Alberto David

{{short description|Luxembourgish-Italian chess grandmaster (born 1970)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Alberto David |image = David rd6 4thEUIO.JPG |caption = Alberto David at the EU Open Championship, Liverpool 2008 |birthname = |country = {{ublist|Luxembourg (until 2012)|Italy (since 2012)}} |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|26|df=y}} |birth_place = Milan, Italy |death_date = |death_place = |title = Grandmaster (1998) |peakrating = 2631 (May 2010) |FideID = 4000013 }}

'''Alberto David''' (born 26 March 1970) is a Luxembourgish-Italian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Italian Chess Champion.

==Chess career== David was born in Milan in 1970, and in 1974 moved with his parents to Luxembourg, where he learned to play chess a year later.<ref name=chessbase>{{cite web|title=Alberto David is the 2012 Italian champion|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/alberto-david-is-the-2012-italian-champion|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=8 November 2015|date=2012-11-10}}</ref> He attained some success at the youth level but it was not until he finished his philosophy studies in London in 1992 that his chess career began.<ref name=chessbase/> He earned his grandmaster title in 1998, becoming Luxembourg's first grandmaster.<ref>[http://www.thechesspedia.com/david-alberto/ David Alberto (26.03.1970)]</ref> He competed for Luxembourg at the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006, playing on the {{chessgloss|top board}} each time. In 2002 he won the individual silver medal with a score of 84.6% (+10–1=2).<ref name=olimpbase>{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/players/h95phpje.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Alberto David|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-07-04}}</ref> In 2012 he obtained Italian citizenship and transferred to the Italian Chess Federation in July of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessblog.com/2012/08/bratto-della-presolana-chess-fest-on-gm.html|title=Alberto David Gets Italian Citizenship|year=2012|website=chessblog.com|publisher=Alexandra Kosteniuk|accessdate=2012-08-26}}</ref> He competed for Italy on board 2 at the 2014 Olympiad.<ref name=olimpbase/>

David's tournament victories include the HZ Tournament in Vlissingen in 1999, the 1st NAO Chess Club GM tournament in Paris in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic433.html#8|title=The Week in Chess 433|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-08-24}}</ref> the Paris Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the inaugural Riga Technical University Open in Riga in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic876.html#45|title=The Week in Chess 876|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-08-24}}</ref> David won the Italian Chess Championship in 2012<ref name=chessbase/> and 2016 (after winning the playoff against Sabino Brunello)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/archivio/numero853.html#3|title=ROMA: DAVID CAMPIONE ITALIANO AGLI SPAREGGI RAPID DAVANTI A BRUNELLO|date=2016-12-20|website=Messaggero Scacchi|language=it|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> and again in 2019. In 2022 he won the Festival International des Jeunes tournament in Paris after winning on tie-break with Niels Willems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Week in Chess 1428 |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1428.html#14 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=theweekinchess.com}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Alberto_David Alberto David] chess games at 365Chess.com *{{Chessgames player|id=57000}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:David, Alberto}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Chess Grandmasters Category:Luxembourgian chess players Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Italian emigrants to Luxembourg Category:Italian chess players Category:Naturalised citizens of Italy Category:Sportspeople from Milan