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Current Students in Korea

Anastasia Khlepetina

KGS:
Country: Russia
Year of Birth: 1990
Rank: 3d
Trip Duration: 1 year
Text:
Nasty

Former BIBA Students

Gareth Davis

KGS: -
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 Aksüt

KGS: Husrev
Country: Turkey
Year of Birth: 1987
Rank: 2-3 dan
Trip Duration: 2 weeks
Text:
Has been playing since 2006.

Matt Mennie

KGS: 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 Danel

KGS: 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 Karaerkek

KGS: 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 Melcher

KGS: 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 Simons

KGS: 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 Lechasseur

KGS: 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 Noeysoongnoen

KGS:
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 Koh

KGS: 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 Tanapatsopol

KGS:
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 Pitters

KGS: 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 Bilen

KGS: 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 Hiroki

KGS: 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 Xiang

KGS: 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 Zelaya

KGS: 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 Ko

KGS:
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 Debarre

KGS: 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 Pace

KGS: 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 Margaryan

KGS: 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 Corlan

KGS: LucianC
Country: Romania
Year of Birth: 1979
Rank: 5d
Trip Duration: 1 month
Text:
I love Korea

Dusan Mitic

KGS: shinobi90
Country: Serbia
Year of Birth: 05.10.1990
Rank: 6d
Trip Duration: 5 months
Text:
hot, rich and single ...

Gabriel Benmergui

KGS:
Country: Argentina
Year of Birth: 1986
Rank:
Trip Duration:
Text:
Argentinian bi-champion! Loved staying at BIBA and having fun in Korea.

Manuel Velasco

KGS: 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-Clouston

KGS: 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 Sgaravatti

KGS: 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 Streicher

KGS: ikizukuri
Country: France
Year of Birth: 1978
Rank: 1k
Trip Duration:
Text:
Nothing special !

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

KGS: -
Country: Turkey
Year of Birth: 1978
Rank: 2d
Trip Duration: 3 weeks
Text:
I like to play baduk, eat bibimbap and drink soju.

Shawn Ray

KGS: 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 Zubariev

KGS: 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 | 부범수

KGS: -
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 Gourdeau

KGS: 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 Tabares

KGS: 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 dioume

KGS:
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 Carrel

KGS: thenv
Country: France
Year of Birth: 90
Rank: 1k
Trip Duration: 2 months
Text:
Ashamed of his picture...

Benjamin Dréan-Guénaïzia

KGS: ben0
Country: France
Year of Birth: 1992
Rank: 6d
Trip Duration: 5/6 months
Text:
I'm awesome...

Chaow Charoensomsamai

KGS: 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 Cheng

KGS:
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 Lopez

KGS: 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 Zingoni

KGS: 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 Denis

KGS:
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 Znaty

KGS:
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 Hop

KGS: 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 Feliccia

KGS: 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 Bernadsky

KGS: 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 Campagnie

KGS: what is KG
Country: Franada
Year of Birth: 1993
Rank: Too weak
Trip Duration: 3 weeks
Text:
Addicted to coffee,beer and baduk.

Gil Gekker

KGS: 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 Martinelli

KGS: SearonSlad
Country: Italy
Year of Birth: 14/10/1990
Rank: 1d
Trip Duration: 1 month
Text:
Forza Roma!

Pau Carles

KGS:
Country: Spain
Year of Birth: 1976
Rank: 3d
Trip Duration: 2 weeks
Text:
Veteran 3d player from Spain. Love Korea and BIBA!

Ron Lavi

KGS:
Country: Israel
Year of Birth: 1993
Rank: 4 dan
Trip Duration: 2 Months
Text:
Ron Lavi 4 dan go player. Lives in Israel.

George Mikadze

KGS: kissthesky
Country: Russia/Brazil/Nepal
Year of Birth: 1983
Rank: 1d
Trip Duration: 1 month
Text:
I like hamete

Amir Fragman

KGS: 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 Heiskanen

KGS:
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 Lidor

KGS:
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 Schroter

KGS:
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 Doganay

KGS: 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 ramati

KGS: Whitepawn
Country: Israel
Year of Birth: 24/05/1987
Rank: 1d
Trip Duration: 3 weeks
Text:
A Software engineer that likes games

Pamela Tiong

KGS:
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 Lextrait

KGS: isbhal
Country: France
Year of Birth: 1996
Rank: 3d
Trip Duration: Don't know yet
Text:
hello

Tim Arsenov

KGS: 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.

Hugo

KGS:
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 Tay

KGS:
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 Aliberti

KGS:
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 karuehawanit

KGS: 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 Kainov

KGS:
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.

Falk

KGS: 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'Albuquerque

KGS:
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 Labouret

KGS: 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 Game

KGS: positive4
Country: USA
Year of Birth: 1999
Rank: 1d
Trip Duration: 3 month
Text:
Hello

Stefano Giurin

KGS: wildpizza
Country: Italy
Year of Birth:
Rank: 5k
Trip Duration: 1 month
Text:
Hello

Henry Li

KGS: 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 Gumułka

KGS: 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.

 

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