Ylvi Pustina (19 February 1935 – 15 February 2018) 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 ...

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 ...

player, nine-time

Albanian Chess Championship The Albanian Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Albania. The first tournament took place in 1933. A separate championship for women has been held since 1977. Winners : Open champions by number of titles Wo ...

winner.

Biography

From the begin 1950s to the begin 1970s, Ylvi Pustina was one of Albania's leading chess players. He nine time won

: in 1952 (together with

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has more Albanian chess champion titles than Ylvi Pustina. Ylvi Pustina played for Albania in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1960, at first board in the

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(+7, =5, -8), * In 1962, at first board in the

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(+5, =5, -6), * In 1970, at first board in the

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(+3, =9, -4), * In 1972, at first board in the

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(+2, =5, -0), * In 1980, at third board in the

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(+2, =3, -2), * In 2000, at fourth board in the

34th Chess Olympiad The 34th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 34. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to all players. and women's tourn ...

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(+0, =6, -3). Ylvi Pustina played for Albania in the

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preliminaries: * In 1977, at third board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =1, -2). Ylvi Pustina played for Albania in the World Student Team Chess Championships: * In 1958, at first board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in

(+1, =4, -5). Ylvi Pustina played for Albania in the Men's Chess Balkaniads: * In 1980, at third board in the 12th Chess Balkaniad in

(+0, =3, -2). In 1999 and 2007 he participated in World Senior Chess Championships.

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Ylvi Pustina
chess games at 365chess.com 1935 births 2018 deaths Albanian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Albania-chess-bio-stub