. Love playing Baduk & Starcraft (I kinda suck at both, though). Love Korea, food is awesome. : ) |
 | Flora KoKGS: Country: Hong Kong Year of Birth: 1991 Rank: 2D Trip Duration: 3 months weekend Text: I am from Hong Kong! It was so fun to stay in BIBA and met a lot of great people there. To learn baduk and enjoy baduk! |
 | Thomas DebarreKGS: rubik Country: France Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 6D Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: I'm 20 years old from France, and I've been playing go for about 12 years. I actually went to Korea for a tournament and since I was on holidays took the opportunity to go to the BIBA for 2 weeks since my friends Ali, Fredrik and Dusan were there. I had a great time there, it was a fantastic opportunity to get an idea of how a top pro thinks, and Korea is such a great country 🙂 |
 | Alessandro PaceKGS: Eidolon Country: Italy Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: Music is my life and Go is my way of think |
 | Artak MargaryanKGS: art89 Country: Armenia Year of Birth: 27.06.1989 Rank: 5k Trip Duration: 20 days Text: I play baduk 10 years. Baduk is my hobby and I like it. |
 | Lucian CorlanKGS: LucianC Country: Romania Year of Birth: 1979 Rank: 5d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I love Korea |
 | Dusan MiticKGS: shinobi90 Country: Serbia Year of Birth: 05.10.1990 Rank: 6d Trip Duration: 5 months Text: hot, rich and single ... |
 | Gabriel BenmerguiKGS: Country: Argentina Year of Birth: 1986 Rank: Trip Duration: Text: Argentinian bi-champion! Loved staying at BIBA and having fun in Korea. |
 | Manuel VelascoKGS: Goprince Country: Canada Year of Birth: 1991 Rank: 5D Trip Duration: 4 Months Text: I had a wonderful experience in Korea and this trip is a must do for any Go players that want to both get stronger and enjoy Korean culture. Blackie and Dia were super welcoming and I even somehow managed to stay 4 months without having to learn to speak Korean because of their help. (I'm very Lazy)Hoping to return soon 🙂 |
 | Cory Paquet-CloustonKGS: Houloulou Country: Canada Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I went to BLackie's International Baduk Academy only for one month, but it had change the way I see Go. Why so? Because BIBA isn't about only remember this joseki by heart or that tesuji because this strong player played it, but more about how to think before playing a move. I believe these teaching helped me to improve more easily after coming back from Korea too. I am now studying electrical engineering in Montreal. |
 | Niccolò SgaravattiKGS: sgaravatti Country: Italy Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 2k Trip Duration: 4 Days Text: Visited the school some days after the 35th WAGC, felt like if i had a family in Korea. |
 | Frederic StreicherKGS: ikizukuri Country: France Year of Birth: 1978 Rank: 1k Trip Duration: Text: Nothing special ! |
 | Mehmet Barış AlbayrakKGS: - Country: Turkey Year of Birth: 1978 Rank: 2d Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: I like to play baduk, eat bibimbap and drink soju. |
 | Shawn RayKGS: Clossius Country: America Year of Birth: 9/16/91 Rank: 4D AGA Trip Duration: Long time... Text: I first came to BIBA at the end of May 2014. I am planning to stay until I become 9D. Although I have to work very hard, I really like BIBA and Korea. The Baduk atmosphere here is really great! |
 | Vovodymyr ZubarievKGS: Vovka27 Country: Ukraine Year of Birth: 1988 Rank: 5k EGF Trip Duration: 1m Text: I've start playing go in univercity in summer 2009. Month in BIBA was one of most exighting journey in my life, when I'm not only new many new about Go, but learn many about Korean culture and everyday life. |
Poh Xing Wei | 부범수KGS: - Country: Singapore Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: Singapore 3 Dan Trip Duration: Dec 2011 only Text: - Fluent in English and Chinese. - Able to converse in advanced Korean. - Studied Korean in Yonsei Korean Language Institute from 2013 Jun - 2014 Dec. - Has been playing Baduk since 2006. - Studied at BIBA for the month of 2011 Dec. | |
 | Daniel GourdeauKGS: WhiteRawr Country: Canada Year of Birth: May 7th 19 Rank: 6-7d Trip Duration: 8 weeks Text: I learned to play at 10 years old and adopted an atypical style which carried me to the rank of 5-6d. My stay at BIBA was ideal to stabilize my understanding of the game and gave me the basis to continue improving on my own. |
 | Santiago TabaresKGS: petete Country: Argentina Year of Birth: 1983 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 2 months in the last Text: is from Argentina. I started learning baduk in 2003. I visited Korea 3 times, and hope to return soon. I like cooking and love korean food! I'm back to study 2 months in BIBA, watch the Samsung World Masters Baduk Cup and play the KPMC in 2015. |
 | Issa dioumeKGS: Country: France Year of Birth: 18/04/1995 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 10month Text: Nicknamed the "black mamba" (fastest snake) by Dusan, was the youngest at the time, half african-half french. Eats a lot of bibimbap and ramen noodles |
 | Thomas CarrelKGS: thenv Country: France Year of Birth: 90 Rank: 1k Trip Duration: 2 months Text: Ashamed of his picture... |
 | Benjamin Dréan-GuénaïziaKGS: ben0 Country: France Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 6d Trip Duration: 5/6 months Text: I'm awesome... |
 | Chaow CharoensomsamaiKGS: Bestkung12 Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 1998 Rank: 5D Trip Duration: 2 months Text: I'm from Thailand,I love staying in Korea.Nice weather and food is quite good. BIBA is a very good place for practicing baduk lots of strong player and kids. |
 | Kira ChengKGS: Country: Hong Kong Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 3D(Tygem 6D) Trip Duration: 2 months Text: I like Korea Baduk. After being BIBA full-time student,I improved a lot. BIBA teachers explains professional games and Baduk concepts cleanly so that I can understand easily. I study very hard everyday. If you want to have an improvement in Baduk, BIBA is probably your best choice! |
 | Ignacio Iglesis LopezKGS: Rayheart Country: Chile Year of Birth: 1990 Rank: tygem 3D Trip Duration: 3 months Text: I'm a player from Santiago de Chile and i came to BIBA to improve my go in two stones because i'm trying to be number 1 in my country. Right now im first or second dan in KGS and 3 dan Tygem. |
 | Alberto ZingoniKGS: Zing Country: Italy Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 2d Trip Duration: 4 months Text: I went to BIBA cam in Turkey in 2014, then I decided to come to Korea, I'm going to stay in BIBA for 4 months and I hope I can come back again in future to improve my baduk as much as possible. |
 | Karadaban DenisKGS: Country: France Year of Birth: 1994 Rank: 4D Trip Duration: unknown Text: I am french student of 21 years old, I started go when I was 15. Since then I'm passionated by go, and coming to BIBA is the perfect occasion to improve and discover other country. I don't know yet when I'll leave BIBA. For now it's nice =) |
 | David ZnatyKGS: Country: France Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 1 Kyu Trip Duration: 2 month Text: I'm a french guy, 23 years old, looking for something ... i don't know what. motivated for improving, i decided to come to biba, and i'm really not disappointed, this is far better than what i could hope for !! so if you are hesitating to come, pack your bag! yes now ! |
 | Jonathan HopKGS: yithril Country: United States Year of Birth: 1984 Rank: 4d Trip Duration: 9 days Text: Currently teaches at an International School in Qingdao. Started playing Baduk around 2004 by learning from a friend in college. Author of several books on Go, including the "So You Want to Play Go?" series. Studied Go in Korea for a year, and plays on Tygem as yithril (current rank Tygem 4 dan). |
 | Jesy FelicciaKGS: jayjoseki Country: United States of America Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 5 kyu AGA Trip Duration: 6 months Text: Hello, my name is Jesy and I am 23 years old. I've been playing baduk for almost 11 years and I really wanted to improve my baduk skills so I decided to study at BIBA. BIBA has been awesome and I have improved a lot (now Tygem 1 kyu) with the help of Blackie and Dia. I love studying baduk everyday! |
 | Boris BernadskyKGS: Megaboris Country: US Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 1kyu Trip Duration: 1 month Text: About 1 dan. I practice Chinese Medicine, Martial Arts and Rock Climbing. |
 | Rémi CampagnieKGS: what is KG Country: Franada Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: Too weak Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: Addicted to coffee,beer and baduk. |
 | Gil GekkerKGS: ZeroWave Country: Israel Year of Birth: 1994 Rank: 1 Dan Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: I'm a 21 Y.O. Israeli, Been playing Go for around 5 years on & off. I visited BIBA at summer 2015 for about 3 weeks. It was an amazing experience - on one hand, really fun, and on the other, I learned a lot about Go. I think the true benefit from coming to BIBA is twinfold - first, you get a palce where you can focus on Go without outside distractions, and more importantly, you learn how to learn and improve in Go. The latter is especially important for people who want to start getting better quickly or have been stuck at the same rank for a while. Overall, just come to BIBA! |
 | Alessandro MartinelliKGS: SearonSlad Country: Italy Year of Birth: 14/10/1990 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: Forza Roma! |
 | Pau CarlesKGS: Country: Spain Year of Birth: 1976 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: Veteran 3d player from Spain. Love Korea and BIBA! |
 | Ron LaviKGS: Country: Israel Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 4 dan Trip Duration: 2 Months Text: Ron Lavi 4 dan go player. Lives in Israel. |
 | George MikadzeKGS: kissthesky Country: Russia/Brazil/Nepal Year of Birth: 1983 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I like hamete |
Amir FragmanKGS: wade Country: Israel Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 5d Trip Duration: 2 months Text: I was studying at BIBA for 2 months. It was a great experience. Israeli champion of 2015. | |
 | Matti HeiskanenKGS: Country: Finland Year of Birth: 1983 Rank: 2 kyu EGF Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: I've been playing baduk on and off from 2005. I visited BIBA for a few weeks in 2016 when I was traveling. |
 | Jonathan LidorKGS: Country: Israel Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 5D Trip Duration: Text: Never in my life that I've improved so fast! Biba is no doubt the best school for non-asian out there 🙂 |
 | Carl SchroterKGS: Country: Chile Year of Birth: 1988 Rank: Trip Duration: 1 month Text: I was in BIBA for 1 month and i guess i improved from 1d to 2d at that time ;). I really recommend BIBA to everyone that wants to get better ! |
 | Kivanc DoganayKGS: kivirch Country: Turkey Year of Birth: 1983 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: I like soju, makgeolli, and ahh, the korean food is great 🙂 Nowadays I am bumming around East Asia. |
 | Gilad ramatiKGS: Whitepawn Country: Israel Year of Birth: 24/05/1987 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: A Software engineer that likes games |
 | Pamela TiongKGS: Country: Singapore Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 2D Trip Duration: Text: I have known about Go for many years but only starting learning seriously in 2012 from a high dan. Ever since then, I really fell in love with Go. It helps me to grow as a person and understand myself better. Its complexity also helped me to be able to train my brain in terms of concentration and mental strength. |
 | César LextraitKGS: isbhal Country: France Year of Birth: 1996 Rank: 3d Trip Duration: Don't know yet Text: hello |
 | Tim ArsenovKGS: WhiteWidow Country: Russia Year of Birth: 1996 Rank: 2d Trip Duration: 2 months Text: Hi! My name is Tim, I'm from Russia. I was in a lot of countries, but after this trip Korea became my favourite! I very like all my teachers there, thank you very much! I surely will visit BIBA again. |
 | HugoKGS: Country: Hong Kong Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: Trip Duration: 1 week Text: I am from Hong Kong and I studied in BIBA for 1 week this summer. Definitely a fruitful and unforgettable experience for me. I am already planning my next trip to BIBA again! |
 | Sherwin TayKGS: Country: Singapore Year of Birth: 1996 Rank: 5kyu Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: Started playing baduk at 2015, BIBA is a very good place to practice baduk and to achieve great improvement in your playing skills. They have great professional teacher guiding you, and meeting people all over the world. |
Emanuele AlibertiKGS: Country: Italy Year of Birth: 1982 Rank: 5 kyu Trip Duration: 1 month Text: Baduk is my passion ... And Korea and BIBA are my second home, one of the best moment in my life. I improved so much and not only in Baduk 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thank Dia and Blackie ... Hope I can see you soon !!! | |
 | Wichrich karuehawanitKGS: Maxwich Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 2000 Rank: 4d Trip Duration: 1week Text: Hi my nickname is maximilian but you can call me max like everyone say |
Oleg KainovKGS: Country: Russia Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: Trip Duration: 2 weeks Text: I'm a software engineer from Nizhny Novgorod and I think it's a great opportunity to study Baduk in Korea with so skillful players as Blackie, Dia and the other BIBA students. I'm here for a short time but still I hope it will be useful to improve the level. | |
 | FalkKGS: notthere Country: Germany Year of Birth: 1992 Rank: 1d kgs Trip Duration: 3 months Text: I'm a cognitive science student from Osnabrück, Germany that currently works on a 13*13 Go bot. I came to Korea to get a direct taste of the baduk world and of course improve my skill, which I both find to have a great opportunity for here. Baduk has a somewhat mathematical beauty that I strive to achieve to in having more dynamic and creative games. |
 | Francisco M. d'AlbuquerqueKGS: Country: Argentina Year of Birth: 13-02-1996 Rank: 2 dan Trip Duration: 3 months Text: I came to BIBA to train before playing at KPMC as the representative of my country. I stayed for 3 months, in which I had the chance to get to know the culture and travel around. At BIBA I learned a different approach to Baduk and to the understanding of a professional point of view, as well as a more dedicated way of study. I will continue to pursue the path to improve Baduk in my region. I'm looking forward to a BIBA branch in South America 😉 |
 | Setthapong Aphimongkhonlert(Tee)KGS: falnts Country: Thailand Year of Birth: 1995 aug 3 Rank: 4 dan Trip Duration: 1 month Text: i am a 4 dan player from Thailand, been playing since 2011....it's a good experience studying in BIBA, it is a good place to study baduk, everyone is friendly here. |
 | Florent LabouretKGS: herissondu Country: France Year of Birth: 1993 Rank: 4d Trip Duration: 6 month minimum Text: I want to study hard to become European 6d ! |
 | Jake GameKGS: positive4 Country: USA Year of Birth: 1999 Rank: 1d Trip Duration: 3 month Text: Hello |
 | Stefano GiurinKGS: wildpizza Country: Italy Year of Birth: Rank: 5k Trip Duration: 1 month Text: Hello |
Henry LiKGS: HalcyonDay Country: USA Year of Birth: 1997 Rank: Tygem 6D Trip Duration: 3 weeks Text: Born in Boston, living in Chicago. President of University of Chicago Go Club, and hoping to become stronger during my trip to Korea. Blackie, Dia, Youngsam, and all of the other great baduk teachers at BIBA have made this goal seem quite achievable, thank you! | |
 | Piotr Jacek GumułkaKGS: pillow Country: Poland Year of Birth: 1989 Rank: 6k before, 3k after Trip Duration: 1,5 month Text: Piotr was learning by himself for a long time, before he managed to take a long break from work and come to BIBA to get teachings from Blackie, Dia and Youngsam. He improved in his game a lot. Besides that he enjoyed company of other students and went on adventure. Piotr is planing to get back to biba, and continue his training. |