The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) was established in 1920. The first Italian Chess Championship took place at Viareggio 1921.^[1][2]

The 1998 Championship was held 21–29 November in Saint-Vincent. The ten-player field had an average Elo rating of 2390. GM Igor Efimov won the round-robin tournament with 6.5/9, a half point ahead of GM Michele Godena and IM Bruno Belotti.^[3]

National Tournaments (unofficial championships)

Year	City	Winner	Tournament
1875	Rome	Pietro Seni	I Torneo Nazionale
1878	Livorno	Luigi Sprega	II Torneo Nazionale
1881	Milan	Carlo Salvioli	III Torneo Nazionale
1883	Venice	Fermo Zannoni	IV Torneo Nazionale
1886	Rome	Fermo Zannoni	V Torneo Nazionale
1892	Turin	Vittorio Torre	VI Torneo Nazionale
1900	Rome	Arturo Reggio	I Torneo dell'USI
1901	Venice	Arturo Reggio	II Torneo dell'USI
1905	Florence	Arturo Reggio	III Torneo dell'USI
1906	Milan	Giovanni Martinolich	IV Torneo dell'USI
1911	Rome	Matteo Gladig	V Torneo dell'USI
1912	Viareggio	Alberto Batori	1°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"
1913	Bologna	Arturo Reggio	2°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"
1916	Milan	Arturo Reggio	1°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"
1919	Milan	Stefano Rosselli del Turco	2°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"
1920	Viareggio	Stefano Rosselli del Turco	3°Torneo "L'Italia Scacchistica"
1922	Milan	Stefano Rosselli del Turco	3°Torneo Nazionale "Crespi"

Italian Championships

References

• Mione, Dario (16 December 2008). "Fabiano Caruana's encore at the Italian Chess Championship". ChessBase News. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
• List of winners and standings on Italian Chess Federation website: Italian Championship, Italian Women's Championship