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Cristina adela foi or romanian chess player dead
Cristina Adela Foișor (née Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017) was a Romanian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the titles of Woman Grandmaster in 1991 and International Master in 1997.
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Biography and carrer
Foișor was born on 7 June 1967 in Petroșani and studied Mathematics at the University of Timisoara.
Foișor won the Women's Romanian Chess Championship five times: in 1989, 1998, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2007, she won the title of women's champion of the European Union and received the title of honorary citizen of the city of Petroșani.
In team events, she represented Romania at thirteen Women's Chess Olympiads from 1988 to 2014, 2013 Women's World Team Chess Championship, eight Women's European Team Chess Championship from 1992 to 2015, and three Women's Chess Balkaniads (in 1985, 1990 and 1992).
In 1994, Foișor played in the Women's Candidates Tournament in Tilburg, for which she qualified through the 1993 Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001, 2006, 2010 and 2012.
In the 2016/17 season she played for Schachfreunde Deizisau in 2. Bundesliga Süd.
Foișor died at Timișoara County Hospital on 22 January 2017. She had been scheduled to play at the Women’s World Championship in Iran in February 2017.
Personal life
She was married to International Master Ovidiu Foișor and their daughters are also titled chess players: Sabina-Francesca Foișor is a Woman Grandmaster and Mihaela-Veronica Foișor is a Woman International Master.