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Csaba Mérő Full name Csaba Mérő Born July 7, 1979
Budapest, HungaryResidence 
Budapest, HungaryTeacher Chizu Kobayashi Rank 6 dan (A) Affiliation EGF The native form of this personal name is Mérő Csaba. This article uses the Western name order.Csaba Mérő (born July 7, 1979 in Budapest, Hungary) is an amateur Go player.[1]
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Biography
Mérő began playing Go when he was 14. He is the son of Hungarian mathematician László Mérő. By 1996 he had already won the European Youth Go Championship and Hungarian Championship. After he finished secondary school he moved to Japan in 1999.[1] He was an insei there for two and a half years. His teacher was Chizu Kobayashi.[2] He was given the chance to study with some of Japan's top players including Satoru Kobayashi and Cho U. After he failed the professional test, he moved back to Europe in 2001. After returning to Europe, a French summer Go camp invited Csaba to become an instructor for the summer.[2] With his experience in Japan as an insei, Csaba came back much stronger and quickly rose to the top of the European standings. He studied sociology at ELTE university in Budapest between 2002 and 2007.[1] He was the president of the Hungarian Go Association between 2006 and 2008.[1]
Past titles and Runners-up
Title Years Held 
European Ing Cup2003 European Youth Go Championship1996 Hungarian Championship1996–1998, 2001–2005, 2008 Title Years Lost Paris Toyota Denso Cup Finals2003 References
- ^ a b c d Csaba Mérő. "Curriculum Vitae". http://sites.google.com/site/merocsaba/cv. Retrieved 2010-01-25. (Hungarian)
- ^ a b "Csaba Mérő". "About me". http://sites.google.com/site/aromogoschool/csaba. (English)
External links
- Csaba Mérő's homepage (English)
- Mérő Csaba honlapja (Hungarian)
- Mero Csaba at Sensei's Library
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Hungarian Go players
- Hungarian sportspeople stubs
- Go biography stubs
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