Corvin Radovici

Romanian chess player

Corvin Radovici
Country	Romania
Born	(1931-12-19)19 December 1931 Călățele, Romania
Died	17 August 2017(2017-08-17) (aged 85)
Title	International Master (1968)
Peak rating	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]

In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4, =5, -6),
In 1962, at first reserve board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+3, =5, -1),
In 1964, at third board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+4, =11, -2).

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

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