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Giorgio Porreca
G Porreca 
 

Number of games in database: 217
Years covered: 1950 to 1980
Overall record: +73 -75 =69 (49.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (4 games)
A04 Reti Opening (4 games)
E03 Catalan, Open (4 games)
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (4 games)
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GIORGIO PORRECA
(born Aug-30-1927, died Jan-05-1988, 60 years old) Italy

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Giorgio Porreca was born in Naples. Awarded the IM title in 1957 and IMC title in 1975, he won the Italian Championship in 1950 (after a play-off) and 1956.

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 217  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Porreca vs A Siveri  1-0451950Italian ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. G Primavera vs G Porreca  1-0461950Italian ChampionshipA90 Dutch
3. G Porreca vs D Postpischl 1-0431950Italian ChampionshipD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
4. V Ceccato vs G Porreca  ½-½331950Italian ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
5. G Porreca vs V Nestler  1-0331950Italian ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
6. G Porreca vs M Napolitano  1-0441950Italian ChampionshipE49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System
7. E Paoli vs G Porreca  ½-½481950Italian ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
8. G Porreca vs P G Ricci  1-0461950Italian ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
9. A Giustolisi vs G Porreca  ½-½461950Italian ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
10. G Porreca vs N Engalicev  1-0261950Italian ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. V Castaldi vs G Porreca  ½-½241950Italian ChampionshipA15 English
12. C Staldi vs G Porreca  0-1761950Italian ChampionshipA47 Queen's Indian
13. H Mueller vs G Porreca  0-1221950Dubrovnik OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
14. G Porreca vs T van Scheltinga ½-½731950Dubrovnik OlympiadD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. G Porreca vs R Flores Alvarez  0-1381950Dubrovnik OlympiadD75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5
16. G Porreca vs C Guimard 0-1321950Dubrovnik OlympiadA95 Dutch, Stonewall
17. E Pedersen vs G Porreca  ½-½241950Dubrovnik OlympiadC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. A Dunkelblum vs G Porreca  0-1351950Dubrovnik OlympiadA13 English
19. G Porreca vs K Ojanen  ½-½401950Dubrovnik OlympiadE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
20. G Porreca vs L Rellstab  0-1381950Dubrovnik OlympiadD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. O Morcken vs G Porreca  0-1341950Dubrovnik OlympiadE37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
22. Pirc vs G Porreca  1-0271950Dubrovnik OlympiadA04 Reti Opening
23. P Panagopoulos vs G Porreca  0-1401950Dubrovnik OlympiadE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
24. G Porreca vs M Zapata Vinces  1-0351950Dubrovnik OlympiadE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
25. G Porreca vs F Norcia  ½-½821952Italian ChampionshipD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-31-04  Leviathan: One of the greatest italian theoreticians of the 20th century.

IM in both tournament and correspondance play, he beccame Italian national champion 8 times between 1950 and 1973.

He wrote many books, especially about the openings (he wrote manuals about the Orthodox defense, the Gioco Piano and the Frenc defense)

Giorgio Porreca died on 1988 at the age of 61

Aug-30-06  BIDMONFA: Giorgio Porreca

PORRECA, Giorgio
http://www.bidmonfa.com/porreca_gio...
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Jul-25-09  whiteshark: Bio: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi...
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Mar-31-10  whiteshark: and now also available in inglice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi...

† January 5, 1988

"Porreca had a deep knowledge of chess theory and wrote many books on the subject that were popular in Italy. He had a university degree in Russian language and Russian literature and translated into Italian many Russian chess books. He founded and directed until his death the Italian chess magazine Scacco!, published in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, a town near Naples. He was a lover and expert of endgame studies, editing for many years the special section on studies of the magazine Scacco!." ibidem

Photo: http://www.scacchierando.net/public...

Oct-25-14  ljfyffe: Porreca came fifth in the World Correspondence
Championship Final IX.

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