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GM Viorel Iordachescu

Viorel Iordachescu

Full name

Viorel Iordachescu

Born

Apr 20, 1977 (age 47)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Moldova

Rating

Bio

Viorel Iordachescu is a Moldovan chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (37 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (36 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (28 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (27 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System (42 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (28 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (23 games)

Modern Defense: Standard, Two Knights, Suttles Variation (18 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Positional Defense (18 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Viorel Iordachescu (2567) Khaled waleed Abdullah (2095)	1-0	33	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2567) Talal Hilwani (2252)	1-0	45	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2572) Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2650)	0-1	36	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2572) Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal (2546)	½-½	60	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2572) Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2537)	½-½	49	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2567) Zozek Salah Mohammed Mohammed (2194)	½-½	35	2024
Viorel Iordachescu (2498) David Balla (1640)	1-0	46	2023
Viorel Iordachescu (2498) Andrei-Cristian Bulau (2206)	1-0	36	2023
Viorel Iordachescu (2498) Shete Sammed Jaykumar (2261)	1-0	61	2023
Viorel Iordachescu (2498) Nadya Toncheva (2293)	1-0	36	2023

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