Guido Cappello (14 April 1933 – 17 August 1996) was an Italian
chess
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player,
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, Sai ...
winner (1960).
Biography
Born in Pisa, Guido Cappello moved to
Gorizia
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at a young age, then in the 1960s to Milan. By profession he was an accountant. In the 1960s and 1970s Guido Cappello was one of the strongest Italian chess players. In 1960 he won the
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, Sai ...
in
Perugia
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Enrico Paoli
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He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. For many years, he was one of the leading Italian chess players. He wa ...
. Guido Cappello was awarded the title of National Chess Master in the same year. In the 1963 Italian Chess Championship in
Imperia
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he still touched the title, ranking on equal points with the winner Ennio Contedini, who prevailed by technical play-off. Guido Cappello later achieved other excellent placings in this tournament: shared 3rd–5th place in 1965, 3rd place in 1967 and 1968, shared 2nd–4th place in 1972. Guido Cappello has had several successes in International Chess Tournaments, ranked 3rd in
Savona
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(1967) and in
Milan
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(1968). In 1964 he took part in the
Baku
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International Chess tournament and scored 5,5 from 11.
Guido Cappello played for Italy in the
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1966, at second board in the
17th Chess Olympiad
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in
Havana
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in
Lugano
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(+5, =3, -7),
* In 1972, at first reserve board in the
20th Chess Olympiad
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in
Skopje
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(+3, =5, -4),
* In 1974, at second reserve board in the
21st Chess Olympiad
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in
Nice
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* In 1961, at first board in the 8th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Neuhausen (+1, =0, -4),
* In 1964, at second board in the 11th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in
Lenzerheide
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Th ...
(+1, =1, -3).
Guido Cappello was also a master of
correspondence chess
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, achieving excellent placings in the ASIGC (Italian Association of Correspondence Chess) championships: 2nd place in the 15th championship, 4th place in the 18th, shared 4th-5th place in the 17th and 18th).