Andrei Istrăţescu

Who is Andrei Istrăţescu?

Andrei Istrăţescu is a chess grandmaster representing France. For the national Romanian team he took part in six Chess Olympiads with a record of 17 wins, 33 draws and 11 losses. He also took part in three European Team Chess Championships with a record of three wins, 14 draws and two losses. In 2004 he finished in second place behind Anatoly Karpov in the rapid knockout tournament in Aix en Provence. Subsequently, a rematch was set up in Bucharest: four classical games and four rapid games. The final score was 6-2 in favour of Karpov.

On the April FIDE list his Elo rating is 2648.