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{{short description|Romanian chess grandmaster (born 1991)}}
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'''Ioan-Cristian Chirila''' (born 6 January 1991) is a [[Romania]]n [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]].<ref name="news_AMil">{{Cite web| title = A Millionaire Chess champion is a student at Saint Louis University| last = Nemcova | first = Katerina| work = news.stlpublicradio.org| date = 2016-10-12| accessdate = 2018-06-26| url = http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/millionaire-chess-champion-student-saint-louis-university#stream/0}}</ref>
'''Ioan-Cristian Chirilă''' (born 6 January 1991) is a [[Romania]]n [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2009.


==Chess career==
==Chess career==
In 2001, Chirila won the Romanian Junior Championship when he was 10 years old. He repeated this achievement the following year in Romanian Junior Championship 12 years and younger. Chirila won two more Romanian Junior Championships in 2006 and 2009. He participated in the junior European Junior Championship team, winning two medals for individual results: gold (2008, on the first board) and silver (2006, on the second board).
In 2001, Chirilă won the Romanian youth championship when he was 10 years old. He repeated this achievement the following year in the Romanian under 12 championship. Chirilă won two more Romanian youth championships, in 2006 and 2009.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} He participated in the European Youth Team Championship, winning two medals for individual results: gold (2008, on the first board) and silver (2006, on the second board).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerseb/p1jj5dhm.html|title=European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship: Cristian-Ioan Chirilă|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|website=OlimpBase|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref>


In 2007, Chirilă became [[World Youth Chess Championship|world youth champion]] in the U-16 age group. In 2010 he was awarded a full ride scholarship at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]]. In April 2015, Chirilă finished runner-up to [[Yuniesky Quezada]] in the Philadelphia Open.<ref name="ches_Yuni">{{Cite web| title = Yuniesky Quesada Perez wins Philadelphia Open on tie-break| work = chessdom.com| date = 2015-04-08| accessdate = 2018-06-26| url = http://www.chessdom.com/yuniesky-quesada-perez-wins-philadelphia-open-on-tie-break/}}</ref> In 2016 Chirilă won the [[Millionaire Chess]] Open in the U-2550 rating group.<ref name="news_AMil">{{Cite web| title = A Millionaire Chess champion is a student at Saint Louis University| last = Nemcova | first = Katerina| work = news.stlpublicradio.org| date = 2016-10-12| accessdate = 2018-06-26| url = http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/millionaire-chess-champion-student-saint-louis-university#stream/0}}</ref>
In 2007, Chirila became World Youth Champion in the U-16 age group. In 2010 he was awarded a full ride scholarship at the University Of Texas at Dallas.


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In June 2018 he won the National Open tournament in Las Vegas, US.<ref>{{cite web|work=US Chess Federation|title=Chirila Wins National Open: "Summer is Off to a Good Start"|date=2018-06-25|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/chirila-wins-national-open-summer-off-good-start/|accessdate=2018-12-03}}</ref> This success earned Chirilă his first magazine cover for ''[[Chess Life]]'', one of the major American chess magazines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uscfsales.com/chess-life-magazine-september-2018-issue.html|date=2018-09-01|title=Chess Life (Sept 2018)}}</ref> In September–October he was part of the Romanian team at the [[43rd Chess Olympiad]].<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=8&turdet=YES&snr=21 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open - Team-Composition without round-results]. ''chess-results.com''.</ref>
In April 2015, Chirila finished runner up to [[Yuniesky Quezada]] in the Philadelphia Open.<ref name="ches_Yuni">{{Cite web| title = Yuniesky Quesada Perez wins Philadelphia Open on tie-break| work = chessdom.com| date = 2015-04-08| accessdate = 2018-06-26| url = http://www.chessdom.com/yuniesky-quesada-perez-wins-philadelphia-open-on-tie-break/}}</ref>


Chirilă served as one of the [[Glossary of chess#Second|seconds]] of [[Fabiano Caruana]] during the [[World Chess Championship 2018|2018 World Chess Championship]] match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-vs-caruana-an-interview-mit-rustam-kasimdzhanov-second-of-caruana|title=Kasimdzhanov: "The work of seconds usually remains invisible"|date=2018-12-09|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref> Together, the pair host the [https://www.youtube.com/@csqpod C-Squared podcast] on YouTube as well as its corresponding [https://twitter.com/CSQpod Twitter account]. Their podcast focuses on chess and frequently features high profile chess figures.
In 2016 Chirila won the Millionaire Chess Open in the u-2550 rating group.

In February 2018, Chirila played in the Professional Rapid Online tournament for the team [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] Hackers.<ref name="them_TheR">{{Cite web| title = The Rope-a-Dope Chess and the Fishing Pole of PRO Chess League| author = Mackenzie, Dana| work = Chess Daily News| date = 2018-02-21| accessdate = 2018-06-26| url = https://www.themaven.net/chessdailynews/improvement/the-rope-a-dope-chess-and-the-fishing-pole-of-pro-chess-league-6RPwG5fsw0abbgQ5L1LE2Q/}}</ref>

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His latest success came in June 2018 when he won the coveted National Open tournament.<ref>{{cite web|work=US Chess Federation|title=Chirila Wins National Open: “Summer is Off to a Good Start”|date=2018-06-25|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/chirila-wins-national-open-summer-off-good-start/|accessdate=2018-12-03}}</ref> This success attracted important attention, allowing Chirila to earn his first magazine cover for "Chess Life", one of the major American chess magazines.

Chirila streams on [[twitch.tv]] on the channel "chesschilla" he plays on [[chess.com]] under the pseudonym "TheCount".

As of September 2018, Chirila's ELO is 2576.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Chess.com member|TheCount}}
*{{twitch|chesschilla}}


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Latest revision as of 18:05, 6 March 2024

Ioan-Cristian Chirilă
CountryRomania
Born (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 33)
Bucharest, Romania
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2530 (May 2024)
Peak rating2576 (July 2018)

Ioan-Cristian Chirilă (born 6 January 1991) is a Romanian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009.

Chess career[edit]

In 2001, Chirilă won the Romanian youth championship when he was 10 years old. He repeated this achievement the following year in the Romanian under 12 championship. Chirilă won two more Romanian youth championships, in 2006 and 2009.[citation needed] He participated in the European Youth Team Championship, winning two medals for individual results: gold (2008, on the first board) and silver (2006, on the second board).[1]

In 2007, Chirilă became world youth champion in the U-16 age group. In 2010 he was awarded a full ride scholarship at the University of Texas at Dallas. In April 2015, Chirilă finished runner-up to Yuniesky Quezada in the Philadelphia Open.[2] In 2016 Chirilă won the Millionaire Chess Open in the U-2550 rating group.[3]

In June 2018 he won the National Open tournament in Las Vegas, US.[4] This success earned Chirilă his first magazine cover for Chess Life, one of the major American chess magazines.[5] In September–October he was part of the Romanian team at the 43rd Chess Olympiad.[6]

Chirilă served as one of the seconds of Fabiano Caruana during the 2018 World Chess Championship match.[7] Together, the pair host the C-Squared podcast on YouTube as well as its corresponding Twitter account. Their podcast focuses on chess and frequently features high profile chess figures.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship: Cristian-Ioan Chirilă". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ "Yuniesky Quesada Perez wins Philadelphia Open on tie-break". chessdom.com. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  3. ^ Nemcova, Katerina (2016-10-12). "A Millionaire Chess champion is a student at Saint Louis University". news.stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  4. ^ "Chirila Wins National Open: "Summer is Off to a Good Start"". US Chess Federation. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  5. ^ "Chess Life (Sept 2018)". 2018-09-01.
  6. ^ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open - Team-Composition without round-results. chess-results.com.
  7. ^ "Kasimdzhanov: "The work of seconds usually remains invisible"". Chess News. ChessBase. 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2019-09-28.

External links[edit]

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