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Pandanet Youth Go European Team Championship 2025

Romania

Catalin Taranu

Catalin Taranu (Captain)

  • 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: VaDo
  • Rank: 5 dan professional
  • Profession: Pro Go Player
  • Year of birth: 1973


Robert Andrei Grosu

1: Robert Andrei Grosu

  • Pandanet account: Pingu25
  • Club / city: Hikaru / București
  • Rank: 4 dan
  • Year of birth: 2009
  • Comment: Added avatar photo and city name for this player


Dragos Boldeanu

2: Dragos Boldeanu

  • Pandanet account: vanadiu
  • Club / city: AJ Braila
  • Rank: 3 dan
  • Year of birth: 2007


3: Stefan Rotarita

  • Pandanet account: rstefan
  • Club / city: Botosani
  • Rank: 3 dan
  • Profession: Student
  • Year of birth: 2008


Sara Maria Ghetu

4: Sara Maria Ghetu

  • Pandanet account: saramg
  • Club / city: Sakata / Cluj-Napoca
  • Rank: 3 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2010
  • Comment: Player was already registered, but I corrected the city name


Gruia Taranu

5: Gruia Taranu

  • Pandanet account: Gruia1
  • Club / city: VaDo
  • Rank: 9 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2014


Alexandru Nicolas Patrascu

6: Alexandru Nicolas Patrascu

  • Pandanet account: Nicolas1
  • Club / city: GoGoblins
  • Rank: 1 dan
  • Year of birth: 2011


Bogdan Stefan Tifrea

7: Bogdan Stefan Tifrea

  • Pandanet account: Bogdan23
  • Club / city: Atsumi/Bistrita
  • Rank: 3 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2008


Radu Oprisan

8: Radu Oprisan

  • Pandanet account: zappa11
  • Club / city: GoGoblins/Bucharest
  • Rank: 4 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2009


Andrei-Luca Heemeryck

9: Andrei-Luca Heemeryck

  • Pandanet account: AndreiRSak
  • Club / city: GoGoblins/Bucharest
  • Rank: 4 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2010


Denis-Mihai Ghetu

10: Denis-Mihai Ghetu

  • Pandanet account: denismg
  • Club / city: Sakata/Cluj
  • Rank: 10 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2013


Victor-Alexandru Castaliu

11: Victor-Alexandru Castaliu

  • Pandanet account: VictorC
  • Club / city: GoGoblins/Bucharest
  • Rank: 10 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2015


Mihaela Ispirescu

12: Mihaela Ispirescu

  • Pandanet account: MihaelaI
  • Club / city: Hikaru/Bucharest
  • Rank: 12 kyu
  • Year of birth: 2008


League A
# Team G BP W-D-L P
1 Ukraine 1 4 1-0-0 2
2 Romania 1 3 1-0-0 2
Croatia 1 3 1-0-0 2
4 France 1 1 0-0-1 0
Germany 1 1 0-0-1 0
6 UK 1 1 0-0-1 0
League B
# Team G BP W-D-L P
1 Czechia 1 5 1-0-0 2
2 Turkey 1 0 0-0-1 0
Poland 0 0 0-0-0 0
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