In the 1960s Corvin Radovici was one of the leading Romanian chess players. He was a multiple participant of the Romanian Chess Championship. In 1958, he shared first place in International Chess Tournament in Sofia.[1] In 1961, he ranked third in International Chess Tournament in Bucharest.[2] In 1968, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Corvin Radovici played for Romania in the Chess Olympiads:[3]
- In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4, =5, -6),
- In 1962, at first reserve board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+3, =5, -1),
- In 1964, at third board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+4, =11, -2).
Corvin Radovici played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship:[4]
- In 1965, at fourth board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship in Hamburg (+1, =8, -1).
Later Corvin Radovici became known as a chess coach. He discovered and raised two of the Romanian chess players: Florin Gheorghiu, the first Romanian player who win the title of Grandmaster (GM) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the first Romanian chess player who cross the barrier of an Elo coefficient of 2700 and won European Individual Chess Championship in 2005.
