Constantin Ionescu (chess player)  Constantin Ionescu (born 12 September 1958) is a Romanian Grandmaster (GM) (1998), Romanian Chess Championship winner (1999), World Team Chess Championship individual bronze medalist (1985). From the early 1980s to the late 1990s, Constantin Ionescu was one of the leading Romanian chess players. He has won eight individual Romanian Chess Championships medals: gold (1999, together with Mihail Marin), four silver (1982, 1984, 1989, 1990) and three bronze (1979, 1992, 2000). Constantin Ionescu achieved many individual chess tournament successes, winning or shared the first places, among others in Manresa (1993), Bucharest (1993), Balatonberény (1996), Bucharest (2002). Constantin Ionescu played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:  Constantin Ionescu played for Romania in the World Team Chess Championship:  Constantin Ionescu played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship:  Constantin Ionescu played for Romania in the Men's Chess Balkaniads:  In 1983, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and in 1998 he received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title.