Jan van der Steen

Jan van der Steen (21 August 1957 - 22 April 2022) was a Dutch 3-dan amateur Go player.

van der Steen became a 1-dan in 1984, a 2-dan in 1985, and a 3-dan circa 1986.

van der Steen appeared regularly on IGS as 'jansteen' and managed a website containing an enormous number of professional Go games, as well as an online joseki dictionary, a fuseki dictionary and much more. Well worth a visit!

He created GoBase, an excellent site on Go. The site is entitled Go, An Addictive Game.