Luca Shytaj Explained
Iart Luca Shytaj (born 3 February 1986) is an Albanian-Italian chess grandmaster and virologist.
Chess career
Born on 3 February 1986, Shytaj won the Albanian Chess Championship in 2003. He earned his international master (IM) title in 2006, and won the Italian Rapid Chess Championship in 2009.[1] He achieved his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the Arctic Chess Challenge in August 2009, his second during the 2016/17 Chess Bundesliga season, and his third at the Mulhouse Festival in July 2018. He was awarded the title in October 2018.[2] He is the 14th Italian player to achieve the title of GM.[3] [4]
Shytaj represented Albania at the 36th and 37th Chess Olympiads, and Italy at the 38th Chess Olympiad.[5]
Scientific career
Shytaj received a bachelor's degree in biology from the Sapienza University of Rome, and a master's degree in genetics and molecular biology from the same university.[1] His Ph.D. thesis, which resulted in a functional cure of AIDS in macaques,[6] was named as one of the three best presentations at HIV Dart 2012, an international conference on drug development processes in antiretroviral research.[7] As of 2017, Shytaj works at Heidelberg University.[8]
Personal life
Shytaj was born in Tirana. He moved to Italy with his parents at age six, and he became an Italian citizen in 2007.[1] He married German GM Elisabeth Pähtz in September 2015.[9] They separated in 2018.
Notes and References
- https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-long-term-cure-for-hiv-in-the-offing-270713 A long-term cure for HIV in the offing?
- https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=812633&title=GM&pb=53 89th FIDE Congress 2018, 26 Sep - 6 Oct, Batumi, Georgia
- http://www.scacchierando.it/titoli-e-norme/luca-shytaj-grande-maestro/ Luca Shytaj Grande Maestro!
- https://www.oasport.it/2018/07/scacchi-luca-shytaj-e-diventato-il-14-grande-maestro-italiano2/ Scacchi: Luca Shytaj è diventato il 14° Grande Maestro italiano
- http://www.olimpbase.org/players/cg4qg2wc.html Shytaj, Luca
- Shytaj . IL Shytaj IL . Chirullo . B . Wagner . W . Ferrari . MG . Sgarbanti . R . Corte . AD . LaBranche . C. Lopalco . L. Palamara . AT . Montefiori . D . Lewis . MG . Garaci . E . Savarino . A . Investigational treatment suspension and enhanced cell-mediated immunity at rebound followed by drug-free remission of simian AIDS . Retrovirology . 10:71 . 2013 . 10 . 23866829 . 10.1186/1742-4690-10-71 . 3748827 . free .
- Shytaj IL, Chirullo B, Della Corte A, Norelli S, Ferrari MG, Montefiori D, Labranche C, Lewis MG, Garaci E and Savarino A. Auranofin, Buthionine Sulfoximine and Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy Induce Post-Therapy Control of Viremia in Chronically SIVmac251 Infected Rhesus Macaques, HIV DART, San Diego,California, USA, 4-7 December 2012 (oral presentation).
- https://www.rnz.de/sport/regionalsport_artikel,-Sport-Regional-Heidelberger-Berufs-Schachspielerin-Eigentlich-mag-ich-Schach-nicht-_arid,290811.html "Eigentlich mag ich Schach nicht"
- https://www.schachbund.de/news/elisabeth-paehtz-hat-geheiratet.html ELISABETH PÄHTZ HAT GEHEIRATET
