Alberto David
{{short description|Luxembourgish-Italian chess grandmaster (born 1970)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|caption = Alberto David at the EU Open Championship, Liverpool 2008
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|country = {{ublist|Luxembourg (until 2012)|Italy (since 2012)}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Milan, Italy
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|title = Grandmaster (1998)
|peakrating = 2631 (May 2010)
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Alberto David (born 26 March 1970) is a Luxembourgish-Italian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Italian Chess Champion.
Chess career
David was born in Milan in 1970, and in 1974 moved with his parents to Luxembourg, where he learned to play chess a year later.{{cite web|title=Alberto David is the 2012 Italian champion|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/alberto-david-is-the-2012-italian-champion|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=8 November 2015|date=2012-11-10}} He attained some success at the youth level but it was not until he finished his philosophy studies in London in 1992 that his chess career began. He earned his grandmaster title in 1998, becoming Luxembourg's first grandmaster.[http://www.thechesspedia.com/david-alberto/ David Alberto (26.03.1970)] He competed for Luxembourg at the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006, playing on the {{chessgloss|top board}} each time. In 2002 he won the individual silver medal with a score of 84.6% (+10–1=2).{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/h95phpje.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Alberto David|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-07-04}} In 2012 he obtained Italian citizenship and transferred to the Italian Chess Federation in July of the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessblog.com/2012/08/bratto-della-presolana-chess-fest-on-gm.html|title=Alberto David Gets Italian Citizenship|year=2012|website=chessblog.com|publisher=Alexandra Kosteniuk|accessdate=2012-08-26}} He competed for Italy on board 2 at the 2014 Olympiad.
David's tournament victories include the HZ Tournament in Vlissingen in 1999, the 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament in Paris in 2003,{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic433.html#8|title=The Week in Chess 433|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-08-24}} the Paris Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the inaugural Riga Technical University Open in Riga in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic876.html#45|title=The Week in Chess 876|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-08-24}} David won the Italian Chess Championship in 2012 and 2016 (after winning the playoff against Sabino Brunello){{Cite web|url=http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/archivio/numero853.html#3|title=ROMA: DAVID CAMPIONE ITALIANO AGLI SPAREGGI RAPID DAVANTI A BRUNELLO|date=2016-12-20|website=Messaggero Scacchi|language=it|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-01-03}} and again in 2019. In 2022 he won the Festival International des Jeunes tournament in Paris after winning on tie-break with Niels Willems.{{Cite web |title=The Week in Chess 1428 |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1428.html#14 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=theweekinchess.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Alberto_David Alberto David] chess games at 365Chess.com
- {{Chessgames player|id=57000}}
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Category:Luxembourgian chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Italian emigrants to Luxembourg
Category:Italian chess players
Category:Naturalised citizens of Italy
Category:Sportspeople from Milan
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