Mateusz Surma

Mateusz Surma (born on 3rd September 1995) is since 2015 an EGF-professional go player from Dzimierz, Poland.

He spent over two years in Korean go academies - King’s Baduk Dojang, Yang Jae-Ho Baduk Dojang, and Choong-Am Baduk Dojang. He was participating in CEGO program at Ge Yuhong Weiqi Daochang in Beijing for two seasons.

He has written nine books for beginners and he is owner of an online shop, where the books (English, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish versions) can be bought, see https://polgote.com/en/shop

He owns an Online Go School, see https://polgote.com/en/go-lessons

He currently holds the 2nd professional dan.

Achievements

His biggest achievements are:

• 1st place in the European Youth Championship under 12 (2006, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
• 6th place in the World Youth Championship under 12 (2006, Shenzhen, China)
• 1st place in the European Youth Championship under 16 (2010, Sibiu, Romania)
• 6th place in the World Youth Championship under 16 (2010, Magong, Taiwan)
• 1st place in the European Youth Championship under 16 (2011, Brno, Czech Republic)
• 5th place in the World Youth Championship under 16 (2011, Bucharest, Romania)
• 3rd place in the European Championship (2013, Olsztyn, Poland)
• 1st place in the European Professional Qualifications and obtaining “pro” title as the first Polish player in history (2015, Pisa, Italy)
• 2nd place in the European Grand Slam (2015, Berlin, Germany)
• 2nd place in the Silk Road Tournament (2015, Xi’an, China)
• 2nd place in the European Professional Championship (2016, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
• 2nd place in the European Professional Championship (2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
• Four wins in a row in the Chinese Go League (2017, Quzhou, China)
• 1st place in the Samsung Cup preliminaries - World Division Baduk Masters (2017, Seoul, South Korea)
• 2nd place in the European Championship (2017, Oberhof, Germany)
• 1st place in 5th European Grand Slam (2019, Berlin, Germany)

See also

• His homepage: https://polgote.com/en
• Profile on eurogofed.org
• Profile on EGD

Pictures

mateusz surma 2020 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)