Rodolfo Redolfi

Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi (28 May 1928 – 2 December 2013), was an Argentine chess player, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1994), Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1958).

Rodolfo Redolfi
CountryArgentina
Born(1928-05-28)28 May 1928
Córdoba, Argentina
Died2 December 2013(2013-12-02) (aged 85)
Córdoba, Argentina
TitleInternational Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1994)

Biography

Rodolfo Redolfi started playing chess at the age of sixteen. He ten times won the Córdoba Province Chess Championships (1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1979, 1988). Rodolfo Redolfi participated in the Argentine Chess Championship finals, where he showed the best result in 1958, when he shared second place with Oscar Panno behind Hermann Pilnik.[1]

Rodolfo Redolfi played for Argentina in the Chess Olympiad:[2]

Rodolfo Redolfi played for Argentina in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[3]

  • In 1958, at third board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in Varna (+5, =2, -3).

Rodolfo Redolfi was known as a participant in Correspondence chess tournaments. In 1990, he was awarded the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) International Master title and received the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster title four year later.[4]

References
  1. Campeonatos Argentinos tablas
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "Player Details". www.iccf.com.
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