Fabio Finocchiaro
Country Italy
Born (1939-06-05) June 5, 1939 (age 85)
San Giovanni la Punta, Italy
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1998)
ICCF World Champion2009–13
ICCF rating2571 (October 2021)
ICCF peak rating2621 (January 2013)

Fabio Finocchiaro (born June 6, 1939) is an Italian chess player who holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.[1]

Biography

He started to play chess at age 15 in his native Sicily. Since 1968 Finocchiaro actively participated in the correspondence chess tournaments. In 1977 and 1979 he twice won Italian correspondence chess championship.[2] In 2013 Finocchiaro won the 25th World Correspondence Chess Championship (2009–2013).[3]

References

  1. ^ GM Finocchiaro, Fabio
  2. ^ "ALBO D'ORO DEI CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ^ WC25/final, World Championship 25 Final
Preceded by Marjan Šemrl World Correspondence Chess Champion 2009–2013 Succeeded by Ron Langeveld