Guido Cappello (14 April 1933 – 17 August 1996) was an Italian

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player, Italian Chess Championship winner (1960).

Biography

Born in Pisa, Guido Cappello moved to

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

at a young age, then in the 1960s to Milan. By profession he was an accountant. In the 1960s and 1970s Guido Cappello was one of the strongest Italian chess players. In 1960 he won the Italian Chess Championship in

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, ahead to Alberto Giustolisi, Federico Norcia and Enrico Paoli. Guido Cappello was awarded the title of National Chess Master in the same year. In the 1963 Italian Chess Championship in

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he still touched the title, ranking on equal points with the winner Ennio Contedini, who prevailed by technical play-off. Guido Cappello later achieved other excellent placings in this tournament: shared 3rd–5th place in 1965, 3rd place in 1967 and 1968, shared 2nd–4th place in 1972. Guido Cappello has had several successes in International Chess Tournaments, ranked 3rd in

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(1967) and in

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(1968). In 1964 he took part in the

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International Chess tournament and scored 5,5 from 11. Guido Cappello played for Italy in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1966, at second board in the

17th Chess Olympiad The 17th Chess Olympiad ( es, La 17a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as severa ...

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(+10, =2, -6), * In 1968, at second board in the

18th Chess Olympiad The 18th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 18º Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as seve ...

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(+5, =3, -7), * In 1972, at first reserve board in the

20th Chess Olympiad The 20th Chess Olympiad ( mk, 20. Шаховска олимпијада, ''20. Šahovska olimpijada''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed t ...

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(+3, =5, -4), * In 1974, at second reserve board in the

21st Chess Olympiad The 21st Chess Olympiad (french: La 21e Olympiade d'échecs), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as severa ...

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(+4, =3, -4). Guido Cappello played for Italy in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups: * In 1961, at first board in the 8th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Neuhausen (+1, =0, -4), * In 1964, at second board in the 11th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Lenzerheide (+1, =1, -3). Guido Cappello was also a master of

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

, achieving excellent placings in the ASIGC (Italian Association of Correspondence Chess) championships: 2nd place in the 15th championship, 4th place in the 18th, shared 4th-5th place in the 17th and 18th).

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Guido Cappello
chess games at 365chess.com 1933 births 1996 deaths Sportspeople from Pisa Italian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Italy-chess-bio-stub