{{short description|Italian chess grandmaster (1902–1995)}} {{Infobox chess biography | country = Italy | birth_date = {{Birth-date|16 March 1902}} | birth_place = Venice, Italy | death_date = {{Death-date and age|30 June 1995|16 March 1902}} | death_place = Milan, Italy | title = Honorary Grandmaster (1985)<br/>International Master (1950) }}
'''Mario Monticelli''' (16 March 1902, Venice – 30 June 1995, Milan) was an Italian chess player.<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/index.htm La grande storia degli scacchi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the Grandmaster title honoris causa (GME) in 1985. In 1922, he won in Rome (ITA-ch Univ). In 1925, he won in Bologna. In 1926, Monticelli tied for 1st with Ernst Grünfeld in Budapest. In 1929, he took 11th in Budapest (José Raúl Capablanca won). In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona (Capablanca won). In 1930, he took 14th in San Remo (Alexander Alekhine won).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04}} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> In 1933, Monticelli won in Milan (Padulli Memorial). In 1934, he took 8th in Syracuse (Samuel Reshevsky won). In 1938, he tied for 1st with Erich Eliskases in Milan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm |title=1938 |publisher=Rogerpaige.me.uk |accessdate=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163515/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm |archivedate=15 December 2010}}</ref> Monticelli was Italian Champion in 1929, 1934, and 1939.
He is the eponym of the Monticelli Trap, a chess opening trap in the Bogo-Indian Defence.
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== External links == * {{Chessgames.com player|11165}} * {{365chess.com player|Mario_Monticelli}}
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