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Florin Gheorghiu

1944 - Today

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Florin Gheorghiu (born 6 April 1944) is a Romanian chess player and has been a university lecturer in foreign languages. Born in Ploiești, on 6 April 1944, while the American bombers attacked the country's capital, his prodigious talent for the game was evidenced by his many early achievements; he became an International Master in 1963 and Romania's first Grandmaster just two years later. He earned the title of World Junior Champion in 1963, at Vrnjacka Banja, and has been the national champion of Romania on nine occasions. Gheorghiu was a lecturer in French at the University of Bucharest and he also speaks English, Russian, German, and Spanish. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florin Gheorghiu is the 171st most popular chess player (down from 141st in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Romania (down from 391st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 171 out of 461. Before him are Kira Zvorykina, Bernhard Horwitz, Horatio Caro, Artur Yusupov, Petar Trifunović, and Vladimir Tukmakov. After him are Sergey Karjakin, Esteban Canal, Gennadi Sosonko, Klaus Junge, Oleg Romanishin, and Hikaru Nakamura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 543. Before him are Jack Canfield, Armistead Maupin, Sergei Solovyov, Michael Tilson Thomas, José Luis Garci, and Ayşen Gruda. After him are Hui Liangyu, José Manuel García-Margallo, Per Ivar Moe, Chi Cheng, Erik Pettersson, and Volodymyr Kaplychnyi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 414 out of 844. Before him are Ion Drîmbă (1942), Blanka Teleki (1806), Nicolae Golescu (1810), Vasile Dîba (1954), Richard Wagner (1952), and Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882). After him are George Lusztig (1946), Gabi Balint (1963), Samuel Zauber (1901), Vasile Tiță (1928), Laura Codruța Kövesi (1973), and László Németh (1901).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Romania

Among chess players born in Romania, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 2. Before him are Adolf Albin (1848). After him are Cristina Adela Foișor (1967), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (1976), and Constantin Lupulescu (1984).

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