Seok-Bin Cho
Cho Seokbin was yeongusaeng in Korea till age 16 when he stopped due to circumstances beyond his control. As a result, he is not a professional Go player and is now over the age limit in Korea. Nonetheless, he is very strong. In 2006, he moved to Germany, then Poland, where he is teaching Go and winning a lot of Go tournaments.
New joseki, invented by Cho: http://gogame.info/samples.html?id=26
Apr 2007 interview with Cho Seokbin at by Sorin Gherman at 361points.
He currently is the highest rated european amateur player since beginning of the rating list in 1996.