| Andrei Istrăţescu | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrei Istrăţescu |
| Country | Romania |
| Born | 3 December 1975 Romania |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2624 (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.