CHESS PLAYER

Florin Gheorghiu

1944 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florin Gheorghiu has received more than 42,497 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Florin Gheorghiu is the 141st most popular chess player (up from 153rd in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Romania (down from 375th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 141 out of 461. Before him are André Chéron, Boris Kostić, Borislav Ivkov, Simen Agdestein, Bernhard Horwitz, and Horatio Caro. After him are Artur Yusupov, Lev Alburt, Hermanis Matisons, Gennadi Sosonko, Klaus Junge, and Carl Mayet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 505. Before him are Jean-Louis Debré, Jaan Talts, Kevin Tighe, Miklós Páncsics, Caleb Deschanel, and Ali Hatami. After him are Şerif Gören, Edith McGuire, Chris Roberts, Kjartan Fløgstad, John Njue, and Peter Dietrich.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 391 out of 844. Before him are László Lukács (1850), Petre Steinbach (1906), Ion Agârbiceanu (1882), Marin Preda (1922), Lajos Steiner (1903), and Ion Andreescu (1850). After him are Petre P. Carp (1837), Bogdan Stelea (1967), Theodor Pallady (1871), Dimitar Petkov (1858), Radu Mihăileanu (1958), and Ion Lăpușneanu (1908).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Romania

Among chess players born in Romania, Florin Gheorghiu ranks 2. Before him are Adolf Albin (1848). After him are Cristina Adela Foișor (1967), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (1976), and Constantin Lupulescu (1984).

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