At the Go Congress 2007 we're of course looking forward to meeting those masters of Go whose games we replay, whose careers we watch and in whose presence we're hoping for one or the other inspiration.

To be able to offer you an as intensive as possible pro experience we have engaged three senseis (or seonsaengnims) just to polish up your Go skills in workshops! These pros will be busy several hours each day to train you in workshops, regardless of your strength.

Of course we're expecting many other pros as well, one or the other of which will certainly be available for game commentary, improvised workshops and friendly chats.

Supervising pros

	Name:	Kobayashi Chizu
	Ranking:	5p
	Profile:	Chizu Kobayashi, most likely the most famous and charming go teacher of the world, holder of 6 titles (Woman\'s Kakusei title in 1993 and 1998) and spreading Go over Europe for a long time. She was teacher of many Go-students, like Benjamin Teuber, Mérö Czaba, Ondrej Silt, Hans Pietsch, Sorin Gherman, supporting them to stay in Japan for a while to study Go as inseis. As \'Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange\' by the Appointment of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for Government of Japan - she is now teaching and introducing Go in Europe - Austria is in the lucky position that she now is living in Vienna, already fascinating a lot of young (and of course also not so young) people.
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Scheduled pros

	Name:	Guo Juan
	Ranking:	5p
	Profile:	Born in 1960, Chinese 5-dan professional, she has lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1990. Her best result in China was 5th place in The China National Championship. She was European Champion from 1994 through 1997, and the European Open Champion from 1994 through 1996. Other important wins were the European Ing Cup in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998, and the European Fujitsu Finals in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2000. She also won in the tournaments of Paris (1997, 1999), London (1997, 1998, 1999), Amsterdam (1995, 1997, 1998) and Hamburg (1996, 1998, 1999). Beginning 1 December 2005, Guo Juan created the innovative Audio Go Lessons: http://www.audiogolessons.com Guo Juan teaches Go online and in person She is the author of The World of Chinese Go, published by Kiseido, and the Co-author, with Ming Jiu Jiang, of All about Joseki, published by Slate & Shell.
	URLs:	Go Base Eintrag Sensei\'s Library Eintrag Audio Lessons Guo Juans School
	Name:	Yun YeongSeon
	Ranking:	5p
	Profile:	1994-1998 - Won Female Kuksu Tournament four times. 2002 - Won Hojak(Chinese) Female World Championship. 2003 - 2nd place at Jung gwan jang (korean Jinseng company) Female World Championship. Teaches Baduk in Hamburg now.
	URLs:	Go Base Eintrag Sensei\'s Library Eintrag
	Name:	Kang Seung-hee
	Ranking:	2p
	Profile:	1994 Participated in the female World Championship ( Bohae Cup ) 1999 Participated in the Myong In Tournament ( One of the two big national korean Tournaments, like Guksu ) Before she came here, she taught in a professional Baduk school for two years. She has visited Europe many times, and taught on many different Events.
	URLs:	Go Base Eintrag Sensei\'s Library Eintrag

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