The chess games of Alberto A Artidiello

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Alberto A Artidiello

Number of games in database: 6
Years covered: 1974 to 2004
Highest rating achieved in database: 2200
Overall record: +3 -2 =1 (58.3%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ALBERTO A ARTIDIELLO
(born Jul-22-1958, died Mar-01-2015, 56 years old) Cuba (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Co-founder of Chessgames.com, Alberto Artidiello was born in Cuba. His family immigrated to Chicago when he was very young. His talent for chess became apparent when he turned into a highly competitive player in his high school team. In the 1980s he moved to South Florida and frequented the Capablanca Chess Club in Little Havana, Miami. He loved playing blitz, especially for small stakes. He was very skilled at blindfold chess; in fact, it did not seem to be a handicap for him.

In conversation, Albert would quote the old masters as if it were scripture. Among his many idols were Morphy, Lasker, Capablanca, Fischer, and Carlsen.

Albert was a voracious chess reader and had a chess book collection of hundreds of books. He seemed more interested in chess knowledge and blitz chess, than regular tournament play.

Albert obtained the title of US National Master in 1994 after tying for 1st in the under-2200 section of the 22nd Annual World Open.(1) Around that time, he met Daniel Freeman. They soon became best of friends. While Daniel was forming one of the earliest internet companies (20/20 Technologies), Albert was keenly interested in how this new medium would transform the world of chess. The partnership that ensued eventually gave birth to Chessgames.com.

Sadly and unexpectedly, Albert passed away of cardiac arrest at the age of 56.

(1) http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j...

Last updated: 2022-07-01 05:37:04

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. F Rhine vs A Artidiello	1-0	18	1974	blitz	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
2. A Artidiello vs D Freeman	1-0	23	2001	Skittles	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. A Artidiello vs B Babapour	1-0	28	2002	Skittles	D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. A Artidiello vs D Freeman	½-½	45	2002	Skittles	B01 Scandinavian
5. A Artidiello vs Onischuk	0-1	34	2004	105th US Open	A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
6. J Berry vs A Artidiello	0-1	31	2004	105th US Open	B42 Sicilian, Kan

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Mar-04-15		Pedro Nunes: I'm so sorry. Thanks for all Mr. Artidiello.

Mar-04-15		TheFocus: Rest in Peace, sir. Thank you for co-founduing CeeGee.

Mar-04-15		fm avari viraf: My heartfelt condolences to his family. May God bless his soul peace in heaven, eternally.

Mar-04-15		Check It Out: RIP. Long live Chessgames.

Mar-04-15		Kev: I must have met him the first time with my brother Kenny, probably around 1990 at the chess park in Miami Beach. Once I remember he picked me up and we drove to a park by the beach when he insisted we go over all the games played at Linares 1994 from my Inside Chess magazines, he was completely focused on chess, later that year he tied for 1st in the U-2200 section of the World Open. Albert was one of a kind, a very good person, with a kind heart although an unhealthy one. Heart disease ran in his family. He will be missed. R.I.P.

Mar-04-15		paavoh: Terrible news to hear about. May his spirit live on here at CG.

Mar-04-15		Bubo bubo: Rest in peace, Mr Artidiello - and thank you for chessgames.com!

Mar-05-15		HeMateMe: <fsr> Do you have a skittles game between you and Mr. Artidiello, something saved from high school days, that you could reprint here?

Mar-05-15		FSR: <HeMateMe> F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1976 Somewhere or other I have another Caro-Kann blitz game that I won nicely. As I noted in my comments to the above-cited game, these were highly atypical results, since Albert was much stronger than I at the time. But of course those were the ones I saved.

Mar-05-15		FSR: I submitted my memory/testimonial to Albert here: http://www.vanorsdel.com/obituaries... (It has to be approved, so you can't see it as yet.)

Mar-05-15		wordfunph: rest in peace, NM Artidiello..

Mar-05-15		FSR: Here is my memory of/testimonial to Albert, which the Van Orsdel site has now posted: <I was a teammate of Albert's on the chess team at Lane Technical High School in Chicago in the mid-1970s. Albert was a very strong player, and a really nice guy. Our team won the state championship Albert's senior year, and the year after that. Many years later I learned that he had moved to Florida, become a chess master, and co-founded the chess website chessgames.com. That website archives hundreds of thousands of chess games so that they may be played over for free by anyone in the world. It is an extremely valuable resource for many thousands of players, and serves as a memorial to Albert and his vision. My heart goes out to Albert's family and friends. He will be missed.>

Mar-05-15		Penguincw: R.I.P. Alberto Artidiello.

Mar-07-15		BabsonTask: Very sad to die so young. Condolences his family and friends.

Mar-07-15		LucB: Sad news indeed, with condolences to his family.

Mar-08-15		Richard Taylor: < torrefan: <ALBERTO A ARTIDIELLO (born Jul-22-1958, died Mar-02-2015, 56 years old) United States of America> If, after I die, someone wants to write my biography, There's nothing simpler. It has just two dates--the day I was born and the day I died. Between the two, all the days are mine. --- One day, like a child, I suddenly got tired. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.> Stevens and Pessoa, two great modernist poets (US and Portuguese) used in tribute.

Mar-11-15		Caissanist: Nothing else on the testimonials page? Sad.

Dec-10-16		The Kings Domain: R.I.P. A wonderful legacy in creating the best website dedicated to the game.

Dec-10-16		LucB: <The Kings Domain>: well said.

Dec-13-16		The Kings Domain: LucB: Thanks.

Dec-25-17		Sularus: Thanks for this site, Alberto. RIP

Dec-25-17		Fusilli: 1958-2015: Shares dates with Emory Tate.

Feb-23-18		Bratek: R.I.P , Mr Artidiello - and thank you for chessgames.com!

Apr-10-20		11thHeaven: Thank you Alberto for what you created!

Dec-14-20		FSR: Tragic that both he and Daniel Freeman died of cardiac arrest in their fifties.

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