{{short description|Italian chess player}} '''Antonio Sacconi''' (5 October 1895 – 22 December 1968) was an Italian chess master.
Born into a noble family in Rome, he won ''torneo del Caffè Balbo'' after play-off match against Bernheimer (+3 −0 =1) in 1917, drew a match with Stefano Rosselli del Turco (+1 −1 =4) in 1918, both in Rome, and won a match against Mario Monticelli (+5 −3 =2) at Venice 1926.<ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/Italia/maestri/sacconi.htm sacconi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He won Italian Chess Championship at Florence 1935, shared 4th at Florence 1936, and took 4th at Naples 1937.<ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/Italia/campionati.htm I campionati italiani<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In international tournaments, he won at Milan 1926 (the 4th ''torneo Crespi''),<ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1926milano.htm milano<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> tied for 2nd-3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind Rudolf Spielmann, at Sopron 1934,<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163822/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm |date=2010-12-15 }}</ref> and took 2nd at Margate 1937 (B tournament).
Sacconi represented Italy in Chess Olympiads: * In the 1st Olympiad at London 1927 (+5 −4 =6); * In the 2nd Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+2 −3 =8); * In the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933 (+3 −4 =2); * In the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+3 −9 =2).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/w48cacyg.html Sacconi, Antonio] team chess record at olimpbase.org</ref>
He was awarded the International Master title in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66 |title=Liste des premiers titrés (Chrono) - Chessmile |website=www.chessmile.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071222170711/http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66 |archive-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sacconi died in Rome.<ref name="Gaige">{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=368}}</ref>
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