Italian International Master for Chess Composition (1967), International Judge for Chess Composition (1956). Lawyer and historian. Chicco composed more than 500 problems and won 47 first prizes. Problem editor for 16 years at the
Italia Scacchistica from 1933 to 1954. Author of a few monographs on chess problems and
Il problema di scacchi (1943),
Il libro complete degli scacchi (1959),
Dizionario encyclopedico degli scacchi (with Porreca, 1971) and
Storia degli Scacchi in Italia: Dalle Origini Ai Giorni Nostri (with Rosino, 1990). He was also a chess book collector.
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10.11.2011
Italian International Master for Chess Composition (1967), International Judge for Chess Composition (1956). Lawyer and historian. Chicco composed more than 500 problems and won 47 first prizes. Problem editor for 16 years at the Italia Scacchistica from 1933 to 1954. Author of a few monographs on chess problems and Il problema di scacchi (1943), Il libro complete degli scacchi (1959), Dizionario encyclopedico degli scacchi (with Porreca, 1971) and Storia degli Scacchi in Italia: Dalle Origini Ai Giorni Nostri (with Rosino, 1990). He was also a chess book collector.
Chicco Adriano