Vlad Ardeleanu

Co-Founder of Artima, Dr.Ardeleanu, Medima. President of the Romanian Chess Federation. Executive Member at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

🇷🇴 17th out of 204 countries. Proud of our champions!

[Romanian Chess Federation @FrsahRo]

🇷🇴 Romania finishes 17th at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan!

Open: 17th place, 5 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss

Women: 17th place, 7 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses

Gaprindashvili Cup: 18th out of 187 federations

Congratulations, Team Romania! ♟️🇷🇴♟️

[Romanian Chess Federation @FrsahRo]

🇷🇴 Romania finishes 17th at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan!

Open: 17th place, 5 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss

Women: 17th place, 7 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses

Gaprindashvili Cup: 18th out of 187 federations

Congratulations, Team Romania! ♟️🇷🇴♟️

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 is over. 🇷🇴 Romania finish 17th in both sections, 15 match points each:

Open: 17th of 206 (seeded 23rd)
Women: 17th of 189 (seeded 23rd), up from 28th in 2024

Deac 7½/11 and Cosma 7/9, both unbeaten. Thank you, team.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Chess Olympiad, Round 10 🇷🇴 vs 🇳🇱

Women: Romania 3–1. Wins for Cosma and Cosman, draws for Bulmaga and Lehaci. Now 10th of 189.

Open/Masculin: Romania 1½–2½, our first loss. Deac drew Giri. Now 26th of 206.

Final round today: Open vs 🇱🇹 Lithuania, Women vs 🇺🇸 USA.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Two wins in Round 9 🇷🇴♟️

Open: Romania 2½–1½ Slovakia. Still unbeaten, now 15th.
Women: Romania 3½–½ Australia, now 17th.

Deac 6½/9, Bulmaga 6½/8.
Leaders: 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (Open), 🇨🇳 China (Women).
Tomorrow: both teams vs the Netherlands.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Romania at the Chess Olympiad after 8 rounds: 3 wins, 5 draws, 0 losses 🇷🇴

The Open team drew 2–2 with Portugal and has 11 match points. The Women drew 2–2 with the Philippines, also on 11.

Today the Open team plays Slovakia and the Women play Australia. ♟️ #ChessOlympiad

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

🇷🇴 Romania after 6 rounds in Samarkand:

♟️ Open: 16th, 9 pts, UNBEATEN.
3 wins + draws vs 🇫🇷 France #9, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan #7 & 🇭🇺 Hungary #8.

♟️ Women: 32nd, 8 pts, 4 wins.

400 teams from 205+ federations are competing. Five rounds to go. 🇷🇴

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

🇷🇴 Romania is 9th after 5 rounds at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. 3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses.

Top 10:
1 🇺🇿 UZB 10
2 🇮🇳 IND 10
3 🇩🇪 GER 10
4 🇨🇳 CHN 9
5 🇫🇷 FRA 9
6 🇮🇷 IRI 9
7 🇦🇲 ARM 9
8 🏴 ENG 9
9 🇷🇴 ROU 8
10 🇪🇸 ESP 8

Six rounds to go. Hungary next. ♟️

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

🇷🇴 Chess Olympiad

[Vlad Ghita @vlad_chess]

@FrsahRo @vladardeleanu Unexpected standings at the top, with more heavyweight clashes to come tomorrow!

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Interesting.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇷🇴 Romanian is an easy language to learn for English speakers.

The US Foreign Service Institute (FSI) ranked Romanian a Category I language. Which means that it's one of the easiest languages to learn.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

🇷🇴 Gavrilescu third at home in Craiova. Ohanyan wins.

[Romanian Chess Federation @FrsahRo]

♟️ Craiova Grand Prix Rapid 2026 is over!

🥇 Emin Ohanyan — 8.5/10
🥈 Vitaliy Bernadskiy — 8/10
🥉 David Gavrilescu — 8/10

Congratulations to all players! #RomaniaGrandPrix

[Romanian Chess Federation @FrsahRo]

♟️ Craiova Grand Prix Rapid 2026 is underway!

304 players from 15 countries, 12 GMs & 17 IMs.

The opening move was made by Deputy Mayor Cosmin-Ion Corâțu and Cristian Gheorghiță, Executive Manager Romania, Super Foundation.

€25,000 prize fund ♟️

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

August was a good month for Romanian chess.

A Grandmaster at 16. Four European medals. 431 players in Arad. Fifth in the world at solving. Craiova next, 12–13 September.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

Agreed, David. Structure first, then trust, and only then sponsors follow. Romania proves it.

[David Llada ♞ @davidllada]

No big company will ever sponsor chess as long as there isn’t a solid structure in the sport. Which doesn’t exist almost anywhere.

A case study: @FrsahRo created the estructure. Now they have Superbet, and in the future I am sure they will manage to get others.

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

A major investment in European chess’s future.

[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

🤝 Historic milestone! The European Chess Union has signed a landmark €800,000 partnership with Super Foundation, the biggest sponsorship deal in ECU history. A new chapter for European chess begins now.

🔗 https://t.co/ym0WyT2uZ3

#EuropeanChess #Chess #ECU

[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

🤝 Historic milestone! The European Chess Union has signed a landmark €800,000 partnership with Super Foundation, the biggest sponsorship deal in ECU history. A new chapter for European chess begins now.

🔗 https://t.co/ym0WyT2uZ3

#EuropeanChess #Chess #ECU

[Vlad Ardeleanu @vladardeleanu]

We are, what we pay attention to.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Your brain only shows you what it’s already looking for.

Tony Robbins ran the simple test with Theo Von: scan the room for everything brown, then close your eyes and try to recall the red. You miss most of it. Open your eyes and deliberately look for red and suddenly it’s everywhere.

Beliefs work the same way. Once you decide you’re broken, or someone else is a jerk, the evidence starts piling up, even when you have to stretch it. The reverse is also true. Train the focus differently for a few days and the available evidence changes.

Most of us think we’re observing reality. A lot of the time we’re just confirming the story we already wrote.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“There are three qualities to look for in a partner: intelligence, energy, and integrity. You need all three. You can't compromise on any one of them.”

— Naval Ravikant