Pietro Rossi (chess)
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Pietro Rossi is an Italian chess endgame study
composer.
He was born in Treviso
on May 26, 1924, but he has lived for a long time in Matera, where he was a Professor
of Social Sciences
. Rossi published about 300 studies, 240 of which are contained in Harold van der Heijden's study database.
He won more than 90 prizes and awards in international tourneys of study composition.
The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) awarded him a gold medal in May 2007 for "high achievements in the field of endgame-study composition".
Endgame study
An endgame study, or just study, is a composed chess position—that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for one side to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side...
composer.
He was born in Treviso
Treviso
Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
on May 26, 1924, but he has lived for a long time in Matera, where he was a Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. Rossi published about 300 studies, 240 of which are contained in Harold van der Heijden's study database.
He won more than 90 prizes and awards in international tourneys of study composition.
The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)) awarded him a gold medal in May 2007 for "high achievements in the field of endgame-study composition".