Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | |
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Country | Romania (until 2014; since 2023) Germany (2014–2023) |
Born | Braşov, Romania | 1 August 1976
Title | Grandmaster (1997) |
FIDE rating | 2584 (October 2024) |
Peak rating | 2707 (October 2005) |
Peak ranking | No. 15 (October 2005) |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Romanian chess grandmaster. His peak FIDE rating was 2707 in October 2005, when he was ranked fifteenth in the world, and the highest rated Romanian player ever. His highly aggressive style of play has earned him a reputation of a modern-day Mikhail Tal.[1]