WGM Mihaela Sandu Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Mihaela Sandu Born 1977 (age 49) Place of birth Federation Romania Profiles # World Ranking 2186 Classical 2066 Rapid 2120 Blitz Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces Giuoco Piano Game: Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Opočenský, Traditional Line (15 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov, Modern Variation (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (12 games) Black Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (12 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (11 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (9 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (9 games) Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Mihaela Sandu (2190) Jemal Ovezdurdiyeva (2201) ½-½ 84 2026 Elena-Luminita Cosma (2239) Mihaela Sandu (2190) ½-½ 62 2026 Mihaela Sandu (2253) Mihaela-Ioana Trifoi (1990) 1-0 50 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2253) Miruna-Daria Lehaci (2237) 1-0 53 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2203) Jonas Hacker (2365) 1-0 50 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2199) Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (2394) 1-0 89 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2203) Hanne Goossens (2091) 1-0 75 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2253) Lia-Alexandra Maria (2025) 0-1 26 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2230) Lilit Mkrtchian (2388) 0-1 33 2025 Mihaela Sandu (2230) Marina Brunello (2325) 0-1 33 2025 Show All Games