Chess: Romanian Nisipeanu wins France’s Chess Cup
June 29, 2009
Bucharest, June 29 /Agerpres/ Romania’s international grandmaster Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, currently Romania’s best chess player and a former European champion, a member of the French team Clichy Echecs 92, on Sunday won France’s Chess Cup, playing against Evry Grand Roque.
Clichy Echecs 92 defeated 3:1 the 2009 French champion Evry Grand Roque.
Nisipeanu is a professional player, playing for various clubs of Romania, France and Germany.
Nisipeanu came to play in Frances’ Chess Cup directly from a Kings’ Tournament match in Bazna, Romania, that was won by Ukraine’s international grandmaster Vasily Ivanchuk.
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Is he the best Romanian ever?
No, but his picture looks rather scary.
The mouth in his drawing tells me bad things.
GM Florin Gheorghiu born 1944 was 1963 World Junior Champion.
He was a nine time Romanian chess champion. He owns the Gheorghiu- f3 variation against the Nimzo-Indian Defense.
Gheorghiu beat Bobby Fischer at the 1966 Havana World Chess Olympiad:
Here is how Gheorghiu, playing White, beat future world champion Bobby Fischer with his aggressive system at the Havana Olympiad in 1966:[1]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf4 11. h4 c5 12. Kf2 Ng6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Be6 15. g5 Rc8 16. h5 Nf8 17. g6 fxg6 18. hxg6 h6 19. Qb1 Na5 20. Nf4 c4 21. Bc2 Rc6 22. Ra2 Nd7 23. a4 Nf6 24. Ba3 Qd7 25. Rb2 b6 26. Rb5 Nb7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Rcc8 29. Re5 Bg4 30. Nd5 Rxe5 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. dxe5 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 Rxc5 36. Qc1 Qxc1 37. Rxc1 Rxe5 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Be4 h5 40. Rd1 Re7 41. Rd5 Kh6 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. Rc6 h4 44. Rxc4 h3 45. Kg3 Kh6 46. Bb1 Re3+ 47. Kh2 Re1 48. Bd3 Re3 49. Rh4+ Kg5 50. g7 1-0