Pavol Lisy

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Pavol Lisy
Nicknamecheater (KGS)
Born (1992-02-09) February 9, 1992 (age 32)
ResidenceDunajská Streda (Slovak Republic)
Turned pro2014
Rank2-dan pro
AffiliationEuropean Go Federation

Mgr. Pavol Lisý (born 9.2.1995, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia) was the first [1][2][3][4] professional go player certified by the European Go Federation.

Curriculum vitae[edit]

After graduating from the Grosslingová[5] high school, Pavel studied at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at Comenius University in Bratislava. There he successfully defended first a bachelor's thesis on the topic "Cryptocurrency" and then a diploma thesis on the topic "The use of statistical modelling to predict the behaviour of mobile game players.[6] In addition to go,[7] he currently works as a programmer in the field of data processing.

Go career[edit]

Pavol Lisý started playing go at the age of 5. At the age of 6, he finished his first tournament at the 2001 European Children's Championship[8] with six wins out of six games. He studied go at home and later was taught by Miroslav Poilak 3d[9] once a week. In 2009, he received a scholarship provided to 10 promising young players[10] from 10 countries to study go for 3 months at the Kings Baduk School in the mountains near Beijing. He subsequently studied in Korea under the supervision of professional players Kim Sung-Rae 8p, Kim Seong-Ryong 9p and Hong Seul-Ki 7d. Lisý was promoted to amateur 6-dan in 2012, one year later he was promoted to 7-dan amateur.[11]

In 2014, Lisý became the first professional player[12][13] certified by the European Go Federation after taking first place in the Pro Qualification Tournament in 2014.[14] He was promoted to a 2-dan professional in 2018.[15]

Pavol Lisý at the age of 7

Game achievements[edit]

  • 2nd place European Grand Prix final (2019)[16]
  • Master of Europe (2018)[17]
  • Master of European Professionals (2018)[18]
  • 2nd Grand Slam (2018)[19]
  • The first European professional go player (2014)
  • Seven-time master of Slovak Republic (2010–2014, 2017, 2020)
  • Three-time European Junior Champion U20 U20 (2011,2013,2015)
  • 5th place místo World Amateur Go Championship, Sendai, Japan (2013)
  • 1st place místo Qinling Mountains Cup, Xian, China (2014)
  • 3th place of 2nd European Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany (2016)
  • 3th place of 2nd European Professional Championship, St. Petersburg, Russia (2017)
  • 1st place in more than 55 tournaments.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pavol Lisy First European Pro « American Go E-Journal".
  2. ^ "Pavol Lisy at Sensei's Library". senseis.xmp.net.
  3. ^ Lam, Benson (1 June 2014). "Pavol Lisy First European Pro". Weiqi To Go.
  4. ^ "Pavol Lisy – Board19 | 圍棋 News" (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  5. ^ "Základné údaje". Gamča, Gymnázium, Grösslingová 18, Bratislava (in Slovak).
  6. ^ "Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky". www.iam.fmph.uniba.sk.
  7. ^ "u-go.net". www.u-go.net.
  8. ^ "European Go Youth Championship". archiwum.go.art.pl.
  9. ^ "Brief Interview with Pavol Lisy (Slovakia)". RANKA online. 1 September 2013.
  10. ^ "KBC(King's Baduk Training Center)". 欣文の囲碁世界. 14 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Pavol Lisy | Player card | E.G.D. - European Go Database". europeangodatabase.eu.
  12. ^ Lam, Benson (1 June 2014). "Pavol Lisy First European Pro". Weiqi To Go.
  13. ^ European Go Yearbook 2016. European Go Federation. [Amstelveen]. 2017. ISBN 978-90-827245-0-9. OCLC 1089833750.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ^ "CEGOAcademicSystem/Edition 2014-2015 at Sensei's Library". senseis.xmp.net.
  15. ^ "European Pros - Pavol Lisy". www.eurogofed.org.
  16. ^ "EGF Grand Prix Finale | Tournament card | E.G.D. - European Go Database". europeangodatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  17. ^ "EGC European Championship 2018: Semi Final, Final, 3rd and 4th Place | Tournament card | E.G.D. - European Go Database". europeangodatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  18. ^ "V hre Go má Slovensko majstra Európy". Hlavne.sk (in Slovak).
  19. ^ "Yike Cup and 4th European Go Grand Slam Tournament | Tournament card | E.G.D. - European Go Database". europeangodatabase.eu. Retrieved 2021-04-12.