Mariya Zakharchenko (born February 16, 1995, Kyiv) is a 1-dan professional Go player from

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. She was awarded professional status by

Hanguk Kiwon The Korea Baduk Association, also known as Hanguk Kiwon (), is the organization that oversees Go (''baduk'') and Go tournaments in South Korea. It was founded in 1945 by Cho Namchul as the ''Hanseong Kiwon''. Baduk is a game which was present i ...

in 2012.

Go career

Mariya Zakharchenko began playing go in 2005, at the age of 9. She began to studying game in a Kyiv go club where she was coached by Yuri Plusch (5-dan). During a few years Mariya also participated in numerous Ukrainian, European and international amateur competitions. By 2008 Zakharchenko had reached the rank of 4-dan and was subsequently invited b
Mr Poong Jho Chun (9P)
to study at a South Korean

insei A go apprentice is a student learning to play Go at an institution, typically with the aim of becoming a professional player. In Japan, such a student is called an ''insei'' (literally, "institution student"). Institutions for insei include t ...

school for women, becoming a grade five insei by the end of the year. In 2009, Zakharchenko was promoted to a grade three insei after winning a series of games in promotional tournaments. In 2011, Zakharchenko ranked among the top 12 female players in South Korea In 2012, Zakharchenko reached the level of first-grade insei and was subsequently promoted to 1-dan professional by

. Mariya Zakharchenko went on to win 3 games out of her first 44 professional matches including: * 21 GS Каlteks
2015.12.07
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Choi Won Young
7p. * Yoru Monindjon
2014.07.03
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Diána Kőszegi Diána Kőszegi (born August 14, 1983) is a Hungarian Go professional, professional Go (board game), Go player. She became the sixth European professional player when she was promoted by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008 and is the fi ...

1p.

References

External links

Korea Baduk Association profile
(in Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharchenko, Mariya 1995 births Living people Ukrainian Go players Female Go players 21st-century Go players Sportspeople from Kyiv