Individual lessons
Focused one-to-one sessions for players who want clear priorities and personal feedback.
- Opening direction
- Middlegame plans
- Endgame technique
FIDE Master · Cluj-Napoca
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Chess coach, competitive player, and mentor to hundreds of students. Cristi turns high-level experience into clear, practical training for the player in front of him.
- 2241
- Official FIDE rating
- Top 3%
- Active FIDE players worldwide
- 100s
- Students coached and mentored
Rating and global standing based on the official October 2026 FIDE list.
Cristi’s training board
Solve it.
Setting the pieces…
Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoomTap a piece, then a highlighted square
White to move. Find checkmate.
Puzzle 1 of 3
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About Cristi
Player first. Teacher always.
Elite chess made understandable.
Cristi is a Romanian FIDE Master whose game was built through national championships, international youth events, and five seasons in the Romanian Chess Superleague.
Since 2021, he has coached and mentored hundreds of students across age groups and skill levels. His sessions are patient, direct, and adapted to how each student thinks. The aim is not to memorize more moves. It is to make better decisions at the board.
His coaching starts with trust, honest analysis, and consistent work.
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Coaching
A training plan with a point of view
Coaching that fits the player.
Lessons start with your games, your habits, and your goals. Cristi identifies the few changes that will matter most, then builds a practical plan around them.
Game analysis
Review your games to find recurring decisions, missed chances, and the thinking patterns behind them.
- Annotated games
- Decision review
- Training priorities
Youth mentoring
Supportive instruction that builds chess skill alongside patience, focus, and competitive confidence.
- Age-aware teaching
- Tournament preparation
- Long-term development
Currently accepting students
Ready for a more useful training plan?
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Competitive record
Experience under pressure
Built in competition.
Cristi earned the FIDE Master title in 2021 and continues to compete at an elite level. That experience keeps his coaching grounded in the real decisions players face.
Download résuméNational youth podiums
Third place in both classical and blitz chess.
Romanian youth champion
Won the national classical championship.
Romanian Chess Superleague
Competed in five editions: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.
FIDE Master
Earned the FM title and added another national youth classical podium.
Player and coach
Rated 2241 and ranked among the top 3% of active FIDE-rated players worldwide.
Beyond the board
Digital media with chess at the center.
Cristi studies Digital Media at Babeș-Bolyai University and brings that perspective to educational content, live broadcasts, and online community building.
Online coaching · Worldwide