Andrei Istrăţescu
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| Full name | Andrei Istrăţescu | |
| Country |  Romania |
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| Born | December 3, 1975 Romania |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2628 (No. 101 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2631 (October 2007) | |
Andrei Istrăţescu (born 3 December 1975 in Romania) is a chess grandmaster. 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].
[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].
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Andrei Istrăţescu
- Andrei Istrăţescu at ChessGames.com
- Homepage
