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

Fabio Finocchiaro
Country	Italy
Born	(1939-06-05) June 5, 1939 (age 83) San Giovanni la Punta, Italy
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (1998)
ICCF World Champion	2009–13
ICCF rating	2571 (October 2021)
ICCF peak rating	2621 (January 2013)

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

External links

• Fabio Finocchiaro player details at ICCF
• Fabio Finocchiaro player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Preceded by Marjan Šemrl	World Correspondence Chess Champion 2009–2013	Succeeded by Ron Langeveld

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