Vincenzo Nestler

Vincenzo Nestler (8 January 1912, in Agrigento – 14 July 1988, in Rome) was an Italian chess master.[1]

He won twice Italian Chess Championship at Florence 1943 and Trieste 1954 (after a play-off), and was four times Sub-Champion (1937, 1953, 1956, 1959).[2]

During World War II, Nestler took 6th at Munich 1942 (Europameisterschaft – European Individual Chess Championship, Wertungsturnier – Qualification Tournament, Gösta Danielsson won).[3] After the war, he tied for 10-11th at Vienna 1951 (the 4th Schlechter Memorial, Moshe Czerniak won).[4]

Nestler played twice for Italy in Chess Olympiads at Dubrovnik 1950 and Helsinki 1952,[5] and represented Italy in friendly matches against Czechoslovakia in 1957 and Switzerland in 1958.[6]

  1. ^ nestler
  2. ^ I campionati italiani
  3. ^ "1942". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  4. ^ 75 Jahre Schachklub Hietzing Wien 1921-1996
  5. ^ olimpbase.com[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site