Our Team - Potaissa Turda


Board

Name

Country Title Rating
1 Sergey Simonenko

IM FIDE 2444
2 Valer Eugen Demian

IM ICCF 2475
3 Marius Ceteras

FM FIDE 2417
4 Cristian Campian *

- 2053

* Cristian Campian replaced Toma Alin in April 2003


Alexey Shirov vs Sergey Simonenko in Oviedo

Sergey Simonenko (Turkmenistan) 2444 ICCF

Born May 16th, 1960 in Ukraine. Now he lives in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Married, with 2 daughters (15 and 20 years old).
IM 2422 FIDE

Selected CC results
Scored 11/16 as board 5 in 8th USSR Team Championship
Scored 7,5/16 as board 2 in 9th USSR Team Championship
Scored 4/13 as board 1 in 10th USSR Team Championship
Scored 6,5/8, 2nd place and ICCF-IM norm in 1st Afro-Asian Email Championship, Final
Scored 5/8 and ICCF-IM norm as board 6 in Interzonal Team
Scored 8,5/14 and ICCF-IM norm in Pereyra Memorial "B"

E-mail:
ssg@online.tm


Valer-Eugen Demian (Canada) IM 2475 ICCF

Born in Arad (Romania) in 1963 he currently resides in Vancouver, BC (Canada), having double citizenship Romanian and Canadian.
Mechanical engineer (Canadian Bachelor of Science), re-married with 2 sons.
FIDE rating 2220

Selected CC results

1. Romanian period, 1974-1994
5th place Romanian CC Final 18 (1981-1982)
3rd place Romanian CC Cup Final 3rd edition (1984-1985)
Winner of Timis County CC Cup 1st edition (1989-1991)
5th place Romanian CC Final 26 (1992-1994)
2. Canadian period, 1994-present
Scored 5/11 as board 3 for Canada in Olympiad 12 final (1998-2001)
Scored 6.5/10 and ICCF-IM norm as board 1 for Canada in Olympiad 13 semifinals (1998-present)
Scored 6.5/11 and ICCF-IM norm as board 2 for Canada in Olympiad 14 semifinals (2000-2001)
Team member of Potaissa Turda Chess Club for the 1st edition of ICCF Champions League.
Awarded the title of ICCF-IM at the ICCF Congress in Rimini, Italy, 2001
ICCF arbiter since 2001

Columnist at
Correspondence Chess News (Internet based magazine) since July 2000.

E-mail:
vdemian@shaw.ca


Marius Ceteras (Romania) FM 2417 FIDE

Born April 5th, 1973, single and living in Alba Iulia.
Electrical engineer, working for Electrical Services and Maintenance Agency Alba Iulia.
Hobbies: chess, politics, internet.

Selected results

Romanian Over-The-Board Junior Champion 1992 and 1993.
Member of the 1993 Romanian team winners of the Junior Balkan Championship.
8th place at 1992 European junior Championship, Sas van Gent, Holland.
6th place at 1993 Romanian Over-The-Board Championship.
Qualified in Romanian Over-The-Board Championship Final 2002.
Currently OTB player and coach at Potaissa Turda Chess Club.

Started to play CC in 2000 when he joined IECC.
Team captain of Potaissa Turda Chess Club for the 1st edition of ICCF Champions League.

Columnist at
Correspondence Chess News (Internet based magazine) since May 2002.

E-mail:
ceteras@electricaab.ro


Cristian Campian (Romania) 2053 FIDE

Born May 8th, 1975. He lives now in Cluj-Napoca.
His profession is computers engineer.
OTB 1st Category, newbie in correspondence chess.

E-mail:
campianc@yahoo.com


Alin Toma (Romania) NM 2232 FIDE

Born April 28th, 1968. He lives now in Cluj-Napoca.
His profession is electronics engineer.
OTB National Master, he's the coach responsible of all junior groups at Potaissa Turda Chess Club.
Currently OTB player at Potaissa Turda Chess Club.
Hobbies: chess and Internet

Selected CC results

Champion of Cluj County 1995-1997.
Scored 5.5/10 as board 1 for team IONAS TRANS Cluj-Napoca in League A of Romanian Team Championship.

E-mail:
bijuchess@hotmail.com


© 2002-2003 Marius Ceteras & Valer-Eugen Demian