Mihai Suba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mihai Suba

Romanian chess player

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1947

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Profession: chess player, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Mihai Suba

  • Mihai ?uba (Romanian pronunciation: ['?ub?], born June 1, 1947) is a Romanian and Spanish chess player.
  • FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the International Grandmaster title in 1978.
  • Born in Bucharest, Romania, ?uba, won the Romanian Chess Championship in 1980, 1981 and 1985.
  • He first came to wide attention in 1982 when he finished second, after Zoltán Ribli, at Baile Herculane.
  • At the 1982 Las Palmas Interzonal, he finished third, behind Ribli and former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, just missing qualification for the Candidates Matches.
  • ?uba finished first at Dortmund 1983, and equal first at Prague 1985 and Timisoara 1987.
  • In August 1988, he sought political asylum in Britain, and he played for England at the 1989 European Team Chess Championship, though he started playing for Romania again in 1992.
  • In 2017 he switched his national federation to Spain.?uba is the author of the well-received book Dynamic Chess Strategy and of the monograph The Hedgehog.

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