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Румынский гроссмейстер по шахматам (род. 1944)
Romanian chess grandmaster (born 1944)
Флорин Георгиу (род. 6 апреля 1944) – румынский шахматист и преподаватель иностранных языков в университете. Он родился в Плоешти 6 апреля 1944 года, во время налета американских бомбардировщиков на столицу страны, и его выдающиеся способности в шахматах проявились уже в ранние годы: в 1963 году он получил звание международного мастера, а еще через два года стал первым гроссмейстером Румынии. В 1963 году, во Врняцкой Банье, он завоевал титул чемпиона мира среди юниоров и девять раз становился чемпионом Румынии. Георгиу преподавал французский язык в Бухарестском университете и владеет английским, русским, немецким и испанским языками.
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.
Шахматная карьера
Георгиу известен своими успехами против, как считается, солидной защиты Нимцовича. Вариация, включающая ранний ход f3 для белых (которая связана с вариантом Зимича), стала его визитной карточкой, улучшив игру и разработку Лайоша Портиша и Дёжё Форинтоша, предшествовавших ему. В настоящее время эта система во многих шахматных справочниках называется вариантом Георгиу и используется такими тактическими экспертами, как Алексей Широв.
When playing at his peak on the international tournament circuit, he was many times a winner. His victories included: Hastings 1967–68 (with Hort and Stein), Reykjavik 1972 (with Hort and Ólafsson), Orense 1973, Torremolinos 1974 (with Torre), Lone Pine 1979 (with Gligorić, Liberzon, and Hort), Novi Sad 1979, Biel 1982 (with Nunn) and Lenk 1990. He was always a formidable opponent at the U. S. Open tournament and finished first in three successive years—1979, 1980 (with Fedorowicz) and 1981 (with Christiansen and three others). In his home country, there were few who could rival his dominance of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He won the Romanian Championship nine times (1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977 and 1987). In 1970 he was equal first with Victor Ciocâltea, and after a subsequent tie break match (5 5) the latter was awarded the champion title. Despite these successes, Gheorghiu has seldom been regarded a serious contender for the world chess championship title. Although he regularly participated in the cycle and at other prestigious events, his placings at four Interzonal Tournaments (world championship qualifiers) confirmed that he was not as strong as the world's elite players at the time, but could nevertheless perform consistently well at a high level. At Petrópolis 1973 he finished 14th, at Manila 1976 10–13th, Riga 1979 5–6th, and at Moscow 1982, he came 12th. At the Riga Interzonal, he only narrowly failed to qualify for the Candidates Matches. Overall, he participated in nine Zonal and four Interzonal tournaments. Playing for Romania in team competitions, he amassed 459 games in 64 contests (including friendly matches with other nations), summing up to an overall result of 145 wins, 272 draws, and 42 losses. This included playing in every Chess Olympiad between 1962 and 1990, usually on first board. Further details are given in the table below. Town Year Contest's name + = Tbilisi 1960 friendly match S. S. R. Georgia – Romania (b. 5) 1 3 0 Leningrad 1960 World student team ch. VII (reserve 1) 5 1 1 Bucharest 1961 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Georgia (b. 5) 3 1 0 Karl Marx Stadt 1961 friendly match East Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 1 Bucharest 1962 friendly match Romania – Bulgaria (b. 4) 1 1 0 Budapest 1962 friendly match Hungary – Romania (b. 5) 0 2 0 Mariánské Lázně 1962 World student team ch. IX (b. 1) 4 8 1 Varna 1962 Olympiad XV (b. 3) 6 8 1 Bucharest 1963 friendly match Romania – Hungary (b. 1) 2 0 0 Kraków 1964 World student team ch. XI (b. 1) 7 3 0 Sinaia 1964 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 3) 4 2 0 Tel Aviv 1964 Olympiad XVI (b. 2) 8 8 1 Bucharest 1965 friendly match Romania – Poland (b.1) 1 1 0 Hamburg 1965 European team ch. III (b. 1) 1 7 2 Sinaia 1965 World student team ch. XII (b. 1) 8 4 1 Örebro 1966 World student team ch. XIII (b. 1) 8 6 0 Havana 1966 Olympiad XVII (b. 1) 9 7 3 Bucharest 1966 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Latvia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Warsaw 1967 friendly match Poland – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Sofia 1967 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 2 4 0 Harrachov 1967 World student team ch. XIV (b. 1) 4 7 0 Lugano 1968 Olympiad XVIII (b. 1) 3 14 0 Novi Sad 1969 friendly match Yugoslavia – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Bucharest 1970 friendly match Romania – Yugoslavia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Siegen 1970 Olympiad XIX (b.1) 6 10 3 Bamberg 1971 friendly match Romania – West Germany (b. 1) 0 2 0 Atena 1971 Balkaniad III (b. 1) 1 2 1 Bucharest 1971 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 2) 2 0 0 Sofia 1972 Balkaniad IV (b. 1) 2 2 0 Skopje 1972 Olympiad XX (b. 1) 5 12 3 Bath 1973 European team ch. V (b.1) 0 5 2 Paris 1973 friendly match France – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 0 Poiana Brașov 1973 Balkaniad V (b. 1) 0 4 0 Nisa 1974 Olympiad XXI (b. 1) 5 13 0 Poreč 1974 Balkaniad VI (b. 1) 0 3 0 Istanbul 1975 Balkaniad VII (b. 1) 0 4 0 Crans Montana 1976 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 1 3 0 Bucharest 1976 friendly match Romania – R. F. G. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Athens 1976 friendly match Greece – Romania (b. 1) 2 0 0 Athens 1976 Balkaniad VIII (b. 1) 1 2 1 Moscow 1977 European team ch. VI (b. 1) 1 5 1 Albena 1977 Balkaniad IX (b. 1) 2 2 0 Borås 1978 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Băile Herculane 1978 Balkaniad X (b. 1) 3 1 0 Buenos Aires 1978 Olympiad XXIII (b. 1) 5 9 0 Bensheim 1979 friendly match West Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 1 0 Istanbul 1980 Balkaniad XII (b. 1) 2 3 0 Malta 1980 Olympiad XXIV (b. 1) 3 7 2 Athens 1981 Balkaniad XIII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1982 Olympiad XXV (b. 1) 3 5 4 Băile Herculane 1983 Balkaniad XV (b. 2) 2 2 0 Zinnowitz 1983 friendly match East Germany – Romania 0 4 0 Eforie Nord 1984 friendly match Romania – East Germany 0 2 2 Skopje 1984 Balkaniad XVI (b. 1) 0 4 1 Salonic 1984 Olympiad XXVI (b. 2) 5 8 1 Iraklion 1985 Balkaniad XVII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1985 World team ch. I (b. 2) 0 7 2 Dubai 1986 Olympiad XXVII (b. 2) 3 9 0 Kaštel Stari 1988 Balkaniad XX (b. 1) 0 6 0 Thessaloniki 1988 Olympiad XXVIII (b.1) 3 7 3 Haifa 1989 European team ch. IX (b. 1) 0 9 0 Kavala 1990 Balkaniad XXI (b. 1) 0 4 2 Novi Sad 1990 Olympiad XXIX (b. 1) 3 8 1 Debrecen 1992 European team ch. X (b. 1) 1 4 2
Gheorghiu is renowned for his success against the reputedly solid Nimzo Indian Defence. The variation comprising an early f3 for White (which is allied to the Sämisch Variation) became his trademark weapon, improving on the games and development work of Lajos Portisch and Gyozo Forintos before him. The system is now referred to as the Gheorghiu Variation in many chess opening manuals and has been employed by tactical experts such as Alexei Shirov.
Когда он играл на пике своей формы на международных турнирах, он многократно становился победителем. Среди его побед: Гастингс 1967–68 (вместе с Хортом и Штейном), Рейкьявик 1972 (вместе с Хортом и Олафссоном), Оренсе 1973, Торремолинос 1974 (вместе с Торре), Лоун Пайн 1979 (вместе с Глигоричем, Либерзоном и Хортом), Нови-Сад 1979, Биль 1982 (вместе с Нанном) и Ленк 1990. Он всегда был грозным соперником на Открытом чемпионате США и три года подряд занимал первое место — 1979, 1980 (вместе с Федоровичем) и 1981 (вместе с Кристиансеном и тремя другими). В своей родной стране мало кто мог соперничать с его доминированием в 1960-х, 1970-х и 1980-х годах. Он девять раз выигрывал чемпионат Румынии (1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977 и 1987). В 1970 году он разделил первое место с Виктором Чокалтеа, и после дополнительного матча (5:5) последний был удостоен звания чемпиона. Несмотря на эти успехи, Георгиу редко рассматривался как серьезный претендент на титул чемпиона мира по шахматам. Хотя он регулярно участвовал в отборочном цикле и других престижных турнирах, его результаты в четырех межзональных турнирах (квалификациях к чемпионату мира) подтвердили, что он не был так силен, как ведущие игроки мира в то время, но тем не менее мог стабильно показывать хорошие результаты на высоком уровне. В Петрополисе 1973 года он занял 14-е место, в Маниле 1976 года — 10–13-е, в Риге 1979 года — 5–6-е, а в Москве 1982 года — 12-е. На Рижском межзональном турнире он лишь немного не дотянул до квалификации в матчах кандидатов. В общей сложности он принял участие в девяти зональных и четырех межзональных турнирах. Выступая за Румынию в командных соревнованиях, он провел 459 партий в 64 матчах (включая товарищеские матчи с другими странами), набрав в общей сложности 145 побед, 272 ничьи и 42 поражения. Это включало участие во всех шахматных олимпиадах с 1962 по 1990 год, обычно на первой доске. Подробности приведены в таблице ниже.
When playing at his peak on the international tournament circuit, he was many times a winner. His victories included: Hastings 1967–68 (with Hort and Stein), Reykjavik 1972 (with Hort and Ólafsson), Orense 1973, Torremolinos 1974 (with Torre), Lone Pine 1979 (with Gligorić, Liberzon, and Hort), Novi Sad 1979, Biel 1982 (with Nunn) and Lenk 1990. He was always a formidable opponent at the U. S. Open tournament and finished first in three successive years—1979, 1980 (with Fedorowicz) and 1981 (with Christiansen and three others). In his home country, there were few who could rival his dominance of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He won the Romanian Championship nine times (1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977 and 1987). In 1970 he was equal first with Victor Ciocâltea, and after a subsequent tie break match (5 5) the latter was awarded the champion title. Despite these successes, Gheorghiu has seldom been regarded a serious contender for the world chess championship title. Although he regularly participated in the cycle and at other prestigious events, his placings at four Interzonal Tournaments (world championship qualifiers) confirmed that he was not as strong as the world's elite players at the time, but could nevertheless perform consistently well at a high level. At Petrópolis 1973 he finished 14th, at Manila 1976 10–13th, Riga 1979 5–6th, and at Moscow 1982, he came 12th. At the Riga Interzonal, he only narrowly failed to qualify for the Candidates Matches. Overall, he participated in nine Zonal and four Interzonal tournaments. Playing for Romania in team competitions, he amassed 459 games in 64 contests (including friendly matches with other nations), summing up to an overall result of 145 wins, 272 draws, and 42 losses. This included playing in every Chess Olympiad between 1962 and 1990, usually on first board. Further details are given in the table below. Town Year Contest's name + = Tbilisi 1960 friendly match S. S. R. Georgia – Romania (b. 5) 1 3 0 Leningrad 1960 World student team ch. VII (reserve 1) 5 1 1 Bucharest 1961 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Georgia (b. 5) 3 1 0 Karl Marx Stadt 1961 friendly match East Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 1 Bucharest 1962 friendly match Romania – Bulgaria (b. 4) 1 1 0 Budapest 1962 friendly match Hungary – Romania (b. 5) 0 2 0 Mariánské Lázně 1962 World student team ch. IX (b. 1) 4 8 1 Varna 1962 Olympiad XV (b. 3) 6 8 1 Bucharest 1963 friendly match Romania – Hungary (b. 1) 2 0 0 Kraków 1964 World student team ch. XI (b. 1) 7 3 0 Sinaia 1964 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 3) 4 2 0 Tel Aviv 1964 Olympiad XVI (b. 2) 8 8 1 Bucharest 1965 friendly match Romania – Poland (b.1) 1 1 0 Hamburg 1965 European team ch. III (b. 1) 1 7 2 Sinaia 1965 World student team ch. XII (b. 1) 8 4 1 Örebro 1966 World student team ch. XIII (b. 1) 8 6 0 Havana 1966 Olympiad XVII (b. 1) 9 7 3 Bucharest 1966 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Latvia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Warsaw 1967 friendly match Poland – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Sofia 1967 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 2 4 0 Harrachov 1967 World student team ch. XIV (b. 1) 4 7 0 Lugano 1968 Olympiad XVIII (b. 1) 3 14 0 Novi Sad 1969 friendly match Yugoslavia – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Bucharest 1970 friendly match Romania – Yugoslavia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Siegen 1970 Olympiad XIX (b.1) 6 10 3 Bamberg 1971 friendly match Romania – West Germany (b. 1) 0 2 0 Atena 1971 Balkaniad III (b. 1) 1 2 1 Bucharest 1971 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 2) 2 0 0 Sofia 1972 Balkaniad IV (b. 1) 2 2 0 Skopje 1972 Olympiad XX (b. 1) 5 12 3 Bath 1973 European team ch. V (b.1) 0 5 2 Paris 1973 friendly match France – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 0 Poiana Brașov 1973 Balkaniad V (b. 1) 0 4 0 Nisa 1974 Olympiad XXI (b. 1) 5 13 0 Poreč 1974 Balkaniad VI (b. 1) 0 3 0 Istanbul 1975 Balkaniad VII (b. 1) 0 4 0 Crans Montana 1976 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 1 3 0 Bucharest 1976 friendly match Romania – R. F. G. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Athens 1976 friendly match Greece – Romania (b. 1) 2 0 0 Athens 1976 Balkaniad VIII (b. 1) 1 2 1 Moscow 1977 European team ch. VI (b. 1) 1 5 1 Albena 1977 Balkaniad IX (b. 1) 2 2 0 Borås 1978 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Băile Herculane 1978 Balkaniad X (b. 1) 3 1 0 Buenos Aires 1978 Olympiad XXIII (b. 1) 5 9 0 Bensheim 1979 friendly match West Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 1 0 Istanbul 1980 Balkaniad XII (b. 1) 2 3 0 Malta 1980 Olympiad XXIV (b. 1) 3 7 2 Athens 1981 Balkaniad XIII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1982 Olympiad XXV (b. 1) 3 5 4 Băile Herculane 1983 Balkaniad XV (b. 2) 2 2 0 Zinnowitz 1983 friendly match East Germany – Romania 0 4 0 Eforie Nord 1984 friendly match Romania – East Germany 0 2 2 Skopje 1984 Balkaniad XVI (b. 1) 0 4 1 Salonic 1984 Olympiad XXVI (b. 2) 5 8 1 Iraklion 1985 Balkaniad XVII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1985 World team ch. I (b. 2) 0 7 2 Dubai 1986 Olympiad XXVII (b. 2) 3 9 0 Kaštel Stari 1988 Balkaniad XX (b. 1) 0 6 0 Thessaloniki 1988 Olympiad XXVIII (b.1) 3 7 3 Haifa 1989 European team ch. IX (b. 1) 0 9 0 Kavala 1990 Balkaniad XXI (b. 1) 0 4 2 Novi Sad 1990 Olympiad XXIX (b. 1) 3 8 1 Debrecen 1992 European team ch. X (b. 1) 1 4 2
Gheorghiu is renowned for his success against the reputedly solid Nimzo Indian Defence. The variation comprising an early f3 for White (which is allied to the Sämisch Variation) became his trademark weapon, improving on the games and development work of Lajos Portisch and Gyozo Forintos before him. The system is now referred to as the Gheorghiu Variation in many chess opening manuals and has been employed by tactical experts such as Alexei Shirov.
Год Название турнира Город + =
Тбилиси 1960 Товарищеский матч ССР Грузия – Румыния (в. 5) 1 3 0
Ленинград 1960 VII Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (рез. 1) 5 1 1
Бухарест 1961 Товарищеский матч Румыния – ССР Грузия (в. 5) 3 1 0
Карл-Маркс-Штадт 1961 Товарищеский матч Восточная Германия – Румыния (в. 1) 1 0 1
Бухарест 1962 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Болгария (в. 4) 1 1 0
Будапешт 1962 Товарищеский матч Венгрия – Румыния (в. 5) 0 2 0
Марианске-Лазне 1962 IX Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (в. 1) 4 8 1
Варна 1962 XV Олимпиада (в. 3) 6 8 1
Бухарест 1963 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Венгрия (в. 1) 2 0 0
Краков 1964 XI Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (в. 1) 7 3 0
Синая 1964 Предварительные матчи командного чемпионата Европы (в. 3) 4 2 0
Тель-Авив 1964 XVI Олимпиада (в. 2) 8 8 1
Бухарест 1965 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Польша (в. 1) 1 1 0
Гамбург 1965 III Командный чемпионат Европы (в. 1) 1 7 2
Синая 1965 XII Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (в. 1) 8 4 1
Эребро 1966 XIII Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (в. 1) 8 6 0
Гавана 1966 XVII Олимпиада (в. 1) 9 7 3
Бухарест 1966 Товарищеский матч Румыния – ССР Латвия (в. 1) 0 2 0
Варшава 1967 Товарищеский матч Польша – Румыния (в. 1) 0 2 0
София 1967 Предварительные матчи командного чемпионата Европы (в. 1) 2 4 0
Харрахов 1967 XIV Командный чемпионат мира среди студентов (в. 1) 4 7 0
Лугано 1968 XVIII Олимпиада (в. 1) 3 14 0
Нови-Сад 1969 Товарищеский матч Югославия – Румыния (в. 1) 0 2 0
Бухарест 1970 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Югославия (в. 1) 0 2 0
Зиген 1970 XIX Олимпиада (в. 1) 6 10 3
Бамберг 1971 Товарищеский матч Румыния – ФРГ (в. 1) 0 2 0
Афины 1971 Балканиада III (в. 1) 1 2 1
Бухарест 1971 Предварительные матчи командного чемпионата Европы (в. 2) 2 0 0
София 1972 Балканиада IV (в. 1) 2 2 0
Скопье 1972 XX Олимпиада (в. 1) 5 12 3
Бат 1973 V Командный чемпионат Европы (в. 1) 0 5 2
Париж 1973 Товарищеский матч Франция – Румыния (в. 1) 1 0 0
Пояна-Брашов 1973 Балканиада V (в. 1) 0 4 0
Ницца 1974 XXI Олимпиада (в. 1) 5 13 0
Пореч 1974 Балканиада VI (в. 1) 0 3 0
Стамбул 1975 Балканиада VII (в. 1) 0 4 0
Кранс-Монтана 1976 Предварительные матчи командного чемпионата Европы (в. 1) 1 3 0
Бухарест 1976 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Р.Ф.Г. (в. 1) 0 2 0
Афины 1976 Товарищеский матч Греция – Румыния (в. 1) 2 0 0
Афины 1976 Балканиада VIII (в. 1) 1 2 1
Москва 1977 VI Командный чемпионат Европы (в. 1) 1 5 1
Альбена 1977 Балканиада IX (в. 1) 2 2 0
Борас 1978 Предварительные матчи командного чемпионата Европы (в. 1) 0 2 0
Байле-Геркулане 1978 Балканиада X (в. 1) 3 1 0
Буэнос-Айрес 1978 XXIII Олимпиада (в. 1) 5 9 0
Бенсхайм 1979 Товарищеский матч ФРГ – Румыния (в. 1) 1 1 0
Стамбул 1980 Балканиада XII (в. 1) 2 3 0
Мальта 1980 XXIV Олимпиада (в. 1) 3 7 2
Афины 1981 Балканиада XIII (в. 1) 2 2 0
Люцерн 1982 XXV Олимпиада (в. 1) 3 5 4
Байле-Геркулане 1983 Балканиада XV (в. 2) 2 2 0
Цинновиц 1983 Товарищеский матч Восточная Германия – Румыния 0 4 0
Эфорие-Норд 1984 Товарищеский матч Румыния – Восточная Германия 0 2 2
Скопье 1984 Балканиада XVI (в. 1) 0 4 1
Салоники 1984 XXVI Олимпиада (в. 2) 5 8 1
Ираклион 1985 Балканиада XVII (в. 1) 2 2 0
Люцерн 1985 I Командный чемпионат мира (в. 2) 0 7 2
Дубай 1986 XXVII Олимпиада (в. 2) 3 9 0
Каштель-Стари 1988 Балканиада XX (в. 1) 0 6 0
Салоники 1988 XXVIII Олимпиада (в. 1) 3 7 3
Хайфа 1989 IX Командный чемпионат Европы (в. 1) 0 9 0
Кавала 1990 Балканиада XXI (в. 1) 0 4 2
Нови-Сад 1990 XXIX Олимпиада (в. 1) 3 8 1
Дебрецен 1992 X Командный чемпионат Европы (в. 1) 1 4 2
When playing at his peak on the international tournament circuit, he was many times a winner. His victories included: Hastings 1967–68 (with Hort and Stein), Reykjavik 1972 (with Hort and Ólafsson), Orense 1973, Torremolinos 1974 (with Torre), Lone Pine 1979 (with Gligorić, Liberzon, and Hort), Novi Sad 1979, Biel 1982 (with Nunn) and Lenk 1990. He was always a formidable opponent at the U. S. Open tournament and finished first in three successive years—1979, 1980 (with Fedorowicz) and 1981 (with Christiansen and three others). In his home country, there were few who could rival his dominance of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He won the Romanian Championship nine times (1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977 and 1987). In 1970 he was equal first with Victor Ciocâltea, and after a subsequent tie break match (5 5) the latter was awarded the champion title. Despite these successes, Gheorghiu has seldom been regarded a serious contender for the world chess championship title. Although he regularly participated in the cycle and at other prestigious events, his placings at four Interzonal Tournaments (world championship qualifiers) confirmed that he was not as strong as the world's elite players at the time, but could nevertheless perform consistently well at a high level. At Petrópolis 1973 he finished 14th, at Manila 1976 10–13th, Riga 1979 5–6th, and at Moscow 1982, he came 12th. At the Riga Interzonal, he only narrowly failed to qualify for the Candidates Matches. Overall, he participated in nine Zonal and four Interzonal tournaments. Playing for Romania in team competitions, he amassed 459 games in 64 contests (including friendly matches with other nations), summing up to an overall result of 145 wins, 272 draws, and 42 losses. This included playing in every Chess Olympiad between 1962 and 1990, usually on first board. Further details are given in the table below. Town Year Contest's name + = Tbilisi 1960 friendly match S. S. R. Georgia – Romania (b. 5) 1 3 0 Leningrad 1960 World student team ch. VII (reserve 1) 5 1 1 Bucharest 1961 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Georgia (b. 5) 3 1 0 Karl Marx Stadt 1961 friendly match East Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 1 Bucharest 1962 friendly match Romania – Bulgaria (b. 4) 1 1 0 Budapest 1962 friendly match Hungary – Romania (b. 5) 0 2 0 Mariánské Lázně 1962 World student team ch. IX (b. 1) 4 8 1 Varna 1962 Olympiad XV (b. 3) 6 8 1 Bucharest 1963 friendly match Romania – Hungary (b. 1) 2 0 0 Kraków 1964 World student team ch. XI (b. 1) 7 3 0 Sinaia 1964 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 3) 4 2 0 Tel Aviv 1964 Olympiad XVI (b. 2) 8 8 1 Bucharest 1965 friendly match Romania – Poland (b.1) 1 1 0 Hamburg 1965 European team ch. III (b. 1) 1 7 2 Sinaia 1965 World student team ch. XII (b. 1) 8 4 1 Örebro 1966 World student team ch. XIII (b. 1) 8 6 0 Havana 1966 Olympiad XVII (b. 1) 9 7 3 Bucharest 1966 friendly match Romania – S. S. R. Latvia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Warsaw 1967 friendly match Poland – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Sofia 1967 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 2 4 0 Harrachov 1967 World student team ch. XIV (b. 1) 4 7 0 Lugano 1968 Olympiad XVIII (b. 1) 3 14 0 Novi Sad 1969 friendly match Yugoslavia – Romania (b. 1) 0 2 0 Bucharest 1970 friendly match Romania – Yugoslavia (b. 1) 0 2 0 Siegen 1970 Olympiad XIX (b.1) 6 10 3 Bamberg 1971 friendly match Romania – West Germany (b. 1) 0 2 0 Atena 1971 Balkaniad III (b. 1) 1 2 1 Bucharest 1971 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 2) 2 0 0 Sofia 1972 Balkaniad IV (b. 1) 2 2 0 Skopje 1972 Olympiad XX (b. 1) 5 12 3 Bath 1973 European team ch. V (b.1) 0 5 2 Paris 1973 friendly match France – Romania (b. 1) 1 0 0 Poiana Brașov 1973 Balkaniad V (b. 1) 0 4 0 Nisa 1974 Olympiad XXI (b. 1) 5 13 0 Poreč 1974 Balkaniad VI (b. 1) 0 3 0 Istanbul 1975 Balkaniad VII (b. 1) 0 4 0 Crans Montana 1976 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 1 3 0 Bucharest 1976 friendly match Romania – R. F. G. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Athens 1976 friendly match Greece – Romania (b. 1) 2 0 0 Athens 1976 Balkaniad VIII (b. 1) 1 2 1 Moscow 1977 European team ch. VI (b. 1) 1 5 1 Albena 1977 Balkaniad IX (b. 1) 2 2 0 Borås 1978 preliminaries of European team ch. (b. 1) 0 2 0 Băile Herculane 1978 Balkaniad X (b. 1) 3 1 0 Buenos Aires 1978 Olympiad XXIII (b. 1) 5 9 0 Bensheim 1979 friendly match West Germany – Romania (b. 1) 1 1 0 Istanbul 1980 Balkaniad XII (b. 1) 2 3 0 Malta 1980 Olympiad XXIV (b. 1) 3 7 2 Athens 1981 Balkaniad XIII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1982 Olympiad XXV (b. 1) 3 5 4 Băile Herculane 1983 Balkaniad XV (b. 2) 2 2 0 Zinnowitz 1983 friendly match East Germany – Romania 0 4 0 Eforie Nord 1984 friendly match Romania – East Germany 0 2 2 Skopje 1984 Balkaniad XVI (b. 1) 0 4 1 Salonic 1984 Olympiad XXVI (b. 2) 5 8 1 Iraklion 1985 Balkaniad XVII (b. 1) 2 2 0 Luzern 1985 World team ch. I (b. 2) 0 7 2 Dubai 1986 Olympiad XXVII (b. 2) 3 9 0 Kaštel Stari 1988 Balkaniad XX (b. 1) 0 6 0 Thessaloniki 1988 Olympiad XXVIII (b.1) 3 7 3 Haifa 1989 European team ch. IX (b. 1) 0 9 0 Kavala 1990 Balkaniad XXI (b. 1) 0 4 2 Novi Sad 1990 Olympiad XXIX (b. 1) 3 8 1 Debrecen 1992 European team ch. X (b. 1) 1 4 2
Gheorghiu is renowned for his success against the reputedly solid Nimzo Indian Defence. The variation comprising an early f3 for White (which is allied to the Sämisch Variation) became his trademark weapon, improving on the games and development work of Lajos Portisch and Gyozo Forintos before him. The system is now referred to as the Gheorghiu Variation in many chess opening manuals and has been employed by tactical experts such as Alexei Shirov.