Mateusz Surma & Ilya Shikshin Latest European Professionals
Martin Stiassny | Published on 3/14/2015
Europe’s newest professional go players are Mateusz Surma (left) from Poland and Ilya Shikshin 
from Russia. Surma took first place in the European Pro Qualification tournament, held March 6-8 in Pisa; Shiksin was second. They join Pavol Lisy and Ali Jabarin, who were the EGF’s first pros last year. Click here for details on the 2015 tournament, including links to some of the tournament games. The four EGF professionals are now qualified for the Grand Slam Tournament in Berlin coming up April 3-6. - Martin Stiassny, EGF President