Catalin Taranu

Infobox Go player
playername=Catalin Taranu
fullname=Catalin Taranu
kanji=タラヌ・カタリン
dateofbirth=birth date and age|1973|3|31
cityofbirth=flagicon|Romania
countryofbirth=Romania
teacher=Saijo Masataka
rank=5 dan
affiliation=Nihon Ki-in

Catalin Taranu (タラヌ・カタリン, born March 31, 1973) in Romania, is a professional Go player.

Biography

Catalin started learning Go when he was 16 in 1989 from Cristian Cobeli. His first tournament was a 10-4 kyu group in which he was a 6 kyu. He won all eight games. He moved up to 1 dan in a year, and just a year later moved up to 4 dan. He started winning small tournaments in Romania around this time. He was invited to Japan by Saijo Masataka in 1995. He quickly joined the Nagoya branch of the Nihon-Kiin and became an insei. After two years he became the first European to pass the professional exam. It took Catalin just 4 years to reach 5p.

External links

* [http://gobase.org/studying/schools/catalin/ Catalin's Go school.]