Francesco Scafarelli
Francesco Scafarelli was an Italian chess International Master, Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner.Biography
In 1952, in Ferrara in Italian Chess Championship Francesco Scafarelli won the title of chess master. He represented Italy in 1953 World Junior Chess Championship in Copenhagen. In 1959 he won the Italian Junior Chess tournament. Francesco Scafarelli has won three Italian Team Chess Championships for various clubs: in 1960 with Chess Napoletana, in 1969 and 1991 with Genoa Circle Centurini. Francesco Scafarelli took part in numerous chess tournaments: Portsmouth and Lucerne, Beverwijk, Madrid, Naples. He has repeatedly represented Italy in a cross-country chess competition against Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia. In 1957, as a member of the Florence team, Francesco Scafarelli played in a match against Riga team and played draw in one of the two games for the next World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal. In 1960 he won Grandmaster László Szabó in a match against Budapest team. Multiple participant in Italian chess championships, where Francesco Scafarelli made his debut in 1947 in Rome, but last participated 54 years later in 2001.
Francesco Scafarelli played for Italy in the Chess Olympiads:
Francesco Scafarelli played for Italy in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups:
Francesco Scafarelli was awarded the International Master title in 1957.
