Stefano Tatai

Italian chess player (1938–2017)

Stefano Tatai
Full name	Stefano Tatai
Country	Italy
Born	(1938-03-23)23 March 1938 Rome
Died	29 May 2017(2017-05-29) (aged 79) Tenerife
Title	International Master (1966)
Years active	1950s - 2013
Peak rating	2495 (January 1981)
Peak ranking	92= (January 1981)

Stefano Tatai (born Rome, 23 March 1938, died Tenerife 29 May 2017) was an Italian chess master. He was of Hungarian descent.^[1] He was awarded the Italian national master title in 1958, and the International Master title in 1966. He was twelve times Italian champion, in 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1991 and 1994.

During the 1950s, he coached composer Ennio Morricone, who became a strong chess player.^[2]

Bibliography

Le gambit Jaenisch : une défense active contre l'Espagnole [The Jaenisch Gambit : an active defence against the Spanish]. Diffec. 1978. OCLC 10513313.
Tatai insegna la Najdorf [Tatai teaches the Najdorf]. Cesena. 2008. ISBN 978-8-8887-5665-3.

References

^ "E' scomparso Stefano Tatai, una leggenda per gli Scacchi italiani" [Italian chess legend Stefano Tatai has passed away]. sport24h (in Italian). 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ "Ennio Morricone y el deporte: de la canción del Mundial de 1978 a su afición por el ajedrez" [Ennio Morricone and sport: from the 1978 World Cup song to his love of chess]. El Español (in Spanish). Madrid. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.