As you may know, Korean inseis are very strong and there are lots of 1-dan professionals in Korea, who start to fight for big titles just after few months of becoming pro. The main problem is that the door is too narrow and I saw lot of unhappy ex-inseis, who was not able to become pro and also was not able to find a good job, because they studied only Go for lot of years straight.
I know that there are lots of foreigners who want to become professionals in Korea or Japan. Some of them already missed this chance because of age limits they have in Asian Insei Leagues. Others are not sure - do they have enough talent or not. Till now the only way to check it was to stop everything and fly to Asia. And after few months or years you can see your chances.
Now there is the second option! You can take part in our project called "Korean-style Insei League on KGS". It's the full copy of the League they have in Korean Baduk Association and also it has some additional features, which I met in Korean schools when I was an insei myself in 1997-2002.
In our Insei League for only $95 per month you can get 8 teaching games, up to 11 SGF reviews and 16 audio lectures by best Korean professionals. You can check your chances by playing other inseis of the Korean-style League (most of them also wants to become professionals) and see how big is your talent in Go.
If you feel, that you are the strongest in our League, and you can prove it by your results, we advice you to think seriously about the career of Go professional!
Alexander Dinerchtein, 7-times European Go Champion
3-dan professional of the Korean Baduk Association
There are lot of offline tournaments in July/August, such as Russian Go Congress, European and US Congresses, European Team Championship. Our teachers will be busy, so we decided to take a break and continue again in September. Feel free to register, if you plan to take part
Starting from April 2010, KGS+ membership is included to the Insei League entry fee: you will get it free of charge - as bonus. You can use it for accessing the archive of Insei League lectures (most of them are recorded). You will get plus 1 month to your KGS+ account, if you already have the KGS+ membership.
Rules changes in March (Same rules in April):
1. We will give 1% bonus to your % score for every additional game played after 12 (excluding games, lost to teachers). So, 18-1 score will be better than 12-0 and 0-21 score better than 1-11.
2. "Breakfast" will have the right to announce the single game between 2 members of the same group. This game must be played within 1 week after my request, or both players lose it. Maximum 1 game request per person per month.
3. Play 16 insei vs insei games and get bonus simultaneous with roln111 or breakfast on any handicap you prefer!
4. The last one in every simultaneous will get short online game review by breakfast or roln111 immediately after the game
5. Minumum number of insei vs insei games, if you would like to promote to the next group: 12 with 6 different opoonents. In other cases - 10 games only.
6. Starting from April, you get KGS+ membership as bonus.