Matteo Gladig (1880, Triest – 1915,

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) was an Italian

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master. Born in Triest (then Austria-Hungary Empire), he won at Triest 1905 (''torneo sociale della Società Scacchistica Triestina''), took 2nd, behind Giovanni Martinolich, at Triest 1909 (''campionato della SST''), and drew a short match with Oldřich Duras (+1 –1 =2) at Triest 1909. He won, ahead of Stefano Rosselli del Turco and Arturo Reggio, at Rome 1911 (unofficial Italian Chess Championship, ''V Torneo dell'Unione Scacchistica Italiana''). During

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, he – as an Austrian citizen of Italian origin – did not want to fight for an Austrian Army on the Italian Front. Finally, he was captured and tried in Laibach (Ljubljana, then Austria-Hungary, now Slovenia) where he died.

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