Fatos Omari (unknown – unknown) was an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

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player, Albanian Chess Championship winner (1968).

Biography

From the begin to 1960s to the mid-1970s Fatos Omari was one of Albania's leading chess players. In 1968, he won Albanian Chess Championship. Fatos Omari played for Albania in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

s: * In 1960, at first reserve board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in

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(+6, =3, -4), * In 1962, at second reserve board in the

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in Varna (+3, =5, -3), * In 1970, at first reserve board in the

19th Chess Olympiad The 19th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 19. Schacholympiade), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany. The Soviet team with six Grandmasters, led by ...

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(+2, =5, -1), * In 1972, at first reserve board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in

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(+1, =0, -0). Fatos Omari played for Albania in the World Student Team Chess Championships: * In 1958, at third board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna (+1, =3, -6). In 2001, Fatos Omari participated in 1st

European Senior Chess Championship The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60+) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The ...

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