I am a 4 dan go player.
Go is an Asian tactical board game estimated to be 4000 years old.
It originated in China under the name weiqi. In Japanese the game is called igo and the Koreans call it baduk.
The game is played on a board with 19 x 19 lines. Two players take turns placing black and white stones on the intersections of the lines. By doing so they divide the board in an attempt to surround more territory than the opponent.
In 2004 I started to play the game as Murugandi on the KGS server.
In 2010 I studied go in Wuhan (China) under Yan An 7p.
I have been involved in the following go projects:
2011: EuroGoTV: Murugandi Reviews with Harry Weerheijm 1d.
2012-2015: BadukMovies with Peter Brouwer 6d.
2012-2016: Employee at Chess & Go shop Het Paard, Amsterdam.
2016-now: Writing news articles for the European Go Federation (EGF).
2016-now: Murugandi & Ajka Twitch with Justyna Klęczar 2k.
2017: Author of the 2016 European Go Yearbook, the first yearbook ever to be published by the European Go Federation.
2017: Employee at the European Go Cultural Centre, Amstelveen. Co-organiser of the 25 Years EGCC Anniversary Tournament.
Teaching
Since 2011 I have been teaching go actively. I give private and group go lessons on the internet or face to face.
My rate is 15 euros per hour. If you are interested, please have a look at my lessons page.
Interviews
Go is an Asian tactical board game estimated to be 4000 years old.
It originated in China under the name weiqi. In Japanese the game is called igo and the Koreans call it baduk.
The game is played on a board with 19 x 19 lines. Two players take turns placing black and white stones on the intersections of the lines. By doing so they divide the board in an attempt to surround more territory than the opponent.
In 2004 I started to play the game as Murugandi on the KGS server.
In 2010 I studied go in Wuhan (China) under Yan An 7p.
I have been involved in the following go projects:
2011: EuroGoTV: Murugandi Reviews with Harry Weerheijm 1d.
2012-2015: BadukMovies with Peter Brouwer 6d.
2012-2016: Employee at Chess & Go shop Het Paard, Amsterdam.
2016-now: Writing news articles for the European Go Federation (EGF).
2016-now: Murugandi & Ajka Twitch with Justyna Klęczar 2k.
2017: Author of the 2016 European Go Yearbook, the first yearbook ever to be published by the European Go Federation.
2017: Employee at the European Go Cultural Centre, Amstelveen. Co-organiser of the 25 Years EGCC Anniversary Tournament.
Teaching
Since 2011 I have been teaching go actively. I give private and group go lessons on the internet or face to face.
My rate is 15 euros per hour. If you are interested, please have a look at my lessons page.
Interviews
Tournament results
Some of my better results and memories are:
- 2015: 5th place at the Dutch Championships
- 2014: Winner of the Korean Ambassador's Cup and representing the Netherlands at the KPMC in Seoul, Korea
- 2014: Summer Go Camp of the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo, Japan
- Three times consecutive winner of the Cork Go Tournament, Ireland, in 2011, 2012 and 2013
- 2012: 3rd place in Dublin, Ireland
- 2011: Dutch student champion
- 2010: Studying go in Wuhan (China) for 3 months
- Finished 41st out of 608 players at the European Go Congress 2012 in Bonn, Germany
- Playing for national team The Netherlands in the Pandanet European Team Championships