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Ali Jabarin

Ali Jabarin is an Israeli Go player who holds a 3 dan professional rank from the European Go Federation.

born 1993Professional Go playerFirst European Go Federation professionals2009 European Youth Go champion

Born: 25 November 1993, Tel Aviv
Occupation: Go player

Ali Jabarin was born in 1993 in Tel Aviv

Ali Jabarin was born in Tel Aviv on November 25, 1993. He became interested in Go after watching the anime series Hikaru no Go. He began playing Go online in 2006.

In 2009 he won first place at the European Youth Championship. After finishing school, he studied Go in Korea and later in China.

In 2014 he and the Slovak player Pavol Lisy became the first to receive a professional dan rank from the European Go Federation, based on the first tournament of its kind. Jabarin placed second there with 5 wins and 1 loss. He took second place at the European Championship in 2015 and 2016, and bronze in 2018.

As of 2020 he sits on the board of the Israeli Go Association. He lives in Jaffa and studies for a degree in computer science.