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Viorel Iordăchescu was born on 20 April, 1977 in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union, is a Moldovan chess player. Discover Viorel Iordăchescu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 20 April 1977
Birthday 20 April
Birthplace Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Moldova

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1977

Viorel Iordachescu (born 20 April 1977) is a chess grandmaster from the Republic of Moldova, member of the Olympic Team of the Republic of Moldova, FIDE Senior Trainer, commentator, the President of the National Chess Academy of Moldova, and politician.

Viorel Iordachescu was born on April 20, 1977, in Chisinau.

His father, Ilie Iordăchescu, was an engineer and his mother, Elena Iordăchescu, was an accountant.

At the age of 6, his neighbor Alexandr Șoșev taught him the rules of the game of chess, which eventually became his career.

The young player's mother noticed her son's interest in chess and enrolled him in Chisinau's Chess School No. 57, where Iordachescu met his first coach Valerian Vasiloi.

With the support of his mother and guided by Vasiloi, the young Iordachescu took part in his first tournaments at the age of 7.

At the age of 12, he became a Candidate Master.

From the ages of 12 to 14, Iordachescu was trained by IM Stefan Solonar, and FM Bogdan Pavlenco.

At the age of 15, Iordachescu began training under renowned coach, theoretician, and pedagogue Veaceslav Cebanenco, known as "the Patriarch of Moldovan chess".

Between the ages of 7 and 18, Iordachescu won multiple Moldova Junior Championships.

Iordachescu began his studies at Chisinau's School No. 57, currently the "Traian" Theoretical High School.

He continued his studies at Chisinau's "Mihai Eminescu" Theoretical High School.

1994

Iordachescu played for the Moldovan team in the 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, and 2018 Chess Olympiads.

1996

After the successes achieved in Dresden 1996, Șeki 1998 and Călimănești 1999, he was awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster.

1999

He was awarded the title of grandmaster by FIDE in 1999.

2000

Iordachescu competed in the FIDE World Championship in 2000 and 2004.

On August 5, 2000, Iordachescu married Svetlana Zubac, a collegemate and a teacher.

They have two daughters together, Julietta and Angelina.

During his chess career, Iordachescu represented the Republic of Moldova in numerous tournaments, Olympics, European and World Championships.

In 2000 he participated in the Minsk Zonal tournament with other strong players from Moldova, Belarus, and Azerbaijan, ranking second and qualifying for the World Championship.

It was there that he met young Azerbaijani player Vugar Gashimov.

This meeting laid the foundations for a fruitful and lasting collaboration between the two chess players.

At the knockout World Championship in New Delhi 2000, Iordachescu defeated Italian Michele Godena, but lost in tiebreaks in the second round to Sergei Movsesian.

2002

In 2002, he finished third in the Corus Tournament C group in Wijk aan Zee.

In 2002, he graduated from the State University of Moldova, the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, and in 2014 he graduated from the State University of Physical Education and Sports.

2005

He tied for 1st–6th places with Reiner Odendahl, Erwin l'Ami, Daniël Stellwagen, Susanto Megaranto and Friso Nijboer at HZ Open in 2005.

In 2005, he won the Vlissingen tournament.

2006

Iordăchescu won the 2006/07 Reggio Emilia tournament.

In 2006, he won the Reggio Emilia tournament.

2008

Iordachescu trained Gashimov from 2008-2012.

During this period, Gashimov won several elite tournaments, ranking in the top 10 of the world.

2009

In 2009 he tied for 2nd–4th with Alexey Korotylev and Sergei Tiviakov at the Moscow Open and won the 13th Open International Bavarian Championship in Bad Wiessee on tiebreak over Vitaly Kunin, Abhijeet Gupta and Gerald Hertneck.

2010

In 2010, Iordachescu tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Hrant Melkumyan, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, David Arutinian, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.

The next year, he took part in the FIDE World Cup, where he was eliminated in the first round by Sébastien Feller.

2012

In 2012 Iordachescu won the Nakhchivan Open edging out Sergei Zhigalko and Eltaj Safarli on tiebreak score.

2014

However, in 2014, Gashimov passed away after suffering from brain cancer.

The annual Gashimov Memorial tournament in his honor was subsequently organized, with Iordachescu invited as a guest of honor and commentator.

2015

Iordachescu competed in the FIDE World Cup 2015, losing in round one to Yu Yangyi.

In the same year, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

2016

In 2016 he won the Moldovan Chess Championship.