TEACHERS
Guo Juan 5P

Guo Juan 5P is a popular Go teacher based in Amsterdam.
Her online go school features a Spaced Repetition System with over 13,000 custom-made problems covering
specific subjects plus short focused lectures that explain WHY. And there is a new feature that lets you make
and upload your own problems into the SRS.
Try it for two weeks for free www.internetgoschool.com.
Yuki Shigeno 2P

Former Secretary General of the IGF
Former Director of the Nihonkiin
The vice president of the NPO
Part-time lecturer (Go) at Nagoya University
Professional 2 dan
Mateusz Surma 2p

Mateusz Surma 2p, born 1995 Mateusz started playing Go thanks to his father at the age of six and half and
played his first official tournament in 2002.In 2009, when he reached the strength of 4 dan, he started training
Go in South Korea at King’s Baduk Dojang, Yang Jae-Ho Baduk Dojang and Choong-Am Baduk Dojang
schools. In total, he spent 2 years and 5 months studying Go in Korea in 2009-2013. In 2015, he became
a professional Go player. In 2015/16 (8 months in total) he trained Go in China at Ge Yuhong Weiqi
Daochang School.
He runs several Go-related businesses, is the founder and CEO of polgote.com, has written and published 9 Go books and is dedicated to promoting Go worldwide.
Antti Törmänen 1p

Before becoming a professional player at the Japan Go Association in 2016, Antti was a common face at European
tournaments. He won the London Open Go Congress in 2010 and the Hans Pietsch memorial in 2013 among others,
and was the runner-up in the Open European Championship in 2013.
Antti now lives in Japan and participates in Japanese professional tournaments, but recently he has started focusing
on teaching and spreading the game in the West. He hosts the online go school Nordic Go Dojo, and has published
three go books up to date, with more on the way.