Dragos Bajernu

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Dragos Bajenaru

Name	Dragos Bajenaru
Born	August 6, 1980
Birthplace	Bucharest, Romania
Residence	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
Fujitsu Cup (EU)	1999
World Oza (EU)	2002
Romanian Cup (Go)	1999, 2003
Balkan Championship	2002
Catalin Cup	2001
Domenii-web Cup	2002
Brno Toyota Tour	2003
Barcelona Tournament	2003
Spanish Open (Go)	2003
U-25 National Champion	2004
Romanian Youth Championship	1994, 1995, 1999
European Lightning Championship	1996

Title	Years Lost
Balkan Championship	2001
Romanian Championship	2001
European Oza	2002
Compaq Cup	2002
Catalin Cup	2002
Ambassadors Cup	2003
Gothenburg Toyota Tour	2003
Kosice Toyota Tour	2003
Toyota Tour	2003, 2004