Olimpiu Di Luppi
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Olimpiu Di Luppi | |
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| Country | Singapore |
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) |
| Title | Candidate Master (2013) |
| Peak rating | 2210 (January 1997) |
Olimpiu Di Luppi (born Urcan, 1977) is a historian and author. Of Italian and Turkish heritage, he is a Permanent Resident in Singapore since 2002, where he works as a consultant on advanced research in Arts and Humanities.[1] He is a long-time contributor to Edward Winter's Chess Notes.
The Capablanca Project
[edit]On June 26, 2021, Di Luppi announced in Chess Notes the "Capablanca Project,"[2] which comprises a scholarly pictorial biography, a graphic novel and a documentary.[3] According to his project's website, "In addition to a comprehensive chronicle, the aim is to salvage, restore and preserve material related to the Cuban marvel."
Bibliography
[edit]- Surviving Changi: E.E. Colman - A Chess Biography, Singapore Heritage Society, 2007. ISBN 978-981-05-7922-7
- Adolf Albin in America: A European Chess Master's Sojourn, 1893-1895, McFarland, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7864-3010-9
- Julius Finn: A Chess Master's Life In America, 1871-1931, McFarland, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7864-4283-6
- Arthur Kaufmann: A Chess Biography, 1872-1938, McFarland, 2012 (with Peter Michael Braunwarth). ISBN 978-0-7864-6145-5
- Singapore Chess: A History, 1945-1990, World Scientific, 2017 (with Shashi Jayakumar). ISBN 978-9814733229
- W.H.K. Pollock: A Chess Biography with 523 Games, McFarland, 2017 (with John S. Hilbert). ISBN 978-0-7864-5868-4
- East Meets East: Inside the 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore, World Scientific, 2025. ISBN 978-981-98-1280-6