OUR TEAM

INSTRUCTOR

MANJA MARZ

8x German Women’s Champion
5x European Women’s Student Champion
3x European Open Pair Go Champion
2017 European Women’s Champion
2012 German Pair Go Champion

A two-time organizer and five-time adviser of the European Go Congress (EGC), Manja has directed more than 100 Go tournaments. Her enthusiastic and humorous teaching style has enlightened countless Go players, beginners and experienced dans alike.

INSTRUCTOR

YOUNGSAM KIM

EGF Rated #1 (as of January 2019)
2x European Open Champion
2x Strasbourg International Tournament Winner
2x Paris Open Champion
2018 Prague Go Tournament Winner

Enjoying a high reputation among fellow Go players worldwide, Youngsam possesses high levels of teaching expertise for students of all levels. He has worked with international students in many countries, such as Korea, Germany, France and Australia.

OUR GUEST AND PART-TIME TEACHERS

Lukáš Podpěra
7d from Czech Republic

Andrii Kravets
1p from Ukraine

Nyoshi Cao
2d from France

Benjamin Teuber
6d from Germany

OUR PERMANENT STUDENTS

ELIAN IOAN GRIGORIU
5d, Romania
born May 2001
3rd at European Youth Championship U20 (2019)
2017/2018 5 months student @ CEGO Program in China
Since 2018 Student @ JIGS

Arkadi Lebedev
1d, Russia
born Aug 2004
Since 2019 Student @ JIGS

KIM SHAKHOV
5d, Russia
born Jun 2002
1st at Italian Championship 2018
2015/2016 5 months student @ CEGO Program in China
Since July 2019 Student @ JIGS

Vincent Preiss
2d, Germany
2019/20Student @ JIGS for one year

OUR GUEST AND PART-TIME STUDENTS

Chafiq Bantla
4d, Germany
born Nov 1998
2019 Student @ JIGS for 5 months

VIRZHINIA SHALNEVA
4d, Russia
born Jan 2005
1st at European Youth Championship U16 (2019)
2017/2018 5 months student @ CEGO Program in China
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 and since Sep 2019 Student @ JIGS