Catalin Taranu

Catalin Tarunu is a professional 5 dan, born March 31, 1973, at Gura Humorului, Romania. He is one of the few Western go professionals.

Taranu Started playing Go in 1989 at age 16, and reached 1 dan in after 1 year. Another year later he reached 4 dan amateur level. In 1996, at age 23, he went to Japan to become an insei. His teacher was Saijo Masataka. Two years later he reached professional 1 dan at the Nihon Kiin. As of June 2001 he is a 5 dan professional. He has since returned to Romania where he has opened his own school and founded the Saijo Club. He became President of the Romanian Go Federation in 2008.

Publications

Author of Top European Players Training

Further reading

Interview with Catalin Taranu, by Pieter Mioch.