Corvin Radovici

Corvin Radovici (19 December 1931 – 17 August 2017), was a Romanian chess player, International Master (IM) (1968).

Corvin Radovici
CountryRomania
Born(1931-12-19)19 December 1931
Călățele, Romania
Died17 August 2017(2017-08-17) (aged 85)
TitleInternational Master (IM) (1968)

Biography

In the 1960s Corvin Radovici was one of the leading Romanian chess players. He was a multiple participant of the Romanian Chess Championship. In 1958, he shared first place in International Chess Tournament in Sofia.[1] In 1961, he ranked third in International Chess Tournament in Bucharest.[2] In 1968, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

Corvin Radovici played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Corvin Radovici played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship:[4]

  • In 1965, at fourth board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship in Hamburg (+1, =8, -1).

Later Corvin Radovici became known as a chess coach. He discovered and raised two of the Romanian chess players: Florin Gheorghiu, the first Romanian player who win the title of Grandmaster (GM) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the first Romanian chess player who cross the barrier of an Elo coefficient of 2700 and won European Individual Chess Championship in 2005.

References
  1. "Sofia 1958 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
  2. "Bucharest GMT 5th 1961 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Corvin Radovici". May 3, 2014. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014.
  4. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Corvin Radovici". October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.


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