Ovidiu-Doru Foișor (born 6 April 1959) is a

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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

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. 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

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(1987),

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, 1992),

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(2003),

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(2007),

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(2008),

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(2008). Foișor represented the Romanian team in major team chess tournaments: *

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

s 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.OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Balkaniads :: Ovidiu Foişor
/ref> In 1982, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. From 2000 to 2006, Foișor was the captain of the Romanian chess team at the

s, and in 2001 and 2005 he performed the same functions at the

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Personal life

Married to Romanian

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Cristina Adela Foișor Cristina Adela Foișor ( Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017)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 ...

(born 1989) and Mihaela-Veronica (born 1994) are also chess players.

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* * * 1959 births Living people Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Romanian chess players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen Romanian chess players {{Romania-chess-bio-stub