Andrei Istrăţescu
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| Full name | Andrei Istrăţescu |
| Country |  Romania |
| Born | 3 December 1975 Romania |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2633 (March 2012) (No. 130 on the September 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2636 (July 2008) |
Andrei Istrăţescu (born 3 December 1975 in Romania) is a chess grandmaster (1993). For the national Romanian team he took part in six Chess Olympiads (1992–1998, 2002, 2006) with a record of 17 wins, 33 draws and 11 losses. He also took part in three European Team Chess Championships (1992, 1999 en 2005) with a record of 3 wins, 14 draws and 2 losses. In 2004 he became second after Anatoly Karpov in the rapid knock out tournament in Aix en Provence. Subsequently, a rematch was set up in Bucharest: four classical games and four rapid games. The final score was 6-2 in favour of Karpov.[1][2]
On the September 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2624.
[edit] Selected tournament victories
- 1991: Winner of the U16 European Youth Chess Championship.
- 1992: Winner of the Romanian Chess Championship.
- 2001: Victory at Bucharest Spring 2001.[3]
- 2001: Victory at first Rohde Open (Sautron, France).
- 2003: Victory at 3rd Rohde Open.[4]
- 2004: Victory at 4th Open of Plancoët, France.[5]
- 2009/10: Winner (with Romain Edouard, David Howell and Mark Hebden) of the Hastings International Chess Congress.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Karpov vs Istratescu in Bucharest
- ^ Karpov Vs. Istratescu | LIVE CHESS GAME on www.chess-romania.ro
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic337#10
- ^ The Week in Chess 470
- ^ [1]
- ^ Giddins, Steve (6 January 2010). "Hastings Four players tie for first with 7.0-9". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6039. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
[edit] External links
- Andrei Istrăţescu player profile at ChessGames.com
- Homepage
