Dragoș Cereș

Dragoș Cereș (born 2004) is a Moldovan chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM, 2022). He won the Moldovan Chess Championship (2022).

Dragoș Cereș
Country	Moldova
Born	2004 (age 20–21)
Title	International Master (2022)
FIDE rating	2452 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2486 (April 2024)

Biography

Dragoș Cereș multiple times won Moldovan Youth Chess Championships in various age groups: U10 (2014^[1]), U14 (2018^[2]) and U16 (2019^[3]). He participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. In 2019 Dragoș Cereș ranked in 2nd place in European School Chess Championship in U15 age group.^[4]

In 2022 Dragoș Cereș won Moldovan Chess Championship.^[5]

In August 2023, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament.^[6]

Dragoș Cereș played for Moldova in the Chess Olympiad:

• In 2022, at reserve board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+5, =3, -1).^[7]

In 2022, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.