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Cristina Adela Foișor
Cristina Adela Foișor ( Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017)English translation was a n player. She was awarded by the titles of (WGM) in 1991 and |
Petroșani
Petroșani (; Hungarian: ''Petrozsény''; German: ''Petroschen'') is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 31,044 as of 2021. The city has been associated with mining since the 19th century. History "Pietros" means "stony, rocky" in Romanian. The city of Petroșani was founded in the 17th century (around 1640) with the name Petrozsény. In 1720, an Austrian cartographer mentions that the entire Jiu Valley was intensely populated and settlements could be seen from one end to the other. At the 1818 census, Petroșani had 233 inhabitants, while the entire Valley counted 2,550. During this time, the main activity of the people was shepherding and no urban settlement had appeared yet. Around 1840, coal surface mining began in Petroșani, Vulcan, and Petrila. After Romania joined the Allies of World War I in 1916, Romanian troops attacked the town during the Battle of Transylvania. A battalion of miners defended Petroșani in a last stand battle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Chess Championship 2012
The Women's World Chess Championship 2012 was a knockout tournament, to decide the women's world champion. The title was won by Anna Ushenina of Ukraine for the first time. Defending champion Hou Yifan went out in the second round. The tournament was played as a 64-player knockout type in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from 10 November to 1 December 2012. Each pairing consisted of two games, and tie-breaks at faster time controls, if necessary. After only two wins by lower-rated players in the first round, the second round saw the top three seeds all going out to players rated 150 Elo points below them. Of those, third seed Anna Muzychuk lost to the eventual world champion. The fourth seed went out in the quarter-final. The final consisted of four games at classical time control, followed by tie-break games; in it, Anna Ushenina beat former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the first set of tie-breaks. The unexpected final of two lower-seeded players led to questions regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabina-Francesca Foisor
Sabina-Francesca Foişor (born August 30, 1989) is a Romanian American chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 and 2017. Foisor won the US women's championship in 2017. Chess career Foisor won four medals at the European Youth Chess Championships in various age categories: one gold (girls U8 in 1996), one silver (girls U16 in 2004) and two bronze (girls U14 in 2003 and girls U18 in 2007). She represented Romania in the European Girls U18 Team Chess Championship in 2004 and 2007, winning three medals: two gold (2004 individual medal, 2007 team medal) and one bronze (2007 individual medal). Foisor was awarded the titles Woman International Master (WIM) in 2005 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2007. She achieved the norms required for the WGM title at the Acropolis women's tournament in Athens in 2006 and European Individual Women's Chess Championship in Dresden in 2007. Her result at 2007 Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu-Doru Foișor
Ovidiu-Doru Foișor (born 6 April 1959) is a Romanian chess player, International Master (IM) (1982), Romanian Chess Championship winner (1982). Biography In the 1980s, Foișor was one of the leading Romanian chess players. In 1978, he ranked 4th in the European Junior Chess Championship in Groningen. Foișor won gold (1982), silver (1985) and bronze (1987) medals in the Romanian Chess Championships. Foișor is laureate of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing 1st place in tournaments in Timișoara (1987), Olot, 1992), Grenoble (2003), Cannes (2007), Liège (2008), Lausanne (2008). Foișor represented the Romanian team in major team chess tournaments: * Chess Olympiads participated 2 times (1982, 1988); * Men's Chess Balkaniads participated 6 times (1979, 1982–1983, 1986–1988, 1992). He has won bronze medals in the team evaluation all times, and in the individual one - gold (1979) and 2 silver (1986, 1988) medals. In 1982, he was awarded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chess Families
Siblings Brothers *Espen Agdestein and Simen Agdestein *Alexander Alekhine and Alexei Alekhine *Dávid Bérczes and Csaba Bérczes *Jacobo Bolbochán and Julio Bolbochán *Olexandr Bortnyk and Mykola Bortnyk *Donald Byrne and Robert Byrne * Andrey Drygalov and Sergey Drygalov * Hans Duhm, Dietrich Duhm and Andreas Duhm *Arnold van Foreest and Dirk van Foreest *Jorden van Foreest and Lucas van Foreest *Daniel Fridman and Rafael Fridman * Celso Golmayo Torriente and Manuel Golmayo Torriente * Mirosław Grabarczyk and Bogdan Grabarczyk * Karen Grigorian and Levon Grigorian * Jozsef Horvath and Csaba Horváth *Baadur Jobava and Beglar Jobava *Paul Johner and Hans Johner * Arvid Kubbel and Leonid Kubbel *Emanuel Lasker and Berthold Lasker * Gustave Lazard and Frédéric Lazard *Kjetil Aleksander Lie and Espen Lie * John Littlewood and Norman Littlewood * Athanasios Mastrovasilis and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis *Nelson Mariano II and Nelson Mariano III * Yoav Milikow and Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Chess Championship 2017
The Women's World Chess Championship 2017 was a 64-player knock-out tournament, to decide the women's world chess champion. The final was won by Tan Zhongyi over Anna Muzychuk in the rapid tie-breaks. At the FIDE General Assembly during the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in September 2016, the organizational rights to the event were awarded to Iran, who held the Championship in Tehran from 10 February to 4 March 2017. Some top female players decided not to attend the tournament. Hou Yifan, the outgoing women's world champion and top ranked female player, decided not to enter the tournament because of dissatisfaction with FIDE's Women's World Championship system. The 2015 Women's World Champion, Mariya Muzychuk, and US Women's Champion Nazí Paikidze also elected not to attend, out of protest at the tournament's location in Iran, where it is mandatory for all women to wear a hijab in public (a rule which also applied to the participating players). Other notable absentees were women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertatea
(; "Freedom") is a Romanian daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. It was founded on December 22, 1989 (12:45 p.m.), by Octavian Andronic, as "the first independent newspaper of the Romanian Revolution of 1989". History and profile The paper was started in 1989. The first edition was published at midday on 22 December 1989, being the first newspaper to announce that the communist ruler, President Nicolae Ceaușescu, had fled the capital in a helicopter. The former newspaper was named ''Informația Bucureștiului''. Sorin Rosca Stanescu was a journalist at the former newspaper and worked with Octavian Andronic, the founder of the new newspaper ''Libertatea''. Nowadays, the first edition of Libertatea can be seen in museums, like Muzeul Presei Sever Bocu', from Jimbolia, Timiș. The current editor-in-chief, Dan Duca, joined Libertatea in March 2020 and was appointed editor-in-chief in August, the same year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Chess Club Cup
The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match. 39th European Chess Club Cup for Men and 28th European Club Cup for Women was held in 2024.https://chess-results.com/tnr989847.aspx?lan=1 History The tournament origins are from the former Yugoslavia, where chess club competitions were quite popular. In 1996, the women's competition was added. Winners Men's event Women's event Results * https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114819/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=22_European_Club_Cup.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20220816221554/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=23_European_Club_Cup_Femminile.htm See also *Chess Olympiad * Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Team Chess Championship
The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more or less accords with the wider definition of Europe used in other events such as the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ... and includes Israel, Russia and the former Soviet States. The competition is run under the auspices of the European Chess Union (ECU). Championship history The idea was conceived in the early 1950s, when chess organisers became aware of the need for another international team event. Consequently, a men-only Championship was devised and held every four years, with the intention of fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Team Chess Championship
The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams. The strongest national teams in the world participate, and also some teams represent an entire continent. A full round is played by the teams, meaning that each team plays against every other team. At the first tournament, in 1985, teams consisted of six players; since then, teams have been reduced to four players. Reserve players are permitted. From 1985, the championship was held every four years; since 2011, it has been held every two years. Since 2007, there has been a separate championship for women teams, which is also held every two years. Since 2007, the final scores depend on the team results; before 2007, the individual scores determined the final ranking. Summary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Chess Olympiad
The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments. The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion (1927–1944). The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Before the break-up of the Soviet Union, it has also been won by Hungary led by three Polgár sisters (twice) and Israeli team fully composed of Soviet-born players (once in 1976 when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc). In the post-Soviet era, China have won the event six times, Georgia – four times, Russia – three times, Ukraine – two times and India – once. Results From 1957 to 1974 the Women's Olympiad was a separate event (with ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
