IMFilip Magold

Filip Magold grew up in Arad and discovered chess at five by watching his older brother. Although his parents introduced him to several activities, chess became his main interest. Training with grandmaster Ciprian Nanu, he won Romania's junior championship in 2023 and helped Vados Arad win the senior team championship. At the 2024 European Youth Championship in Prague he won the under-sixteen rapid title with a round to spare. He also won silver in the solving competition. His interests beyond chess include physics and chemistry; as a schoolboy he spoke of wanting to become a Formula One engineer.