Mario Napolitano was an Italian chess

Chess

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 master.

At the beginning of his career, Napolitano took 5th place in Venice in 1928. Then, he won at Milan 1934. He had played many times in the Italian championships and local tournaments – before, during and after World War II

World War II

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. In 1935, he took 6th in Florence (6th ITA-ch; Antonio Sacconi

Antonio Sacconi

Antonio Sacconi was an Italian chess master.Born into a noble family in Rome, he won torneo del Caffè Balbo after play-off match against Bernheimer in 1917, drew a match with Stefano Rosselli del Turco in 1918, both in Rome, and won a match against Mario Monticelli at Venice 1926.He won Italian...

 won). In 1938, he tied for 4-6 th in Savona (Vincenzo Castaldi

Vincenzo Castaldi

Vincenzo Castaldi was an Italian chess master.He won the Italian Chess Championship seven times, , and was an Italian correspondence chess champion in 1956.Castaldi represented Italy on first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 and 9th Chess Olympiad at...

 won). In 1938, he won in Milan. In 1939, he tied for 3rd-4th in Rome (9th ITA-ch; Mario Monticelli

Mario Monticelli

Mario Monticelli was an Italian chess grandmaster.In 1922, he won in Rome . In 1925, he won in Bologna. In 1926, Monticelli tied for 1st with Ernst Grünfeld in Budapest. In 1929, he took 11th in Budapest . In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona...

 won). In 1942, Napolitano took 11th in Munich (1st European championship). The event was won by Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

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. In 1943, he took 2nd, behind Vincenzo Nestler

Vincenzo Nestler

Vincenzo Nestler was an Italian chess master.He won twice Italian Chess Championship at Florence 1943 and Trieste 1954 , and was four times Sub-Champion ....

, in Florence (10th ITA-ch).

Napolitano was also a leading correspondence chess player of the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1953, dr Mario Napolitano finished 2nd-3rd with Harald Malmgren, behind Cecil Purdy

Cecil Purdy

Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...

, in the 1st World Correspondence Championship. He took 7th in the 2nd WCC (1956-1959), and 5th in the 3rd WCC (1959-1962).

Awarded the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a title created by the FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Now awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation.-American ICCGMs:* Hans Jack Berliner, GM 1968...

title.

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