Giuseppe Primavera ( 30 October 1917 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian

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player,

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medalist (1948, 1953, 1954, 1970).

Biography

Giuseppe Primavera won four medals in

s: two silver (1948 - after lost additional match

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, 1970) and two bronze (1953, 1954) medals. He six times won Italian Team Chess Championships: three times with the team of the Roman Academy of Chess (1959, 1971, 1973) and three times with the team of municipal employees of Rome (1963, 1964, 1966). In 1953, Giuseppe Primavera shared 1st-2nd place with

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in the International Chess Tournament in

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. He was participant in strong international chess tournaments in Venice (1948, 1950). Giuseppe Primavera played for Italy in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1950, at reserve board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+3, =4, -5), * In 1952, at reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+3, =4, -6), * In 1958, at first board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5, =6, -4), * In 1968, at fourth board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+3, =3, -5), * In 1970, at third board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+1, =5, -5). Also Giuseppe Primavera played for Italy in the Clare Benedict Cup, Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1973). In 1973, Giuseppe Primavera was one of the founders of the organization ''AMIS'' (Association of Chess Masters of Italy). In 1973-1974 he published the chess magazine ''Tutto Schacchi''.Gino Di Felice, ''Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1836—2008'', McFarland & Company Inc., 2010.

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Giuseppe Primavera
chess games at 365chess.com 1917 births 1998 deaths People from Prato Carnico Sportspeople from the Province of Udine Italian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Italy-bio-stub