The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) was established in 1920. The first Italian Chess Championship took place at Viareggio 1921.[1][2]
The 1998 Championship was held 21–29 November in Saint-Vincent. The ten-player field had an average Elo rating of 2390. GM Igor Efimov won the round-robin tournament with 6.5/9, a half point ahead of GM Michele Godena and IM Bruno Belotti.[3]
National Tournaments (unofficial championships)
Year City Winner Tournament 1875 Rome Pietro Seni I Torneo Nazionale 1878 Livorno Luigi Sprega II Torneo Nazionale 1881 Milan Carlo Salvioli III Torneo Nazionale 1883 Venice Fermo Zannoni IV Torneo Nazionale 1886 Rome Fermo Zannoni V Torneo Nazionale 1892 Turin Vittorio Torre VI Torneo Nazionale 1900 Rome Arturo Reggio I Torneo dell'USI 1901 Venice Arturo Reggio II Torneo dell'USI 1905 Florence Arturo Reggio III Torneo dell'USI 1906 Milan Giovanni Martinolich IV Torneo dell'USI 1911 Rome Matteo Gladig V Torneo dell'USI 1912 Viareggio Alberto Batori 1°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica" 1913 Bologna Arturo Reggio 2°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica" 1916 Milan Arturo Reggio 1°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi" 1919 Milan Stefano Rosselli del Turco 2°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi" 1920 Viareggio Stefano Rosselli del Turco 3°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica" 1922 Milan Stefano Rosselli del Turco 3°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"
Italian Championships
References
- ↑ Adriano Chicco; Antonio Rosino. Storia degli scacchi in Italia. Venezia, Marsilio, 1990, ISBN 88-317-5383-5
- ↑ I campionati italiani
- ↑ "The Week in Chess 212". The Week In Chess. Mark Crowther. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- Mione, Dario (16 December 2008). "Fabiano Caruana's encore at the Italian Chess Championship". ChessBase News. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- List of winners and standings on Italian Chess Federation website: Italian Championship, Italian Women's Championship
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