FM Marius Ceteras
Personal references
- Born April 5th, 1973, single and living in Alba Iulia (Romania)
- Electrical engineer, working for Electrical Services and Maintenance Agency Alba Iulia
- PhD Candidate at the Techical University from Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
- First started playing chess at the age of 5 years
- FIDE Master title in 1992
- Best ELO (FIDE rating) at 01.01.2007 - 2432
- Current ELO at 01.07.2007 - 2430
- Chess coach since 1995
- Author of the chess book "Chess Lessons for Beginners" (in Romanian)
- Speaks English and Portuguese
Best results as player
- 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
Best students
- Tudor Sfarlog: 1st in Romanian Youth Championship U16 in 2005, 2nd in Romanian Youth Championship U16 in 2006, 1st in Romanian Youth Championship U18 in 2007, 1st in Romanian Youth Rapid Chess Championship U18 in 2007, 2nd in Romanian Youth Blitz Championship U18 in 2007, 2nd in European Rapid Chess Championship U18 in 2007
- Mihnea Costachi: 1st in Romanian Youth Championship U8 in 2007, 1st in Romanian Youth Rapid Chess Championship U8 in 2007, 2nd in Romanian Youth Blitz Championship U8 in 2007
- Adrian Secheres: 2nd in Romanian Youth Championship U10 in 2007, 2nd in Romanian Youth Rapid Chess Championship U10 in 2007, 3rd in European Rapid Chess Championship in 2007
Other chess activities
- Started to play correspondence chess in 2000
- National Email Coordinator of Romanian Correspondence Chess Commission since 2003
- Member of the Romanian CC team in the 14th Olympiad Final and the 6th Coppa Latina
- Columnist at Correspondence Chess News (Internet based magazine) 2002-2003
- Offers chess lessons on Internet at Chess Area.
- Regular contributor of the Romanian magazine Gambit
- Regular contributor of the Romanian site Lumea lui Harry Potter (Harry Potter's World)
- Publisher of the electronic magazine Paralela 64 and other correspondence chess e-books
- Webmaster of the Romanian correspondence chess web pages www.romanianchess.org
© 204-2007 Marius Ceteras & Valer-Eugen Demian