Emil Ungureanu | |
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Country | Romania |
Born | Târgu Jiu, Romania | 1 November 1936
Died | 2012 |
Title | International Master (1978) |
Emil Ungureanu (1 November 1936 – 2012) was Romanian chess International Master (1978), Romanian Chess Championships medalist (1968, 1971, 1975).
In the second half of the 1960s and in the 1970s, Emil Ungureanu was one of the leading Romanian chess players. He competed many times in the finals of Romanian Chess Championship and won three medals: two silver (1968, 1971) and bronze (1975).
Emil Ungureanu won International Chess Tournaments in Bucharest (1960), Sinaia (1961), Sibiu (1970), Craiova (1971), Oradea (1973) and Brașov (1974). In 1977, he divided the 4th place with Miodrag Todorcevic) in Round-robin tournament in Timișoara (behind Ratmir Kholmov, Nikola Padevsky and Vlastimil Jansa). In 1999, in Timișoara in the Open Chess tournament Emil Ungureanu shared the first place (ahead Cristina Adela Foișor). In 1978, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Emil Ungureanu played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:[1]
Emil Ungureanu played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]
Emil Ungureanu played for Romania in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[3]
Emil Ungureanu played for Romania in the Men's Chess Balkaniads:[4]