Corvin Radovici Explained

Corvin Radovici
Country:Romania
Birth Date:19 December 1931
Birth Place:Călățele, Romania
International Master (1968)
Peakrating:2410 (January 1978)

Corvin Radovici (19 December 1931 – 17 August 2017), was a Romanian chess player, International 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]

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sofia 1958 - 365Chess.com Tournaments. www.365chess.com.
  2. Web site: Bucharest GMT 5th 1961 - 365Chess.com Tournaments. www.365chess.com.
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Corvin Radovici. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503203413/http://www.olimpbase.org/players/6ocw064g.html. dead. May 3, 2014. May 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Corvin Radovici. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010223154/http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/6ocw064g.html. dead. October 10, 2012. October 10, 2012.