Alberto David (born 26 March 1970) is a Luxembourgian-Italian

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grandmaster. He is a three-time Italian Chess Champion.

Chess career

David was born in Milan in 1970, and in 1974 moved with his parents to Luxembourg, where he learned to play chess a year later. He attained some success at the youth level but it was not until he finished his philosophy studies in London in 1992 that his chess career began. He earned his grandmaster title in 1998, becoming Luxembourg's first grandmaster. He competed for Luxembourg at the

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s of

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, 1996,

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, 2002 and 2006, playing on the each time. In 2002 he won the individual silver medal with a score of 84.6% (+10–1=2). In 2012 he obtained Italian citizenship and transferred to the

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in July of the same year. He competed for Italy on board 2 at the 2014 Olympiad. David's tournament victories include the HZ Tournament in

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in 1999, the 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament in

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in 2003, the Paris Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the inaugural Riga Technical University Open in Riga in 2011. David 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. The ten- ...

in 2012 and 2016 (after winning the playoff against

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) and again in 2019. In 2022 he won the Festival International des Jeunes tournament in

after winning on tie-break with

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Alberto David
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1970 births Living people Chess grandmasters Luxembourgian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Italian emigrants to Luxembourg Italian chess players People with acquired Italian citizenship Sportspeople from Milan {{Italy-chess-bio-stub