Dragos Bajernu

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Dragos Bajenaru
Name Dragos Bajenaru
Born August 6, 1980
Birthplace Romania Bucharest, Romania
Residence Romania Bucharest, Romania
Teacher Cho Chikun,
Kobayashi Chizu
Rank 6 dan (A)
Affiliation EGF

Dragos Bajenaru (born August 6, 1980 in Romania) is an amateur Go player.

[edit] Biography

Dragos began playing Go when he was 13 years old. After just one year he rose to the rank of 1 dan. After winning the Romanian Youth Championship twice he started to wonder if he'd ever be invited to study in Japan. Finally, when he met Kobayashi Chizu in Italy at the European Go Congress where he was finally offered the chance to become an insei in Japan. In 1997 he moved to Japan. He played Ishida Yoshio for a Go magazine a mere month after moving to Japan. He was doing very well as an insei, staying on top of class A. Due to these results and Kobayashi Chizu's help, Dragos was able to study with Japan's top player at the time, Cho Chikun. Dragos was very honored because at the time, Cho Chikun held the three top titles in Japan (Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo). His best result as an insei was almost qualifying for the Honsen, which was where the top three players where promoted to professionals. He had scored 2 wins and 3 losses, just one win away from entering Honsen. After spending a year as an insei, Dragos decided to move back to Romania and finished his schooling. In 2005 he graduated from the University of Bucharest with a degree in computer science. He currently works for Qubit Computers, of which he co-owns.

[edit] Titles & Runner up's

Title Years Held
European Union Fujitsu Cup (EU) 1999
European Union World Oza (EU) 2002
Romania Romanian Cup (Go) 1999, 2003
European Union Balkan Championship 2002
Romania Catalin Cup 2001
Romania Domenii-web Cup 2002
Czech Republic Brno Toyota Tour 2003
Spain Barcelona Tournament 2003
Spain Spanish Open (Go) 2003
European Union U-25 National Champion 2004
Romania Romanian Youth Championship 1994, 1995, 1999
European Union European Lightning Championship 1996
Title Years Lost
European Union Balkan Championship 2001
Romania Romanian Championship 2001
European Union European Oza 2002
European Union Compaq Cup 2002
Romania Catalin Cup 2002
European Union Ambassadors Cup 2003
Sweden Gothenburg Toyota Tour 2003
Slovenia Kosice Toyota Tour 2003
European Union Toyota Tour 2003, 2004