Luchini, L. – Topi 1819




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Luchini, Luigi    2124 (153) 6/12 
Topi    2108 (155) 6/12 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Rome, Italy
Start date: 1819
End date: 1819
 
Notes:
The Luchini web page says that he became recognized as a first rank player between 1820 and 1825 when he drew a match against Topi. The Topi web page says they both arrived at a score of 10 in that match. In the Schachzeitung of 1 Sep. 1867 (p.273), Dubois says that they scored 5-5. In Il Primo Torneo Nazionale (1875), Dubois says that both reached a score of 10. Later, however, Dubois (Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi, Jan.-Feb. 1886, p.12) says that the result was 6-6, correcting an earlier statement by him that the result was 10-10. Dubois also says that this match occurred as soon as the Academy was established in Rome, which was in 1819. The Luchini web page gives his first name as Luigi, but the 1819 document detailing the regulations of the original Chess Academy in Rome, discussed by Dubois, lists 'G. Luchini' as a first class player and 'V. Luchini' as a second class player. In Il Primo Torneo Nazionale, however, Dubois makes it clear that Luigi Luchini was the nephew of the earlier Luchini, who, we suppose, must be 'G. Luchini'.
 
References
Books
   Dubois and Tonetti, Il Primo Torneo Nazionale, page XVIII
Periodicals
   [ESIC], no. 2, 10 June 1864, page 7
   [NRiS], vol. 12, no. 1, Jan. 1886, page 12
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 11, 1 Sep. 1867, page 273
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Topi]
   [Luigi Luchini]

Match information updated: 17 Jul. 2026