Pavol Lisy
Nicknamecheater (KGS)
Born (1992-02-09) February 9, 1992
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

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

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

  • 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

  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.
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