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Vasile Sanduleac
V Sanduleac 
Photo credit: https://sahmoldova.md/wp-content/uploads  

Number of games in database: 753
Years covered: 1988 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2345 (2291 rapid, 2282 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2519
Overall record: +278 -132 =343 (59.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (151) 
    B31 B30 B40 B52 B53
 King's Indian Attack (61) 
    A07
 Caro-Kann (26) 
    B18 B17 B15 B16 B12
 Giuoco Piano (20) 
    C53 C50 C54
 French Defense (18) 
    C00 C15 C12
 French (17) 
    C00 C12
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (94) 
    B06
 Queen's Pawn Game (69) 
    A41 D02 A40 A50 E00
 Caro-Kann (68) 
    B18 B12 B10 B13 B17
 Slav (39) 
    D15 D10 D11 D13 D14
 Reti System (13) 
    A06 A04
 Pirc (13) 
    B08 B07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Sanduleac vs C Paun, 2012 1-0
   V Sanduleac vs J Izijk, 2014 1-0
   V Sanduleac vs V Varadi, 2003 1-0
   Y Ramsingh vs V Sanduleac, 2002 0-1
   V Sanduleac vs F Braga, 2004 1-0
   V Sanduleac vs D Stojanovic, 2008 1/2-1/2
   V Sanduleac vs Z Parnicki, 2001 1/2-1/2
   V Sanduleac vs S Solcanean, 2001 1-0
   Y E Polanco Nunez vs V Sanduleac, 2014 1/2-1/2
   V Sanduleac vs A Diermair, 2014 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Moldovan Championship (2007)
   Mirko Schreiber Memorial (2001)
   Bucharest Winter Cup (2006)
   Moldovan Championship (2009)
   Yevpatoria (2010)
   Timisoara (1999)
   Ciocaltea Memorial (2006)
   Moldovan Championship (2010)
   Grand Europe Open (2013)
   Savaria Summer Open (2003)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   European Championship (2003)
   Calvia Olympiad (2004)
   European Championship (2008)
   European Club Cup (2015)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Championship
   V Sanduleac vs T Sanikidze (Mar-26-25) 0-1
   V Sanduleac vs Vocaturo (Mar-18-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Sarana vs V Sanduleac (Mar-15-25) 1-0
   V Sanduleac vs A Bulau (Aug-13-23) 1/2-1/2
   Brunello vs V Sanduleac (Aug-12-23) 1-0

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VASILE SANDULEAC
(born Jan-02-1971, 54 years old) Moldova

[what is this?]
IM in 1997, GM in 2006, FIDE Trainer in 2014 and International Arbiter in 2015. Played in six olympiads 1998-2008. Champion of Moldova in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007, and 2008. Winner of "December 1989 Revolution" 2004, 2nd in Winter Cup Bucharest 2006, 2nd in Open Galati 2006. Winner of Grand Prix Balcani (Romania) 2010.

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 page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 753  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Sanduleac vs L Murzin  1-0231988USSR Team ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
2. V Sanduleac vs S Temirbayev  ½-½411990URS-Trade UnionA07 King's Indian Attack
3. V Verdihanov vs V Sanduleac  1-0581990URS-Trade UnionD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. V Sanduleac vs M Khachiyan  ½-½211990URS-Trade UnionB01 Scandinavian
5. V Sanduleac vs V Iordachescu  0-1501993Kishinev opB06 Robatsch
6. M Doroshenko vs V Sanduleac  ½-½161993Kishinev opC21 Center Game
7. V Sanduleac vs A Prilepov  1-0261993Kishinev opC41 Philidor Defense
8. Z Jakovljev vs V Sanduleac  ½-½241993Kishinev opB06 Robatsch
9. V Sanduleac vs S Nistiriuc  ½-½151993Kishinev opB07 Pirc
10. Y Anikaev vs V Sanduleac  ½-½451993Kishinev opA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
11. V Sanduleac vs V Romcovici  0-1311993Kishinev opA07 King's Indian Attack
12. V Sanduleac vs R Raduica  ½-½411994ROM-chTC00 French Defense
13. V Sanduleac vs C Zetocha  ½-½411994ROM-chTB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
14. V Sanduleac vs D Bogdan  1-0381994Bucharest-BB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
15. V Sanduleac vs B Badea  ½-½131994Bucharest-BB40 Sicilian
16. V Sanduleac vs A Bets  ½-½131994Bucharest-BB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. V Sanduleac vs A Urzica  ½-½31994Bucharest-BC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
18. V Sanduleac vs A Cioara  0-1671994ROM-chTB40 Sicilian
19. M Kazakov vs V Sanduleac  1-0301994Bucharest-BB10 Caro-Kann
20. V Sanduleac vs Nisipeanu  1-0411994ROM-chTA07 King's Indian Attack
21. V Sanduleac vs I Bobu  1-0271994Bucharest-BB07 Pirc
22. V Sanduleac vs D Moldovan  ½-½91994Bucharest-BB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
23. S Podgurkii vs V Sanduleac  ½-½91994Bucharest-BB32 Sicilian
24. M Doroshenko vs V Sanduleac  0-1511994Bucharest-BA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
25. D Ionescu vs V Sanduleac  0-1381994Bucharest-BB10 Caro-Kann
 page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 753  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-13-09  wordfunph: It's an honor to be the first kibitzer of GM Vasile Sanduleac. This GM is as big as a fridge (no pun intended)..
Nov-22-09  Sem: He plays interesting openings at times, going his own way.
Dec-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Vasile Sanduleac, Moldova, born 2 January 1971. Now rated 2470, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 1997. GM in 2006. Rated 2519 in July 2006.

Played in the olympiads 1998 (1st reserve), 2000 (board 2), 2002 (board 4), 2004 (board 4), 2006 (board 4), and 2008 (1st reserve).

Champion of Moldova 2001, 2007, 2008, and two more times? Winner of "December 1989 Revolution" 2004, 2nd in Winter Cup Bucharest 2006, 2nd in Open Galati 2006.

Biography:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasile... (in German) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasile... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... http://chess.vrsac.com/slike/pancev...

Aug-25-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Winner of Grand Prix Balcani (Romania) 19-25 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr371...

Jan-02-19  BIDMONFA: Vasile Sanduleac

SANDULEAC, Vasile
http://www.bidmonfa.com/sanduleac_v...
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Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Happy birthday Vaslan it's Vetalin I mean Basiline. I have been looking at his surname. It is D-R-A-C-U-L-A backwards like A-L-U-C-A-R-D.

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