Margareta Teodorescu

Margareta Teodorescu
CountryRomania
Born13 April 1932
Bucharest, Romania
Died22 January 2013(2013-01-22) (aged 80)
Bucharest, Romania
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1985)
Peak rating2180 (January 1975)

Margareta Teodorescu (13 April 1932 – 22 January 2013)[1] was a Romanian chess player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1985.

Born in Bucharest, she won the Romanian Women's Championship in 1959, 1968, 1969 and 1974.[2] Teodorescu played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1957, 1963 and 1974, winning the team silver medals in both 1957 and 1974.[3]

She came in 15th in the Women's Candidates Tournament (Sukhumi, 1964).[4]

Her highest ranking in the FIDE Top Women list appears to be 35–37 in the July 1972 list (Elo 2165).[5]

  1. ^ "Obituary - Margareta Teodorescu". FIDE. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  2. ^ "Romanian Chess Championships" (in Romanian). Romanian Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads: Teodorescu, Margareta". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  4. ^ Weeks, Mark. "World Chess Championship (Women) 1964 Candidates Tournament". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  5. ^ "FIDE Rating List :: July 1972". Retrieved 2013-01-24.