Vlad-Cristian Jianu
Vlad-Cristian Jianu is a Romanian chess grandmaster.
Jianu is the Romanian champion in 2006. National champion in problem solving. He won the Romanian National Championship in Blitz and Rapid in 2012.
He played for Romania at two chess olympics: 2014 and 2016. He also participated in two European team championships
He won three silver medals: in Szeged, Baile Herculane and in Rimavska Sobota
In addition, he has been a three-time medalist of the European Under-18 junior team championships : gold, silver and bronze.
In 2010, he won the 2nd Limpedea Cup.
In 2013, he won the Open d'Avoine, and the 10th Open International d’échecs de Plancoët. Additionally, he tied 1st - 8th in the Capelle-la-Grande in France along with Sanan Sjugirov, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Rodshtein, Sergey Fedorchuk, Eric Hansen, Alexei Fedorov, and Yuri Vovk.
In 2016, he won the fast chess competitions within the 10th Tournament of Kings in Medias.
In 2018, he tied 2nd - 9th place in the 11th Arad International chess festival along with Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Imre Balog, J. Deepan Chakkravarthy, Mihnea Costachi, Tiberiu Georgescu, Konstantin Tarlev, and Daniel Baratosi.
In 2019, he tied 1st - 3rd in the Targu Mures Open with GM Marius Manolache, and IM Anton Teodor.
Jianu is ranked 7th best chess player in Romania as of June 2020. His highest chess rating was 2588 in September 2014.
