| Octav Troianescu | |
| Country: | Romania |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Chernivtsi, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| International Master (1950) | |
Octav Troianescu (4 February 1916 — 8 November 1980), was a Romanian chess player, International Master (IM) (1950), five-times Romanian Chess Championship winner (1946, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1968).
From the mid-1940s to the end of the 1970s Octav Troianescu was one of the strongest Romanian chess players. In Romanian Chess Championships he won nine medals, including five gold (1946, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1968) medals.[1] In 1957, Octav Troianescu participated in World Chess Championship Zonal tournament in Wageningen and ranked 9th place. Octav Troianescu's individual success in the international arena included 3rd place in Bucharest (1951), 2nd place in Sopot (1951) and 3rd place in Erfurt (1955). In 1950, he was a first Romanian chess player who awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Octav Troianescu played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
Octav Troianescu played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[3]
Octav Troianescu played for Romania in the Men's Chess Balkaniads:[4]