Romania

Pandanet account: CatalinT
Go career: Ţăranu started learning go from Cristian Cobeli in 1989, at the age of 16. His first tournament was for players in the 10 to 4 Kyū range, when he was a 6 kyu. He won all eight games. He moved up to amateur 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 second European (after Manfred Wimmer from Austria in 1978) to pass the professional examination. It took Catalin just 4 years to reach 5p (5-dan professional). He won the European Go Championship in 2008. He was the president of the Romanian Go Federation for 2009 to 2011.
Club / city: Saijo/Bucuresti
Rank: 5 dan professional
Profession: Pro Go Player
Year of birth: 1973

Pandanet account: kidu24
Go career: Started to play in 2002. Best performance: European Youth Champion in 2005, 2010
Club / city: Bistrita
Rank: 5 dan
Profession: Student
Year of birth: 1994

Pandanet account: sora13
Go career: 'I started playing Go in 1985, when I was in college. I received the game as a present from my brother and I could not stop playing since then. When my daughter, Adelina, started 1st grade, I contacted the school\'s board and, with their help, I became a Go teacher there. In 2000, I reached 4Dan.\r\nPresident of the Romanian Go Federation.\r\nEuropean Veteran Champion 2014 - Sibiu, Ro
Rank: 4 dan
Profession: Go teacher