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Italian Chess Championship
The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) was established in 1920. The first Italian Chess Championship took place at Viareggio 1921. The 1998 Championship was held 21–29 November in Saint-Vincent, Italy, Saint-Vincent. The ten-player field had an average Elo rating of 2390. GM Igor Efimov (chess player), Igor Efimov won the round-robin tournament with 6.5/9, a half point ahead of GM Michele Godena and IM Bruno Belotti. National Tournaments (unofficial championships) : Italian Championships References * *List of winners and standings on Italian Chess Federation websiteItalian Championship {{Chess national championships Chess national championships Chess in Italy, Championship 1921 in chess Recurring sporting events established in 1921 National championships in Italy, Chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Chess Federation
The Italian Chess Federation () is the governing chess organization of Italy. It is a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and FIDE (the World Chess Federation). Administration * President * President Honoris * Board of Directors (10 members) * Presidential Commission (5 members) * Board of Fiscal Directors (5 members) * Commission of Justice and Discipline (14 members) * Commission of Arbiters (5 members) * Office staff (3 members) Only the three-member office staff receives compensation. Clubs and individual members The Italian Chess Federation is structured in terms of clubs which are members of the federation, and individuals who are members of the clubs. All individual memberships are made through the clubs and are on a calendar year basis with the individual being a member of only one club for any particular calendar year. 2011 Membership Statistics: * 380 clubs * 14,184 individual members * 856 instructors (a part (subset) of the individual members) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Reggio
Arturo Reggio (9 January 1863 – 17 July 1917) was an Italian chess player. Born in Gorizia, then the Austrian Empire, he started playing chess as an engineering student at the Graz University of Technology and at the Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute of Vienna, both in Austria. After he settled in Milan in the 1890s, he joined the ''Societá Scacchistica Milanese'' and edited a chess column for the magazine ''La Bicicletta'', since 1898. At the beginning of the 20th century, Reggio was an unofficial Italian Chess Champion. He won five times in the strongest national tournaments: at Rome 1900 (1st ''Torneo dell'USI''), Venice 1901 (2nd ''Torneo dell'USI''), Florence 1905 (3rd ''Torneo dell'USI''), Bologna 1913 (2nd ''Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"''), and Milan 1916 (1st ''Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"''). He also took 3rd at Milan 1906 (4th ''Torneo dell'USI'', Giovanni Martinolich won), took 3rd at Rome 1911 (5th ''Torneo dell'USI'', Matteo Gladig won), won at Bologna 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherubino Staldi
Cherubino Staldi (11 March 1911 – 28 June 2002) was an Italian chess master, Italian Chess Championship winner (1947). Biography Cherubino Staldi participated in several Italian Chess Championships. In 1935, in Florence he shared 6th – 7th place with Mario Napolitano and obtained the title of National Chess Master. In 1947, in Rome Staldi shared 1st – 2nd place with Vincenzo Castaldi. Both chess players were declared as Italian chess champions. In 1954, in Trieste he shared 1st – 2nd place with Vincenzo Nestler but loss play-off match with 2:5 (+1, =2, –4). Cherubino Staldi played for Italy in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1937, at fourth board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+5, =2, -7). Cherubino Staldi played for Italy in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1936, at first reserve board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Nestler
Vincenzo Nestler (8 January 1912, in Agrigento – 14 July 1988, in Rome) was an Italian chess master. He won twice Italian Chess Championship at Florence 1943 and Trieste 1954 (after a play-off), and was four times Sub-Champion (1937, 1953, 1956, 1959). During World War II, Nestler took 6th at Munich 1942 (''Europameisterschaft'' – European Individual Chess Championship, ''Wertungsturnier'' – Qualification Tournament, Gösta Danielsson won). After the war, he tied for 10-11th at Vienna 1951 (the 4th Schlechter Memorial, Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; ; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952. Biography In 1930 Moshe Czern ... won). Nestler played twice for Italy in Chess Olympiads at 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950 and 10th Chess Olympiad, Helsinki 1952, and represented Italy in friendly matches against Czechosl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Castaldi
Vincenzo Castaldi (15 May 1916, Marradi – 6 January 1970, Florence) was an Italian chess master. He won the Italian Chess Championship seven times, (1936, 1937, 1947 (jointly), 1948, 1952 (jointly), 1953, and 1959), and was an Italian correspondence chess champion in 1956. Castaldi represented Italy on first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 and 9th Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950. He was awarded the International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... title in 1950. References External links * 1916 births 1970 deaths People from Marradi Chess International Masters 20th-century Italian chess players 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Sacconi
Antonio Sacconi (5 October 1895 – 22 December 1968) was an Italian chess master. Born into a noble family in Rome, he won ''torneo del Caffè Balbo'' after play-off match against Bernheimer (+3 −0 =1) in 1917, drew a match with Stefano Rosselli del Turco (+1 −1 =4) in 1918, both in Rome, and won a match against Mario Monticelli (+5 −3 =2) at Venice 1926. He won Italian Chess Championship at Florence 1935, shared 4th at Florence 1936, and took 4th at Naples 1937. In international tournaments, he won at Milan 1926 (the 4th ''torneo Crespi''), tied for 2nd-3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind Rudolf Spielmann, at Sopron 1934, and took 2nd at Margate 1937 (B tournament). Sacconi represented Italy in Chess Olympiads: * In the 1st Olympiad at London 1927 (+5 −4 =6); * In the 2nd Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+2 −3 =8); * In the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933 (+3 −4 =2); * In the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+3 −9 =2). He was awarded the International Master FIDE tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Monticelli
Mario Monticelli (16 March 1902, Venice – 30 June 1995, Milan) was an Italian chess player. He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the Grandmaster title honoris causa (GME) in 1985. In 1922, he won in Rome (ITA-ch Univ). In 1925, he won in Bologna. In 1926, Monticelli tied for 1st with Ernst Grünfeld in Budapest. In 1929, he took 11th in Budapest (José Raúl Capablanca won). In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona (Capablanca won). In 1930, he took 14th in San Remo (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1933, Monticelli won in Milan (Padulli Memorial). In 1934, he took 8th in Syracuse (Samuel Reshevsky won). In 1938, he tied for 1st with Erich Eliskases in Milan. Monticelli was Italian Champion in 1929, 1934, and 1939. He is the eponym of the Monticelli Trap, a chess opening trap in the Bogo-Indian Defence The Bogo-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. d4 Nf6 :2. c4 e6 :3. Nf3 Bb4+ The position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Marotti
Davide Marotti (1 January 1881, in Naples – 18 July 1940) was an Italian chess master. He was a professor of literature and philosophy. In 1911, he took 5th in Rome ( Matteo Gladig won). In 1919, he won in Naples. In 1920, he took 2nd, behind Stefano Rosselli del Turco, in Viareggio. In 1920, he took 2nd, behind Rosselli, in Genoa (Quadrangular). In 1921, Marotti won the first Italian Championship in Viareggio. In 1922, he took 16th (i.e. last place) in London (José Raúl Capablanca won), but had a fine win against Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. In 1923, he was Sub-Champion in Naples (2nd ITA-ch). Marotti lost a match for the title to Rosselli (+2 –6 =5). In 1923, he took 11th in Triest (Paul Johner won). In 1927, he took 3rd in Naples (Rosselli won). In 1928, he tied for 4-5th in Perugia. In 1928, he played for Italy in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague (+3 –7 =2). In 1929, he took 11th in Venice (Rudolf Pitschak won). In 1930, he took 3rd in Florence (Rosselli won). In 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Rosselli Del Turco
Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the achievement is in the realm of virtues, αρετές, therefore the name signifies a person who had triumphed over passions and gained the relevant virtues. In Italian, the stress falls usually on the first syllable, (an exception is the Apulian surname ''Stefano'', ); in English, it is often mistakenly placed on the second, . People with the given name Stefano * Stefano (wrestler), ring name of Daniel Garcia Soto, professional wrestler * Stefano Abbati (born 1955), Italian actor * Stefano Accorsi (born 1971), Italian actor * Stefano Agostini, several people * Stefano Albertoni (born 1966), retired Swiss-Italian football midfielder * Stefano Alfonso (born 1968), speedway rider who raced for the Scottish Monarchs and Edinburgh Monarchs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its Metropolitan City of Bologna, metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in continuous operation,Top Universities ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 6 January 2010Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Batori
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as ''Tuco'' as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from '' Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). People A * Alberto Abadie (born 1968), Spanish economist * Alberto Abalde (born 1995), Spanish basketball player * Alberto Abarza (born 1984), Chilean Paralympic swimmer * Alberto Abdala (1920–1986), Uruguayan attorney, politician, painter, and Vice President of Uruguay from 1967–1972 * Alberto Abengózar (born 1989), Spanish footballer * Alberto Ablondi (1924–2010), Italian Catholic bishop * Alberto Acereda (born 1965), Spanish professor * Alberto Achacaz Walakial (1929–2008), Chilean Kaweskar * Alberto Achá (1917–1965), Bolivian footballer * Alberto Aco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
