Alessandro Bossi (Born 1956, Candidate
Master) A lawyer by
profession, Alessandro first developed a passion for chess in the early 70's,
just before the famous match between Fischer and Spassky (1972). Over the years
he has won more than forty prizes in chess events, for instance he was champion
of the province of Varese in 2019. He is co-founder of the chess club "Esteban
Canal", situated in the same province, where he also acts as trainer. Fond of
history, he has written two short biographies on the lives of Galileo Galilei
and of Abraham Lincoln, as supplements to the Italian newspaper
Corriere
della Sera, published in 2019 and 2020.
Claudio Brovelli (Born 1960, Candidate
Master) Claudio, born in Switzerland,
learnt to play chess from his father by following "the Match of the Century", Fischer
vs. Spassky in 1972. In his youth he played several tournaments and reached, at
his peak, an Elo rating of 2200. He currently works for the Italian public administration
in the municipality of Milan. He was champion of the province of Varese (2020)
and is a trainer. As he is not
particularly fond of online play, he has not played much recently, although he still
follows with interest the major chess events. His chess heroes will always
be J.R. Capablanca and Bobby Fischer.