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Marius Manolache
M Manolache 
Photo courtesy of sahgalati.wordpress.com 

Number of games in database: 250
Years covered: 1994 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2407 (2333 rapid, 2355 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2561
Overall record: +93 -53 =98 (58.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 6 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    A46 A45 D02 A41 A40
 King's Indian (16) 
    E97 E94 E62 E81 E61
 Nimzo Indian (15) 
    E46 E53 E50 E40 E42
 Slav (14) 
    D15 D12 D11 D10
 Grunfeld (10) 
    D94 D91 D95 D85 D73
 Queen's Gambit Declined (9) 
    D37 D38 D31
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (31) 
    B42 B43 B40 B22 B41
 King's Indian (25) 
    E91 E62 E71 E60 E83
 Pirc (19) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Sicilian Kan (16) 
    B42 B43 B41
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    A46 A40 A45 E10
 Robatsch (8) 
    B06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Suba vs M Manolache, 2012 1/2-1/2
   G Szabo vs M Manolache, 2014 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Mirko Schreiber Memorial (2008)
   Adolfo Pedrido Memorial (2006)
   Lasker Autumn GM (2001)
   Caissa IM (2001)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)
   Romanian Championship (2001)
   Bucharest Blue Autumn (2002)
   Romanian Championship (2005)
   Romanian Superliga (2011)
   European Championship (2012)
   European Championship (2011)
   European Championship (2007)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2013)
   Sunway Sitges Open (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Cristina Foisor Memorial Rapid
   M Chigaev vs M Manolache (Aug-04-24) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   M Manolache vs Ponomariov (Aug-04-24) 0-1, rapid
   V Muntean vs M Manolache (Aug-03-24) 0-1, rapid
   M Lu vs M Manolache (Jul-28-22) 0-1
   H Grieve vs M Manolache (Jul-25-22) 1-0

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MARIUS MANOLACHE
(born Apr-22-1973, 51 years old) Romania

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Grandmaster

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 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 265  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Manolache vs M Brodsky  0-1391994ROU-chTE41 Nimzo-Indian
2. M Manolache vs Aronian  ½-½671995BucharestD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
3. V Sanduleac vs M Manolache  0-1351997ROM-chT2B30 Sicilian
4. M Manolache vs C Nanu  ½-½542000Radulescu memE70 King's Indian
5. M Manolache vs A Negulescu  1-0292000ROU-chTD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. A Negulescu vs M Manolache  ½-½162000ROM-chTA46 Queen's Pawn Game
7. M Manolache vs C Nanu  ½-½112000TechirghiolA65 Benoni, 6.e4
8. R Schmidt vs M Manolache  0-1342001ROU-chTB07 Pirc
9. G Mateuta vs M Manolache  1-0372001ROU-chTA05 Reti Opening
10. M Manolache vs C Parligras  1-0562001ROU-chTE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
11. M Manolache vs S Grunberg  1-0402001ROU-chTA81 Dutch
12. Lupulescu vs M Manolache  ½-½632001ROU-chTB08 Pirc, Classical
13. C Daianu vs M Manolache  0-1262001Astral OpenB06 Robatsch
14. M Manolache vs E Pessi 1-0322001Astral OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
15. B Miljanic vs M Manolache  1-0442001Astral OpenB40 Sicilian
16. G Szabo vs M Manolache 0-1262001Astral OpenB07 Pirc
17. M Manolache vs D Moldovan  ½-½242001Astral OpenA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
18. M Orso vs M Manolache  1-0662001Caissa IMA48 King's Indian
19. M Manolache vs T Lutz  1-0292001Caissa IME14 Queen's Indian
20. A Vajda vs M Manolache ½-½62001Caissa IMA15 English
21. M Manolache vs D Lutz  1-0402001Caissa IME46 Nimzo-Indian
22. S Bromberger vs M Manolache  1-0392001Caissa IMA56 Benoni Defense
23. M Manolache vs J Gheng  1-0682001Caissa IMD85 Grunfeld
24. A Murariu vs M Manolache  ½-½672001Caissa IMB23 Sicilian, Closed
25. M Manolache vs I Marin  1-0292001Caissa IMD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 265  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Marius Manolache, Romania, born 22 April 1973. Now rated 2540, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2001. GM in 2007. Plays a lot in Spain and France.

Placed 3rd in Vila de Padron Open (Spain) 2004 (= GM norm), 2nd in Abierto Ayuntamiento de Ortigueira (Spain) 2004, 1st in Circuito Gallego (Spain) 2004, 2nd in Galati Open (Romania) 2005, 1st in Bucharest Open 2005, 3rd in Vila de Marin Open (Spain) 2005, 1st in Adolfo Pedrido Memorial 2006, 3rd in Romanian Ch 2006, 2nd in Abierto Cidade das Burgas (Spain) 2007, 1st in Subotita de Craciun 2008, 4th in Romanian Ch 2008, 4th in Werther Schloss-Open (Germany) 2009,

1st in Condom Open A (France) 2009:
http://ligueechecs.limousin.free.fr... http://iulianceausescu.wordpress.co...

Biography:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius... (in German) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Guw1gYyybuU/S... http://iulianceausescu.files.wordpr... http://www.vados.ro/files_/medium/2...

Highest rated victim (in Chessbase):

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2646"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 d5 12.b5 d4 13.Na4 g5 14.Re1 Ng6 15.g3 g4 16.Nc5 h5 17.Ndb3 Nh7 18.Qd2 Re8 19.bxc6 Ne7 20.Nb7 Qc7 21.c5 Nxc6 22.Nd6 Re7 23.h3 a5 24.Qd1 a4 25.Nd2 Ng5 26.h4 d3 27.Bxd3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 a3 29.Nb3 Nd4 30.Nxd4 exd4 31.Bd2 Qxc5 32.Nxc8 Qxc8 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.Rc5 Qxa2 35.Bc4 Qb2 36.Rb5 Rb8 37.Rxb2 Rxb2 38.Re2 d3 39.Bxd3 a2 40.Qa4 Be5 41.Bc3 Rxe2 42.Bxe2 Bxc3 43.Qxa2 Bd4 44.Qd5 Bb6 45.Bc4 Rc7 46.Qxh5 Rxc4 47.Qxg4+ Kf8 48.Kxh3 1-0

Dec-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Many more games here: M Manolache
Jul-15-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Placed 2nd in the International Chess Festival Eforie Nord (Romania) 18-27 June 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr352...

Jul-22-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Third today in the SPI Open (Satu Mare, Romania) 16-22 July 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr345...

Mar-22-12  virginmind: drawn today with sargissian, at the eicc, plovdiv, 2012.
Apr-22-15  waustad: I wanted to just say, "Ole!," but it was too short. If there is a game where he'd get the ears and tail, be my guest.
Jul-17-15  BIDMONFA: Marius Manolache

MANOLACHE, Marius
http://www.bidmonfa.com/manolache_m...
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Apr-27-21  Czx: This dude has got some pull!
Apr-27-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Player of the Week.

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