Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Ploiești, a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1944, yayin da 'yan bam din Amurka suka kai hari kan babban birnin kasar
, an nuna kwarewarsa ta kwarewar wasan ta hanyar nasarorin da ya samu a farkonsa; ya zama Jagora na Duniya a 1963 kuma na farko na Grandmaster na Romania shekaru biyu bayan haka.