FMAndrei Negrean

Andrei Negrean discovered chess at five after noticing a wooden chess box on a high bookshelf at home. His mother showed him the pieces, and his curiosity soon led to formal lessons. Growing up in Bucharest, he trained with Tudor Ristea and later with Luminița and Ionuț Cosma. In 2021, at nine, he won the European Union under-ten championship with seven wins and two draws. In 2022 he won under-ten world blitz gold and rapid silver in Rhodes. Later that year he also won both rapid and blitz gold at the European youth championships in Thessaloniki.