4/27/2020 – On Saturday, Germany's grandmasters won an online team match against Romania on playchess.com 36½:27½. Germany's top scorer was Elisabeth Pähtz who finished with 6½/8. However, Romania won the junior match 9½:6½.

4/24/2020 – On Saturday, April 25, Germany and Romania will play an international match on playchess.com, and both federations start with almost all of their best players. At noon CEST the junior teams will kick off the event and three hours later, at 15.00 CEST, the A-teams will start to battle it out.

11/30/2017 – The 11th Kings Tournament was the first edition held in memory of legendary Romanian player, organiser and teacher, Elisabeta Polihroniade, who helmed the event for its first nine years until her death in 2016 at age 80. A large scholastic event including a simul by Anatoly Karpov started the festivities last Friday in Bucharest. This year's tournament — a pair of four-player double round-robins — was won by Ukrainian's Vassily Ivanchuk and Anna Muzychuk, and was broadcast live on ChessBase with grandmaster commentary. | Photo: Macauley Peterson

11/28/2017 – Vassily Ivanchuk was impressive on his way to winning the blitz tournament and at one point was leading by three full points. He finished two points clear of Sergey Karjakin. Anna Muzychuk lead the women's tournament from start to finish, ultimately scoring 1½ points more than her nearest rival Elisabeth Paehtz. The tournament (November 24th-29th) was held in memory of Elisabeta Polihroniade who helmed the event for its first nine years until her death in 2016 at age 80. Ivanchuk and Muzychuk also won their respective rapid tournaments for a clean sweep!

12/2/2014 – The traditional super-tournament held in Bucharest every year went through a format change. Instead of a round robin this year the event was a Scheveningen-style match between the olympic teams of Russia and China. The Asian team held nothing back sending three of their gold medalists and reinforced with the u20 World Champion. The result: a squashing victory for the Chinese.

5/26/2014 – Our reporter in Romania, WGM Alina l'Ami, sent us three well-received reports on the International Chess Festival Iai Open. Previously she dealt with the winners, but they were not the only ones who produced chess jewels, as we see today. We can also present you with a lot of great pictures of lesser-known players and participants, in this final report for you to enjoy.

5/22/2014 – Iasi (pronounced YAsh) is one of the largest cities in Romania, candidates for the very much sought after title of the European Capital of Culture. The first edition of the Iasi Open was held there, from May 10 to 18. But before she really digs into the chess, our reporter WGM Alina l'Ami, who hails from the city, tells us what it is like to live in a place that is in the process of being reborn.

9/14/2013 – In Romanian, a Latin language, it means grandmother, and in an article covering the country's top chess leagues there, the beachside resort had been described as desolate. This year, the country's top guns once again gathered for war in the same locale, but somehow a transformation took place and what was torture has now become fun. Find out how in this lovely article by Alina L'Ami.

6/22/2007 – The country of Romania is celebrating its first top class international tournament for over 50 years. The so-called Kings Tournament, running from 15-27 June, brings together a field of players, most of whom were world class names in the 1970s and 80s. The list includes Andersson, Timman, Portisch, Vaganian, Beliavsky, Chiburdanidze and the legendary Brazilian GM Henrique Mecking.