Constantin Lupulescu Explained

Constantin Lupulescu
Country:Romania
Birth Date:25 March 1984
Birth Place:Buftea, Romania
Grandmaster (2006)
Peakrating:2660 (April 2014)
Peakranking:No. 79 (September 2021)
Fideid:1207822

Constantin Lupulescu (born 25 March 1984) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011,[1] 2013,[2] 2015 and 2019, 2021.

Chess career

Lupulescu won the Romanian Chess Championship in 2007, 2010,[3] 2011, 2013[4] and 2015.[5] He has played for Romania in the Chess Olympiad since 2004 and in the European Team Chess Championship since 2005.[6] He placed clear first in Bucharest 2003[7] and Bucharest 2006[8] tournaments, tied for first with Vladislav Nevednichy in Timişoara 2006,[9] placed second in the Victor Ciocaltea Memorial in Bucharest 2008 and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Anton Filippov, Nidjat Mamedov and Alexander Zubarev in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008.[10] In 2013 he tied for 1st–8th with Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Romanov, Alexander Beliavsky, Hrant Melkumyan, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev and Evgeny Alekseev in the European Individual Chess Championship.[11] In 2014, he shared first place with Ernesto Inarkiev in the Baku Open, placing second on tiebreak.[12] [13] He won the Reykjavik Open in 2019.[14]

Lupulescu is an expert in dynamic openings (Benoni with Black) and regularly employs solid middlegame strategy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 . Crowther . Mark . 2011-09-21 . London Chess Center . 16 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020150713/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011 . 20 October 2011 .
  2. Web site: Chess World Cup. The Hindu. 13 August 2013.
  3. Web site: Constantin Lupulescu and Elena-Luminita Cosma are Romanian Chess Champions. 7 February 2010 . Chessdom. 9 February 2010.
  4. http://www.romania-actualitati.ro/lupulescu_constantin_national_champion_in_chess_again-48189 Lupulescu Constantin, national champion in chess again
  5. http://www.chessdom.com/corina-peptan-and-constantin-lupulescu-are-2015-romanian-chess-champions Corina Peptan and Constantin Lupulescu are 2015 Romanian Chess Champions
  6. Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads: Constantin Lupulescu. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 25 November 2009.
  7. Web site: Tournament report January 2004: Blue Autumn - GM. World Chess Federation. 25 November 2009.
  8. Web site: Tournament report July 2006: May Roses Cup. World Chess Federation. 25 November 2009.
  9. Web site: Tournament report July 2006: Pius Brinzau Mem. World Chess Federation. 25 November 2009.
  10. Web site: Tournament report January 2009: Open Romgaz. World Chess Federation. 25 November 2009.
  11. Web site: 14th European Individual Championships 2013. Crowther. Mark. 2013-05-16. The Week in Chess. 18 May 2013.
  12. Martínez, David (2014-10-01). "Inarkiev wins photo finish at Baku Open". Chess24.
  13. Silver, Albert (2014-10-03). "Strong Baku Open is won by Inarkiev". ChessBase.
  14. Web site: Lupulescu Wins Reykjavik Open Among 8-Way Tie. Peter. Doggers. Chess.com. 16 April 2019.

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