Andrei Istrăţescu

Infobox chess player
playername = Andrei Istrăţescu


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birthname = Andrei Istrăţescu
country = ROM
datebirth = birth date and age|1975|12|03
placebirth = Romania
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
rating = 2636
(No. 91 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2636 (July 2008)

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 [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2281 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Karpov vs Istratescu in Bucharest ] ] [ [http://www.chess-romania.ro/eveniment/indexen.html Karpov Vs. Istratescu | LIVE CHESS GAME on www.chess-romania.ro ] ] .

On the October 2008 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2633.

elected tournament victories

* 1991: Winner of the U16 European Youth Chess Championship.
* 1992: Winner of the Romanian Chess Championship.
* 2001: Victory at Bucharest Spring 2001 [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic337#10] .
* 2001: Victory at first Rohde Open (Sautron, France)
* 2003: Victory at 3rd Rohde Open [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic470.html The Week in Chess 470 ] ] .

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External links

*fide|id=1200372|name=Andrei Istrăţescu
*chessgames player|id=23713
* [http://www.andreiistratescu.ro/ Homepage]