Cristina Adela Foișor

Cristina Adela Foișor ( Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017) was a Romanian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1991 and International Master (IM) in 1997.

Biography and career Foișor was born on 7 June 1967 in Petroșani and studied Mathematics at the University of Timișoara.

Foișor won the Women's Romanian Chess Championship five times: in 1989, 1998, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

In team events, she represented Romania at fourteen Women's Chess Olympiads (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016), 2013 Women's World Team Chess Championship, eight Women's European Team Chess Championships (1992, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013 and 2015), and three Women's Chess Balkaniads (1985, 1990 and 1992). In this latter competition, Foișor won two gold medals (team and individual playing board 2) in 1985. In the European Club Cup for Women, playing for team AEM Luxten Timișoara, she won a team gold medal in 1998 and two team silver, in 1999 and 2011.

Foișor died at the Timișoara County Hospital on 22 January 2017. She had been scheduled to play at the Women's World Championship in Iran in February 2017.

Personal life She was married to 1982 Romania chess champion International Master Ovidiu-Doru Foișor and their daughters are also titled chess players: Sabina-Francesca Foișor is a Woman Grandmaster and Mihaela-Veronica Foișor is a Woman International Master.