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

External links

• Corvin Radovici player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Corvin Radovici chess games at 365chess.com