Giovanni Cenni (29 December 1881 – 14 March 1957) was an Italian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. He won twice Bologna City championships (1911, 1912), took 4th at Rome 1911 (unofficial

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-p ...

, ''V Torneo dell'Unione Scacchistica Italiana'', Matteo Gladig won), tied for 2nd-3rd at Viareggio 1912 (''I Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"'', Alberto Batori won), took 3rd at Bologna 1913 (''II Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"'',

Arturo Reggio Arturo Reggio (9 January 1863 – 17 July 1917) was an Italian chess player. Born in Gorizia, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started playing chess as an engineering student at the Graz University of Technology and at the Imperial-Royal Pol ...

won), took 2nd, behind A. Reggio, at Milan 1916 (''I Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"''), took 2nd, behind

Stefano Rosselli del Turco Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Marquis, (27 July 1877 – 18 August 1947) was an Italian chess player, writer and publisher. He was five times Italian champion and represented Italy in the Chess Olympiad seven times. He was a member of the famous Ros ...

, at Milan 1922 (''III Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"''), and tied for 7-8th at Bologna 1925 (

Mario Monticelli Mario Monticelli (16 March 1902, Venice – 30 June 1995, Milan) was an Italian chess player. He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the Grandmaster title honoris causa (GME) in 1985. In 1922, he won in Rome (ITA-ch Uni ...

won). He participated in

1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The 1st Team Chess Tournament was held together with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12–20 July 1924, at the Hotel Majestic. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries were split into nine preliminary groups of six. The winner of each round ...

at Paris 1924, and shared 8th in the Consolation Cup.OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information
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1881 births 1957 deaths Italian chess players {{Italy-chess-bio-stub