Mihai Suba passes away
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The Romanian and Spanish chess player Mihai Suba has passed away. “RIP Mihai Suba. I was a big fan, and we became friends. He will always be remembered,” says GM Renier Castellanos.
FIDE awarded Mihai Suba the International Master title in 1975 and the Grandmaster title in 1978. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Suba, won the Romanian Chess Championship in 1980, 1981, and 1985. Suba began playing chess at the late age of 19 years old. He attended the University of Bucharest and trained in the university’s chess club, where his passion for chess grew quickly.
Suba played for England at the 1989 European Team Chess Championship, then played again for Romania again in 1992. In 2017 he switched his national federation to Spain