Levente Vajda


Levente Vajda is a Romanian chess Grandmaster .

Biography

From an early age Levente Vajda was a permanent representative of Romania at the World Youth Chess Championships. In 1993, in Bratislava he won bronze medal in U12 age group, a year later he repeated this success in Szeged in U14 age group. In 1997, in Yerevan Levente Vajda won gold medal in U16 age group, and he won another bronze medal in 1998 in Oropesa del Mar in U18 age group. In 1994, in Paris he ranked second in the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship.
From the late 1990s, Levente Vajda was one of the leading Romanian chess players. He has won five individual Romanian Chess Championships medals: four silver and bronze.
Levente Vajda has achieved many successes on the international chess tournaments, including winning or shared the first places eleven times in cyclical Grandmaster tournaments First Saturday in Budapest. In 1996, he achieved the same result in Balatonberény, and in 1998 he won in Bucharest. In 2002, Levente Vajda finished first in the Europe Nagymesterverseny tournament in Budapest. In 2004, he won tournaments in Balatonlelle and Göd, while the following year Levente Vajda triumphed in Victor Ciocâltea memorial in Bucharest. In 2006, he took first place in Fourmies and Eforie, while in 2007 Levente Vajda triumphed in Balatonlelle.
Levente Vajda played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:
Levente Vajda played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship:
In 1996, he was awarded the FIDE International Master title and in 2001 he received the FIDE Grandmaster title. Levente Vajda is the brother of Women Grandmaster Szidonia Vajda.
Levente Vajda streams on twitch.tv by the name of GM Trankulizerr. He competes in mini-tournaments on