Cristina Adela Foișor facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cristina Adela Foișor |
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Foișor at the 2013 European Chess Team Championships
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| Country | Romania |
| Born | 7 June 1967 Petroşani, Romania |
| Died | 22 January 2017 (aged 49) Timișoara, Romania |
| Title | International Master (1997) Woman Grandmaster (1991) |
Cristina Adela Foișor (born Bădulescu) was a very talented Romanian chess player. She was born on June 7, 1967, and passed away on January 22, 2017. She earned two important titles from FIDE, the world chess organization: Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1991 and International Master (IM) in 1997. These titles show how skilled she was at chess.
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Her Life and Chess Journey
Cristina Foișor was born in Petroșani, Romania. She studied Mathematics at the University of Timișoara.
Winning Championships
Foișor was a five-time winner of the Women's Romanian Chess Championship. She won this national title in 1989, 1998, 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2007, she also became the women's champion of the European Union. Because of her achievements, she was made an honorary citizen of her hometown, Petroșani.
Playing on the World Stage
Cristina Foișor competed in many major international chess events. In 1994, she played in the Women's Candidates Tournament in Tilburg. This tournament was a step towards the Women's World Chess Championship. She also took part in the Women's World Chess Championship several times. These championships were held in 2001, 2006, 2010, and 2012.
In 2006, she shared first place at the WGM tournament of the Marseille Chess Festival. She tied with other strong players like Anna Zatonskih and Elena-Luminița Cosma.
Team Competitions
Foișor was a key player for Romania in many team events. She represented her country at fourteen Women's Chess Olympiads. These are like the Olympic Games for chess teams. She also played in the 2013 Women's World Team Chess Championship.
She participated in eight Women's European Team Chess Championships. She also played in three Women's Chess Balkaniads. In the 1985 Balkaniad, she won two gold medals. One was for her team, and the other was for her individual performance. Playing for the team AEM Luxten Timișoara, she won a team gold medal in the European Club Cup for Women in 1998. Her team also won two silver medals in 1999 and 2011.
Cristina Foișor passed away on January 22, 2017, in Timișoara. She was scheduled to play in the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 in Iran shortly after.
Her Family
Cristina Foișor was married to International Master Ovidiu Foișor. Their daughters also became very good chess players. Sabina-Francesca Foișor is a Woman Grandmaster, just like her mother. Her other daughter, Mihaela-Veronica Foișor, is a Woman International Master.
