Olimpiu G. Urcan

Olimpiu G. Urcan (born 1977) is a historian, author, and journalist. Of Italian/Turkish heritage, he is a Permanent Resident in Singapore where he works as a consultant on education, advanced research and Humanities.[1] He is a FIDE Candidate Master in chess, with a peak Elo rating of 2210.[2] He has contributed history-related articles to a number of magazines and has authored several biographies of forgotten chess masters. His research is mainly focused on American history, and he specializes in largely-forgotten chess experts, with emphasis on immigrants. Between 2009 and 2015 Urcan ran a monthly chess history column at the ChessCafe.com website.[3] He is a regular contributor to Edward Winter's Chess Notes.

Books
  • 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

The Capablanca Project

On June 26, 2021, Urcan announced in Chess Notes the "Capablanca Project," [4] which comprises a scholarly pictorial biography, a graphic novel and a documentary.[5]

Di Luppi Surname

In December 2021, as documented on his Twitter page, Urcan's surname was changed to Di Luppi.

References
  1. Olimpiu G. Urcan's Official Twitter Bio
  2. FIDE Chess Profile
  3. "Past Pieces". ChessCafe.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  4. Chess Note 11882
  5. The Capablanca Project
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