Mihaela Sandu

Mihaela Sandu
Mihaela Sandu
	Mihaela Sandu at FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
Country	Romania
Born	19 February 1977 (age 47); Ploiești, Romania
Title	Woman Grandmaster (2008)
Peak rating	2347 (June 2015)

Mihaela Sandu (born 19 February 1977) is a Romanian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2008).

Chess career

In 1991 in Mamaia, Mihaela Sandu won silver medal in the European Youth Chess Championship in age category U14. In 1993 she participated in the World Youth Chess Championship in age category U16. In 2003 in Bucharest Mihaela Sandu won the International Women's chess tournament Roses Cup Women.^[1] In Romanian Women's Chess championships she won silver (2014) and bronze (2013) medals.

Sandu played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad:^[2]

In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+2, =1, −2).

In 2009, at fourth board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Novi Sad (+2, =2, −2),
In 2015, at reserve board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavík (+4, =0, −3).

In 2007, Sandu was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title^[4] and she received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title year later.^[5]