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Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2023/2024

South Africa

Victor Guang Chow

1: Victor Guang Chow

  • Pandanet account: RoseDukeZA
  • Go career: Learned Go since Age of 6 and has been 33 years since then.
  • Club / city: SAGA
  • Rank: 7 dan
  • Profession: Software Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1975


Chris Welsh

2: Chris Welsh

  • Pandanet account: sente
  • Go career: Started playing go in 2005
  • Club / city: Cape Town
  • Rank: 4 dan
  • Profession: Software Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1967


Ben Gale

3: Ben Gale

  • Pandanet account: AlphaSlow
  • Rank: 4 dan
  • Profession: Teacher
  • Year of birth: 1981


Andrew Davies

4: Andrew Davies (Captain)

  • Pandanet account: adavies
  • Go career: Amateur 3d in South Africa. Learned to play in 1983. Member of Cape Town Go club. Represented SA at WAGC 2009, 2015, 2016 and KPMC 2012.
  • Club / city: Cape Town
  • Rank: 2 dan
  • Profession: Electronics Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1958


Samuel Lee Scott

5: Samuel Lee Scott

  • Pandanet account: Fargo
  • Go career: Studied in Budapest with Kim Sung Rae's school, not much else but local events.
  • Club / city: Cape Town
  • Rank: 3 dan
  • Profession: Writer
  • Year of birth: 1987
  • Comment: Hi


Andre Connell

6: Andre Connell

  • Pandanet account: iaznab
  • Club / city: Johannesburg
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Profession: Consultant
  • Year of birth: 1976


7: Rocco Vivier

  • Pandanet account: RoccoV
  • Go career: Self-taught amateur indulging in online go.
  • Club / city: Cape Town
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Profession: Student
  • Year of birth: 1991
  • Comment: Go is hard.


Ben Bredenkamp

8: Ben Bredenkamp

  • Pandanet account: bbred
  • Go career: Go for the eyes, Bo, go for the eyes!
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Year of birth: 1977


9: David Gale

  • Pandanet account: DavidGale
  • Go career: Learnt moves several decades ago. Current rank probably best ever
  • Club / city: Johannesburg
  • Rank: 2 kyu
  • Profession: Engineer
  • Year of birth: 1954


Paul Steyn

10: Paul Steyn

  • Pandanet account: svartrev
  • Club / city: Cape Town
  • Rank: 1 kyu
  • Profession: Programmer
  • Year of birth: 1979


11: Christiaan Maasdorp

  • Pandanet account: RedLeopard
  • Rank: 2 kyu


12: Michael Rapson

  • Pandanet account: Mai4ke1
  • Rank: 3 kyu