Career
Foreign the national Romanian team he took part in six Chess Olympiads (1992–1998, 2002, 2006) with a record of 17 wins, 33 draws and 11 losses. He also took part in three European Team Chess Championships (1992, 1999, and 2005) with a record of three wins, 14 draws and two losses. In 2004 he finished in second place behind Anatoly Karpov in the rapid knockout tournament in Aix en Provence.
Subsequently, a rematch was set up in Bucharest: four classical games and four rapid games.
The final score was 6-2 in favour of Karpov. On the April FIDE list his Elo rating is 2648.