Giorgio Porreca
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Giorgio Porreca was an Italian chess
player and International Master.
He won the Italian Chess Championship
two times: at Sorrento
in 1950 and at Rovigo
in 1956. He was seven times winner the Italian correspondence championship in the period from 1957 to 1973 (no other Italian player equalled this feat). He played for Italy in three Olympiads: at Dubrovnik
1950 (3rd board), Helsinki
1952 (1st board) and Amsterdam
1954 (2nd board) with the overall result of (+ 17 – 11 = 15). Twice winner with the Genoa
team of the Italian club championship.
Porreca had a deep knowledge of chess theory and wrote many books on the subject that were popular in Italy. He had a university degree in Russian language
and Russian literature
and translated into Italian many Russian chess books. He founded and directed until his death the Italian chess magazine Scacco!, published in Santa Maria Capua Vetere
, a town near Naples. He was a lover and expert of endgame studies
, editing for many years the special section on studies of the magazine Scacco!.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player and International Master.
He won the Italian Chess Championship
Italian Chess Championship
The Italian Chess Federation , 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....
two times: at Sorrento
Sorrento
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in 1950 and at Rovigo
Rovigo
Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...
in 1956. He was seven times winner the Italian correspondence championship in the period from 1957 to 1973 (no other Italian player equalled this feat). He played for Italy in three Olympiads: at Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
1950 (3rd board), Helsinki
Helsinki
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1952 (1st board) and Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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1954 (2nd board) with the overall result of (+ 17 – 11 = 15). Twice winner with the Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
team of the Italian club championship.
Porreca had a deep knowledge of chess theory and wrote many books on the subject that were popular in Italy. He had a university degree in Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and Russian literature
Russian literature
Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the Soviet Union...
and translated into Italian many Russian chess books. He founded and directed until his death the Italian chess magazine Scacco!, published in Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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, a town near Naples. He was a lover and expert of endgame studies
Endgame study
An endgame study, or just study, is a composed chess position—that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for one side to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side...
, editing for many years the special section on studies of the magazine Scacco!.