List of Romanian chess players
In addition to the historical masters, the list of Romanian chess players includes master players who have won the Romanian individual championship, have an IM or GM title (of both sexes), have an Elo of at least 2400 or are outstanding correspondence chess players .
A.
- Adolf Albin (1848–1920), historical master
- Maria Albuleț (1932–2005), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Gheorghe-Gicǎ Alexandrescu (* 1906, †?), Romanian master
- Endre Ambrus (* 1971), master player
- Valentin Anghel (* 1975), international master
- Dumitru Anițoaie (1960–2007), international master
- Aurel Anton (1928–2015), international correspondence chess master
- Teodor Anton (* 1991), international master
- George-Catalin Ardelean (* 1981), International Master
- Alin Ardeleanu (* 1964), international master
- Jules Armas (* 1955), international master
B.
- Bela Badea (* 1969), Grand Master, Romanian Master
- Ion Bălănel (* 1926), international master, Romanian master
- Tamas-Kristof Balla (* 1984), international master
- János Balogh (1892–1980), Romanian master, correspondence chess grandmaster
- Constantin Baluta (* 1949), international master
- Alexandru-Bogdan Banzea (* 2000), international master
- Daniel Baratosi (* 1988), international master
- Abraham Baratz (1895–1975), historical master
- Dan Barbulescu (* 1964), International Master
- Vlad-Victor Barnaure (* 1986), international master, Romanian master
- Gertrude Baumstark (1941–2020), International Women's Champion, Romanian Women's Champion
- Otiliu-Octavian Calculated (* 1962), International Master
- Alin Berescu (* 1980), grand master, Romanian master
- Mihai-Eugen Bida (* 1990), international master
- Ioan Biriescu (* 1953), international master, Romanian master
- Sandor Biro (* 1957), international champion
- Dan Bogdan (* 1972), international master
- Andreea Bollengier (* 1975), International Women's Champion
- Radu Breahnã (* 1965), international correspondence chess master
- Mihai Breazu (* 1929), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Miklos Bródy (1877–1949), historical master
- Irina Bulmaga (* 1993), International Master, Grand Master of Women
- Nicolae-Costel Burnoiu (* 1981), international master
- Corneliu Bușu (1946–2015), international master
- Alexandru Butunoi (1972-2010), international master
C.
- Ana-Cristina Calotescu (* 1983), Grand Master of Women
- Viorel Călugăru , international correspondence chess master
- Cristian Câmpian (* 1975), international correspondence chess master
- Gheorghe Candea (* 1944), international master
- Lucian-Catalin Carmaciu (* 1980), international master
- Marius-Nicolae Ceteraș (* 1973), master player
- Vadim Chernov (* 1963), international master
- Iudita Chiricuță (* 1957), International Master of Women
- Ioan-Cristian Chirilă (* 1991), Grand Master
- Ioan Călin Chiru (* 1975), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Daniel Cincă , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Andrei-Nestor Cioară (* 1971), international master
- Camelia-Adriana Ciobanu (* 1985), International Women's Champion
- Victor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), Grand Master, Romanian Master
- Gheorge Ciolac (* 1956), international master
- Sorin-Marius Ciucurel , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Elena-Luminița Cosma (* 1972), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Ioan Cosma (* 1965), international master
- Mihnea Costachi (* 2000), international master
- Eugen Costea (* 1921), international correspondence chess master
- Costin Cozianu (* 1973), master player
- Viorel Crăciuneanu , international correspondence chess master
- Alexandru Crișan (* 1962), master player
D.
- Mircea Dabija (1936–2016), international correspondence chess master
- Vladimir Danilov (* 1974), international champion
- Alexandru-Vasile David (* 1997), master player
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac (* 2001), grandmaster
- Valer-Vasile Demian (1934-2018), international correspondence chess master
- Paul Diaconescu (1929–1997), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Claudiu-Cristian Dobre (* 1985), International Master
- Vladimir Doncea (* 1986), International Master
- Angela Dragomirescu (* 1973), International Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Robin-Alexandru Dragomirescu (* 1993), international champion
- Dolfi Drimer (1934-2014), international master
- Dragos-Nicolae Dumitrache (* 1964), international master, Romanian master
- Dragos-Nicolae Dumitrescu (* 1977), international champion
E.
- Constantin Enescu , international correspondence chess master
- Cristian-Ion Epure , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Stefan Erdélyi (1905–1968), international master, Romanian master
- Aurel-Gheorghe Erdeuş (1938–2015), international master
F.
- Lucian Filip (* 1981), international master
- Johann Fischer (* 1935), master player
- Tudor Flondor (* 1929), Romanian master
- Mihail Florea , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Andrei-Costel Florean (* 1978), international champion
- Codrut-Constantin Florescu (* 1968), international master
- Cristina-Adela Foișor (1967-2017), International Master, Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Mihaela-Veronica Foișor (* 1994), international female champion
- Ovidiu-Doru Foișor (* 1959), international master, Romanian master
- Sabina-Francesca Foișor (* 1989), Grand Master of Women
G
- David Gavrilescu (* 2003), International Master
- Gabriel Georgescu (* 1953), international master
- Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu (* 1991), grandmaster
- Florin Gheorghiu (* 1944), grand master, Romanian master
- Eugenia Ghindă (1950–2010), International Women's Champion, Romanian Women's Champion
- Mihail-Viorel Ghindă (* 1949), international master, Romanian master
- Theodor Ghițescu (1934–2008), Honorary Grand Master, International Master, Romanian Master
- Dumitru Ghizdavu (* 1949), international master
- Ion Glodeanu (* 1953), International Master
- Elena Grabovieţchi , Romanian champion of women
- Gabriel-Andrei Grecescu (* 1986), international champion
- George-Gabriel Grigore (* 1970), Grand Master
- Nicolae-Petre Grigore (* 1978), international champion
- Mihai-Lucian Grünberg (* 1976), international master, Romanian master
- Sergiu-Henric Grünberg (* 1947), international master, Romanian master
- Boris Gusan (* 1963), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
H
- Lidia Habermann-Giuroiu , Romanian champion of women
- Ivan Halic (1910–1978), Romanian master
- Adina-Maria Hamdouchi (* 1979), Grand Master of Women
I.
- Traian Ichim (1905–1974), Romanian master
- Neboisa Illijin (* 1942), international master
- Constantin Ionescu (* 1958), grand master, Romanian master
- Doru-Alexandru Ionescu (* 1971), international master
- Irina Ionescu (* 1973), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Mihai Ionescu (* 1962), international master
- Viorica Ionescu (* 1960), International Women's Champion
- Iulia-Ionela Ionicǎ (* 1980), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Cristina Iosif (* 1968), International Women's Champion
- Mariana Ioniţa (* 1962), Romanian champion of women
- Andrei Istrățescu (* 1975), grand master, Romanian master
- Boris Itkis (* 1952), international master
J
- Otilia Jahn (* 1968), international female champion
- Vlad-Cristian Jianu (* 1984), grand master, Romanian master
- Ligia-Letitia Jicman (* 1956), International Champion of Women, Romanian Champion of Women
- Margareta Juncu (* 1950), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
K
- Zsolt Karacsony (* 1980), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Alfred Kertesz (* 1944), international master
- Laurentiu Kiss (* 1965), master player
- Levente Kocsis (* 1972), master player
L.
- Stefan Lakatos , international correspondence chess master
- Alina l'Ami (* 1985), International Master, Grand Master of Women
- Szidónia Lázárné-Vajda (* 1979), International Master, Grand Master of Women
- Mircea-Sergiu Lupu (* 1962), Grand Master
- Smaranda Lupu (* 1967), International Master of Women
- Constantin Lupulescu (* 1984), grand master, Romanian master
M.
- Augustin Madan (* 1986), international master
- Alexandru Madea (* 1981), international master
- Zsuzsa Makai (1945–1987), International Women's Champion
- Marina Makropoulou (* 1960), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Tiberiu Manescu (* 1986), international master
- Marius Manolache (* 1973), Grand Master
- Rodica Manolescu (1911–1996), Romanian champion of women
- Ioan Marasescu (* 1958), international master
- Irina-Luiza Marin (* 1970), International Women's Champion, International Women 's Correspondence Chess Master
- Mihail Marin (* 1965), grand master, Romanian master
- Gheorghe Martin , international correspondence chess master
- Cornel Matei , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Gabriel Mateuta (* 1980), international master
- Emil Mende , international correspondence chess master
- Laura Cristina Mihai (* 1973), international correspondence chess champion for women
- Alexandra van der Mije (1940–2013), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Romeo-Sorin Milu (* 1967), international master, Romanian master
- Lucian-Costin Miron (* 1987), grandmaster
- Gabriel Miulescu (* 1949), international master
- Gheorghe Mititelu (* 1934), historical master
- Octavian Moise (* 1959), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Corina Moldovan (* 1983), International Women's Champion
- Daniel Moldovan (* 1971), international master
- Marius Moraru (* 1977), international master
- Mariana Mosnegutu (* 1979), International Women's Champion
- Ervin Mózes (* 1946), international master
- Andrei Murariu (* 1986), grandmaster
- Adrian Musat (* 1976), master player
N
- Edgar Nacht (* 1931), international correspondence chess master
- Miron Nacu (* 1938), international correspondence chess master
- Ciprian-Costică Nanu (* 1977), grand master
- Catalin Navrotescu (* 1967), international master
- Liviu Neagu (* 1978), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Serban Neamtu (* 1934), master player
- Adrian Negulescu (* 1961), international master, Romanian master
- Francisc Nemeth (* 1978), International Master
- Vladislav Nevednichy (* 1969), grand master, Romanian master
- Malina Nicoara (* 1969), International Women's Champion
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (* 1976), Grand Master, Romanian Master
- Dana Nutu-Gajic (* 1957), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
O
- Gabriela Olărașu (* 1964), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Dorel Oltean (* 1957), international master
P
- Ioana-Smaranda Pădurariu (* 1987), International Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Mircea Pârligras (* 1980), grand master, Romanian master
- Charles Partos (1936–2015), International Master, Romanian Master
- Mircea Pavlov (* 1937), international master
- Gheorghe Pepene (* 1948), international correspondence chess master
- Corina-Isabela Peptan (* 1978), International Master, Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Margareta Perevoznic (* 1936), International Women's Champion, Romanian Women's Champion
- Nad-Titus Petre (* 1976), international master
- Adrian-Marian Petrisor (* 1992), international master
- Mariana-Camelia Plass (* 1969), correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Elisabeta Polihroniade (1935–2016), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Toma Popa (1908–1962), Romanian master
- Daniel-Dorin Popescu (* 1972), international master
- Zeno Proca (1906–1936), historical master
R.
- Valentin Raceanu (* 1983), international champion
- Corvin Radovici (1931-2017), international master
- Ecaterina Radovici , international correspondence chess champion for women
- Constantin Radulescu (* 1940), international master
- Rodica Reicher (* 1934), international women's champion, international women's correspondence chess champion
- Dorian Rogozenco (* 1973), Grand Master
- Gheorghe Rotariu (1933-2018), correspondence chess grandmaster
S.
- Vladimir Sălceanu (1934-2016), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Sergiu Samarian (1923–1991), international correspondence chess master
- Mihaela Sandu (* 1977), Grand Master of Women
- Raul Schmidt (* 1982), international master
- Gabriel Schwartzman (* 1976), Grand Master
- Alexandru Sorin Segal (1947–2015), international master
- Petre Vlad Seimeanu (* 1917), Romanian master
- Florin Șerban , correspondence chess grandmaster
- Miron Sferle , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Silvia-Raluca Sgîrcea (* 1989), International Women's Champion
- Heinrich Silbermann , Romanian master
- Veturia Simu , international correspondence chess champion for women
- Iulian Sofronie (* 1974), international master, Romanian master
- Bela Soos (1930–2007), international master
- Traian Stanciu (1935–2019), master player
- Parik Stefanov (* 1954), international master
- Valentin Stoica (* 1950), international master
- Madalina Stroe (* 1968), International Women's Champion
- Mihai Șubă (* 1947), grand master, Romanian master
- Mihai Suta (1931–1996), international correspondence chess master
- G. Szabo (* 1933), master player
- Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo (* 1983), Grand Master
- Julius Szabo (* 1933), historical master
- Stefan Szabo (1911–1954), historical master
- Iolanda Szathmary , Romanian champion of women
- Rankó Szuhanek (* 1974), international master
T
- Gheorghe Telbis (* 1940), international correspondence chess master
- Margareta Teodorescu (1932–2013), Grand Master of Women, Romanian Master of Women
- Vlad Tomescu (* 1970), international master
- Octavio Troianescu (1916–1980), international master, Romanian master
- Alexandru Tyroler (1891–1973), Romanian master
U
- Emil Ungureanu (1936–2012), international master
- Aurel Urzicǎ (* 1952), international master, Romanian master
V
- Volodia Vaisman (* 1937), international master
- Albert Vajda (* 1976), international master
- Levente Vajda (* 1981), grand master
- Eduard-Andrei Valeanu (* 1987), master player
- Marius Văluţanu , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Cristina-Valeria Vasiesiu (* 1976), International Women's Champion
- Dan Vasiesiu (* 1967), international master
- Lucian-Mihail Vasilescu (* 1962), international master
- Bogdan-Gabriel Vioreanu (* 1984), international master
- Decebal Vlad (* 1971), international master
- Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky (* 1981), Grand Master of Women
- Costel Voiculescu , correspondence chess grandmaster
- Daniel Volovici (* 1958), international correspondence chess master
W.
- Iozefina Werle (* 1989), Grand Master of Women
Z
- Constantin Zarnescu (* 1939), international master
- Claudiu Zetocha (* 1970), master player
Web links
Commons : Romanian chess players - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Romanian top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- Romanian top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- Overview of the Romanian masters at the Romanian Chess Federation (until 2009, Romanian)
- Correspondence chess title holder at the International Correspondence Chess Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Endre Ambrus has been playing for the Australian Chess Federation since 2008.
- ↑ Jules Armas has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1991.
- ↑ János Balogh played for the Hungarian Chess Federation from 1934.
- ↑ Abraham Baratz played for the French Chess Federation after 1931.
- ↑ Gertrude Baumstark played for the German Chess Federation from 2004.
- ↑ Andreea Bollengier has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 2010.
- ↑ Irina Bulmaga played for the Moldovan Chess Federation until 2009.
- ↑ Vadim Chernov played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Moldovan Chess Federation from 1992 to 1999.
- ↑ Johann Fischer has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 1990.
- ↑ Andrei-Costel Florean has been playing for the US Chess Federation since 2006.
- ↑ Sabina-Francesca Foișor has been playing for the US Chess Federation since 2008.
- ↑ Dumitru Ghizdavu has played for the US Chess Federation since 1975.
- ↑ Adina-Maria Hamdouchi has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 2010.
- ↑ Irina Ionescu played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1991 and for the Moldovan Chess Federation from 1992 to 1993.
- ↑ Andrei Istrățescu played for the French Chess Federation from 2011 to 2017.
- ↑ Boris Itkis played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Moldovan Chess Federation from 1992 to 1997.
- ↑ Otilia Jahn has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 1990.
- ↑ Alfred Kertesz has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 1990.
- ↑ Szidónia Lázárné-Vajda has been playing for the Hungarian Chess Federation since 2000.
- ↑ Mircea-Sergiu Lupu has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1999.
- ↑ Smaranda Lupu has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1999.
- ↑ Zsuzsa Makai played for the Hungarian Chess Federation from 1979.
- ↑ Marina Makropoulou has been playing for the Greek Chess Federation since 1988.
- ↑ Alexandra van der Mije played for the Dutch Chess Federation from 1975 and was formerly called Alexandra Nicolau.
- ↑ Catalin Navrotescu has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 2013.
- ↑ Vladislav Nevednichy played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Moldovan Chess Federation from 1992 to 1993.
- ↑ Malina Nicoara has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1993.
- ↑ Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 2014.
- ↑ Dana Nutu-Gajic has been playing for the Australian Chess Federation since 1997.
- ↑ Ioana-Smaranda Pădurariu has been playing for the Dutch Chess Federation since 2014.
- ↑ Charles Partos played for the Swiss Chess Federation from 1979.
- ↑ Dorian Rogozenco played for the Soviet chess federation until 1992 and for the Moldovan chess federation from 1992 to 1998.
- ↑ Sergiu Samarian played for the German Chess Federation from 1977.
- ↑ Gabriel Schwartzman has been playing for the US Chess Federation since 1996.
- ↑ Alexandru Sorin Segal played for the Brazilian Chess Federation from 1974.
- ↑ Bela Soos played for the German Chess Federation from 1974.
- ↑ Madalina Stroe has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1995.
- ↑ Mihai Șubă played for the English Chess Federation from 1989 to 1992 and has been playing for the Spanish Chess Federation since 2017.
- ↑ Ranko Szuhanek has been playing for the Serbian Chess Federation since 2014.
- ↑ Volodia Vaisman has been playing for the French Chess Federation since 1986.
- ↑ Iozefina Werle has been playing for the Dutch Chess Federation since 2012.
- ↑ Claudiu Zetocha has been playing for the Slovak Chess Federation since 2001.