Csaba Mérõ

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Csaba Mérõ

Full name	Csaba Mérõ
Date of birth	1979
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary
Teacher	Kobayashi Chizu
Rank	6 dan (A)
Affiliation	EGF

Csaba Mérõ (born 1979 in Hungary) is an amateur Go player.

[edit] Biography

Csaba began playing Go when he was 14. By 1996 he had already won the European Youth Championship and Hungarian Championship. After he finished secondary school he moved to Japan in 1999. He was an insei there for two and a half years. His teacher was Kobayashi Chizu. He was given the chance to study with some of Japan's top players including Kobayashi Satoru and Cho U. After he failed the professional test, he moved back to Europe in 2001. After returning to Europe, a French summer Go camp invited Csaba to become an instructor for the summer. With his experience in Japan as an insei, Csaba came back much stronger and quickly rose to the top of the European standings. He is currently splitting his time between Go tournaments and studying sociology at ELTE university in Budapest.