OUR HEAD TEACHERS
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
Rated No. 1 in Europe (as of September 2020)
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
Motoki Noguchi
6d from France
Stanisław Frejlak
7d from Poland
Seong-jin Kim
8d from Korea
Rated No. 2 in Europe (as of September 2020)
Lukas Krämer
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
ERIK WEIGERT
1k, Germany
born Sep 2002
learned Go in 2017
Since beginning of 2020 Student @ JIGS
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
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 and since Sep 2019 Student @ JIGS
Mirta Medak
2d, Croatia
born Jan 2001
2019 Student @ JIGS for one month
Kirill Vasyutinky
15k, Russia
born Sep 2009
Since 2019 Student @ JIGS
Stepan Vasyutinky
beginner, Russia
born Apr 2014
Since 2019 Student @ JIGS
Alexej Igonin
1k, Russia
born Jul 2009
Since 2019 Student @ JIGS
Nyoshi Cao
2d, France
guest Student @ JIGSs
Gabriel Wagner
3d, Germany
born Nov 1998
2019 Student @ JIGS for 2.5 months
Marianna Szychowiak
4k, Poland
regular guest Student @ JIGS
Falk Heuer
1d, Germany
regularly guest Student @ JIGS for several days
Davide Bernardis
1d, Italy
born Nov 2005
guest Student @ JIGS
Amir Fragman
6d, Israel
guest Student @ JIGS
Hannah Hebsacker
8k, Germany
several times guest Student @ JIGS
KIM SHAKHOV
5d, Russia
born Jun 2002
1st at Italian Championship 2018
From July 2019 - 2020 Student @ JIGS
Vincent Preiss
2d, Germany
2019/20 Student @ JIGS half a year
Steven Hu
5d, Germany
regular guest Student @ JIGS
Thomas Kettenring
3d, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Jochen Tappe
1k, Germany
regular guest Student @ JIGS
Rene Scheibe
5k, Germany
regularly guest Student @ JIGS for several days
Simone Wälde
2k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Guillaume Many
7k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Jonas van Maldeghem
7k, Belgium
regular guest Student @ JIGS
Marc de Fontnouvelle
rank, Canada
guest Student @ JIGS
Richard Haas
1k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Steve Zhang
3k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS for 3 weeks
Michael Marz
2d, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Yuze Xing
2d, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Michael Bitzi
3d, Switzerland
guest Student @ JIGS
Shizhao Li
2k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Ferdinand Marz
5k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Melvin Laice
20k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Jannik Jakoby
10k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Raffael Krüger
20k, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS
Andrew Zhang
1d, Germany
guest Student @ JIGS for 3 weeks
Oleg Nargonov
4k, Russia
2019 Student @ JIGS for ???