Dott. Fabio Colombo - My interests

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Besides my job I have several interests; the most important are

Miniauto Collection

I have been playing table tennis since 1981; my best results have been:

3rd place in singles at 1988 World Medical Games (Lyon)
4th place in singles at 1990 World Medical Games (Perpignan)
2nd place in doubles at 1988 World Medical Games (Lyon)
3rd place in doubles at 1984 (Abano Terme), 1986 (Montecatini Terme) and 1990 World Medical Games
12th place in singles at 1998 Italian Veteran Championship (Savigliano)

"...the never forgotten wonderboy, who to became a great player must be ready to fight, also in life"

I collect books about the history of this sport; I owe 87 items and in 1999 I wrote in Italian, together with G. Malisani, "Una racchetta rossa dietro la vetrina (A red bat in the shop window)",

a book about the history of Italian table tennis with a lot of Italian and World statistics.

This book was published by Cartografica Artigiana Ferrara in 1999 and costs 15 L.Sterling to send to Fabio Colombo, C.P.181, 6996 Ponte Cremenaga, TI, Switzerland.

Contents of "A red bat in the shop window"

Chapter 1: brief notes on the history of table tennis in Italy and profiles of the best Italian players and of the best foreigners which were in Italy either as active players or as coaches of our national teams.
Chapter 2: list of the winners of our national championships: 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th category, veterans and youth (team and individual titles).
Chapter 3: list of the first eight in national tournaments; Italian rankings and data about our national team championships from 1947 to 1998.
Chapter 4: results of Italy and of Italian players in the most important international events.
Chapter 5: international results including World and European Championships, Asian Games and Championships, World Cup, European Top 12, some International Championships; world rankings from 1929 to 1998 and list of medal winners (winners of medals in team events only have not been considered) at World Championships and at Olympic Games with points (gold = 3, silver = 2, bronze = 1) for each player. Who are the greatest players ever?
Supplement: personal files of the best athletes actually playing in Italy and of some no longer active players.

Together with other people I founded "The Table Tennis Collector", a magazine for the collectors of items related to table tennis. The subscription is 10 L. Sterling for 3 issues/year to send to Gerald Gurney, Guildhall, Great Bromley, Colchester, Essex, England CO7 7TU.

I contributed to the book "A Bibliography of Table Tennis Publications" by J.W.M. (Hans) Kreischer, which lists about 1000 publications on this sport.

Before table tennis, I used to be an amateur middle distance runner.

Fabio Colombo (1.67 m. x 61 kg):

1. "Off into a world of his own. You can't stop the clouds."

2."The pack is far behind..." Winning 1977 high school cross-country championship.

My personal records are the following:

800m. - 2.07.2 - Bellinzona 13-06-1980
1000m - 2.44.2 - Bellinzona 04-04-1981
1500m.- 4.19.47 - Bellinzona 26-09-1980
- 4.19.4 - Casorate Primo 05-10-1980
2000m. - 6.04.40 - Lugano 18-04-1981
3000m. - 9.38.23 - Locarno 20-04-1981
3000steeple - 10.41.5 - Milano 08-06-1980

I am an amateur chess player (ELO ICCF 2131; ELO ASIGC 2112 at 20th June 2004 - best ELO ever = 2147 ICCF, 2143 ASIGC); however, I am a Correspondence Candidate Master (I was second in an European tournament- EU/EM/H/005 - in 2003 and third in the 1st Italian National Championship 2001/2003) and sometimes play nice games, like the following:

- Colombo (ITA, not ranked)- Fedeli (ITA, not ranked), Cocquio, 1991, Larsen - Nimzowitsch op.

1.b3, e5 2.Bb2, f6 3.d4, Bb4+ 4.Nd2, exd4 5.Bxd4, Nc6 6.Bb2, d6 7.e3, Bd7 8.Ngf3, Qe7 9.c4, 000 10.Be2, Kb8 11.00, a6 12.Qc2, Nh6 13.Rfd1, g6 14.Ne4, Bf5 15.Bd3, Rhf8 16.Nc3, Bxd3 17.Rxd3, Bxc3 18.Bxc3, Ne5 19.Nxe5, fxe5 20.Be1, Nf5 21.a4, Nh4 22.e4, g5 23.Qe2, Ng6 24.g3, Qg7 25.b4, Ne7 26.b5, c5 27.bxa6, bxa6 28.Rb1+, Ka7 29.Qb2, Rb8 30.Rb3, Nc6 31.Ba5, Nb4 32.Bxb4, cxb4 33.Rxb4, Rxb4 34.Qxb4, Qc7 35.Rd1, Qc5 36.Qxc5, dxc5 37.Rd7+, Kb8 38.Rxh7, Rf3 39.Re7, Rc3 40.Rxe5, Rxc4 41.Rxg5, Rc1+ 42.Kg2, c4 43.e5, c3 44.e6, c2 45.Rc5, Re1 46.Rxc2, Rxe6 47.Rc4, Kb7 48.h3, Kb6 49.g4, Ka5 50.Kg3, Rb6 51.f3 1:0

- Sgnaolin D. (ITA, elo 2012 FSI) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1400 FSI), simultaneous, Cerro, 1995, French def. (Rubinstein var.)

1.e4, e6 2.d4, d5 3.Nc3, dxe 4.Nxe4, Nd7 5.Nf3, Be7 6.Bc4, Ngf6 7.NxN, BxN 8.00, 00 9.c3, b6 10.d5, exd 11.Bxd5, Rb8 12.Bf4, Bb7 13.BxB, RxB 14. Qd5, Nc5 15.Rad1, QxQ 16.RxQ, c6 17.Rdd1, Rd7 18.RxR, NxR 19.Rd1, Nb8 20.Ne5, Re8 21.Nc4, Be7 22.g3, Kf8 23.Ne5, Bf6 24.Nd7, NxN 25.RxN, Be5 26.BxB, RxB 27.Rxa7, Re2 28.b3, g6 29.c4, c5 30.Kf1, Re6 31.f4, Kg7 draw

- Pietrocola R. (ITA, elo 2000 FSI) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1400 FSI), Induno Olona, 1996, Franco - Sicilian def.

1.e4, e6 2.d4, c5 3.Nf3, b6 4.d5, exd 5.exd, d6 6.c4, Be7 7.Nc3, Nf6 8.Bd3, Nbd7 9.Bf4, 00 10.00, Re8 11.Qc2, h6 12.Nb5, Nb8 13.Rfe1, Na6 14.a3, Nc7 15.Nc3, a6 16.Re2, Bd7 17.Rae1, b5 18.b3, bxc 19.bxc, Nh5 20.Bc1, Bf6 21.Ne4, Bg4 22.NxB, QxN 23.RxR, RxR 24.RxR, NxR 25.Nd2, Nf4 26.Ne4, Qe5 27.f3, NxB 28.QxN, Bf5 29.Bd2, BxN 30.fxe, Nf6 31.g3, Qxe4 32.QxQ, NxQ 33.Bf4, g5 34.Bc1, Kg7 35.Kg2, Kg6 36.Kf3, f5 37.Ke3, Nf6 38.h3, Ne4 39.Kf3, Nf6 40.h4, gxh 41.gxh, h5 42.Bf4, Ne8 43.Ke3, Kf6 44.Bg3, Ke7 45.Kf4, Kf6 46.Be1, Nc7 47.Bc3+, Kg6 48.Ba5, Ne8 49.Be1, Nc7 50.Ke3, Ne8 51.Bg3, Kf6 52.Kd3, f4 53.Bxf4, Kf5 54.Bg5, Ke5 55.Ke3, Kf5 56.Kf3, Ke5 57.Ke3, Kf5 58.Be7, Ke5 59.Bg5, Kf5 and after a long struggle black won 0:1

- Miles A. (GB, elo 2630 FIDE, nr.30 of world ranking ) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1400 FSI), simultaneous, Lugano, 1996, Franco - Sicilian def.

1.e4, e6 2.d4, c5 3.d5, exd 4.exd, d6 5.Nf3, Nd7 6.Be2, Ngf6 7.00, Be7 8.Nc3, 00, 9.h3, Nb6 10.Bf4, Bd7 11.a4, Re8 12.Re1, a6 13.a5, Nc8 14.Bc4, h6 15.Qd3, Na7 16.Red1, Qc8 17.Rd2, Bf5 18.Qf1, Ne4 19.NxN, BxN 20.Nh2, Qd7 21.Re1, Bh7 22.Rde2, Nb5 23.c3, Nc7 24.g4, Bf8 draw

- Contin D. (ITA, elo 2300 FSI) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1400 FSI), simultaneous, Cadrezzate, 1998, Franco - Sicilian def.

1.e4, e6 2.d4, c5 3.Nf3, cxd 4.Nxd4, Bc5 5.Nb5, Nf6 6.N1c3, 00 7.e5, Ne8 8.Ne4, Be7 9.Bd3, Nc6 10.f4, b6 11.00, Bb7 12.Qh5, g6 13.Qh6, Nb4 14.Rf3, f5 15.Rh3, Rf7 16.Ned6 NxN 17.NxN, BxN 18.exd, NxB 19.RxN, Rc8 20.c3, Rc4 21.Be3, Be4 22.Rd4, Qc8 23.Rad1, Bb7 24.RxR, QxR 25.Kf2, Qe4 26.Qg5, Qc2+ 27.Rd2, Qe4 28.h4, h6 draw

- Parisi C. (ITA, elo 2104 ASIGC) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ASIGC), Italian Correspondence Cup, 2000/01, Franco - Sicilian def.

1.e4, e6 2.d4, c5 3.d5, exd5 4.exd5, d6 5.Nf3, Nf6 6.Bb5+, Nbd7 7.00, Be7 8.Re1, a6 9.Bf4, 00 10.Bd3, b5 11-Nc3, Bb7 12.Qd2, Re8 13.a4, b4 14.Ne4, Nb6 15.Nxf6, Bxf6 16.Rxe8+, Qxe8 17.Bxd6, Nxa4 18.Re1, Qd7 19.Qf4, Bxd5 20.b3, Nb2 21.Bf5, Qc6 22.Be5, h6 23.Qc1, Bxf3 24.gxf3 draw

- Esposito A. (ITA, elo 1928 ASIGC) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ASIGC), 1st. Italian National Category Championship, 2000/01, Dutch Stonewall def.

1.d4, e6 2.c4, f5 3.g3, Nf6 4.Bg2, c6 5.Nf3, d5 6.00, Bd6 7.b3, Qe7 8.Ne5, 00 9.Bf4, Ng4 10.Nxg4, Bxf4 11.gxf4, fxg4 12.e3, Qh4 13.Qe1, Nd7 14.Nd2, b6 15.f3, Qh5, 16.Qg3, gxf3 17.Nxf3, Ba6 18.Rac1, Rf6 19.Qg5, Qf7 20.Ne5, Nxe5 21.fxe5, Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1, Qd7 23.Rc1, Rf8 24.a3, dxc4 25.bxc4, c5 26.d5, Rf5 27.Qg3, Qd8 28.e4, Qg5 29.Qxg5, Rxg5 30.d6, Kf7 31.Kf2, Ke8 32.Bf1, Rxe5 33.Ke3, Rh5 34.Rc2, Kd7 35.Rf2, Kxd6 36.Rf7, g6 37.Rxa7, Bc8 38.h3, e5 39.a4, Rh4 0:1

- Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) - Bergamini L. (ITA, elo 2165 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, g6 3.Bf4, Bg7 4.e3, 00 5.Be2, d6 6.h3, c5 7.c3, Qb6 8.Qb3, Be6 9.Qxb6, axb6 10.a3, Nc6 11.Nbd2, Bf5 12.00, d5 13.Ne5, h6 14.Ng4, Nxg4 15.hxg4, Bd7 16.Bc7, e5 17.dxc5, bxc5 18.Bb6, Rfc8 19.Bxc5, Be6 20.f4, exf4 21.exf4, Ne5 22.Bd4, Nxg4 23.Nf3, Bd7 draw

- Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) - Nielsen J. (DEN, elo 2208 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, Stonewall Attack

1.d4, d5 2.e3, Nf6 3.Bd3, Nc6 4.f4, Nb4 5.Nf3, Nxd3 6.cxd3, c6 7.00, Bg4 8.Nbd2, e6 9.Qc2, Bd6 10.Nb3, Bxf3 11.Rxf3, 00 12.Bd2, Nd7 13.e4, Bc7 14.Raf1, f5 15.e5, Re8 16.Rh3, Nb8 17.Be1, b6 18.Qd1, Qd7 19.Nd2, a5 20.Qh5, g6 21.Qe2, Na6 22.Nf3, a4 23.Bh4, c5 24.Bf6, Rf8 25.Ng5, Rf7 26.Nxf7, Qxf7 27.Qf2, Bb8 28.Kh1 1:0

- Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) - Roynet S. (FRA, elo 2125 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, g6 3.Bf4, Bg7 4.e3, 00 5.Be2, d5 6.Nbd2, Nbd7 7.h3, c5 8.c3, c4 9.00, b5 10.b3, Nb6 11.bxc4, bxc4 12.Ne5, Bf5 13.g4, Bd7 14.Nxd7, Qxd7 15.Rb1, h6 16.Qc2, Qa4 17.Qxa4, Nxa4 18.Rfc1, Nb6 19.Rb4, Nfd7 20.a4, a5 21.Rb5, e6 22.Bd1, Rfc8 23.Rcb1, Ra6 24.Bc2, Rc6 25.Nf3, Rc8 26.h4, Kf8 27.h5, g5 28.Bg3, Rc6 29.Kg2, Ke7 30.e4, Rc8 31.Nd2, Kd8 32.e5, Rc6 33.f4, gxf4 34.Bxf4, f6 35.exf6, Nxf6 36.Kg3, Nbd7 37.Nf3, Ke7 38.Kh4, Rcb6 39.Ne5, Rxb5 40.axb5, Rb6 41.Nc6+, Kf8 42.Nxa5, Ne8 43.Nc6, Bf6+ 44.Kg3, Bg7 45.Bg6, Ndf6 46.g5, hxg5 47.Bxg5, Kg8 48.h6, Ne4+ 49.Bxe4, Bxh6 50.Bxh6, dxe4 51.Bf4, Ng7 52.Bc7, Rb7 53.b6 1:0

- Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) - Hoeglund J. (SWE, elo 2390 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, e6 3.Bf4, c5 4.c3, b6 5.e3, Bb7 6.Bd3, Be7 7.h3, 00 8.00, d5 9.Nbd2, a6 10.Qe2, Nbd7 11.Ne5, Nxe5 12.Bxe5, Nd7 13.Bg3, b5 14.Nf3, c4 15.Bc2, Rc8 16.Ne5, a5 17.Nxd7, Qxd7 18.Be5, f6 19.Bf4, b4 20.e4, a4 21.exd5, Bxd5 22.Qh5, f5 23.Rfe1, a3 24.bxa3, bxc3 25.a4, Bc6 26.Qe2, Rf6 27.Be5, Rg6 28.f3, Ba3 29.a5, Bb2 30.Rab1, Qd5 31.Kh1, Bb7 32.Rg1, Qxa5 33.a4, Qd5 34.Rbf1, Bc6 35.g4, Bd7 36.h4, Rh6 37.Qh2 draw

- Kuna H. (BRD, elo 1800 ICCF) - Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, French def. (Rubinstein var.)

1.e4, e6 2.d4, d5 3.Nd2, dxe4 4.Nxe4, Bd7 5.Ngf3, Bc6 6.Bd3, Nd7 7.00, Ngf6 8.Ng3, Be7 9.b3, 00 10.Bb2, b5 11.c4, bxc4 12.bxc4, Rb8 13.Rb1, Ba8 14.Qe2, c5 15.Rfd1, cxd4 16.Nxd4, Nc5 17.Bc2, Qc7 18.Nb3, Ncd7 19.Nh5, Rfd8 20.Rd3, Nxh5 21.Qxh5, h6 22.Rg3, Nf6 23.Bxf6, Bxf6 24.Qxh6, Kf8 25.Qe3, Qxc4 26.Bd3, Qa4 27.Rh3, g6 28.Rc1, Rbc8 29.Nc5, Qd4 30.Qxd4, Bxd4 31.Nb3, Rxc1+ 32.Nxc1, Bf6 33.Nb3, Bd5 34.Be2 draw

- Abdala H. (ARG, elo 1962 ICCF) - Colombo (ITA, elo1800 ICCF), XII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2000/01, Dutch Stonewall def.

1.d4, e6 2.c4, f5 3.Nf3, Nf6 4.e3, c6 5.Be2, d5 6.00, Bd6 7.b3, Nbd7 8.Ba3, Bxa3 9.Nxa3, 00 10.Qc2, Qe7 11.Qb2, b6 12.Rac1, Bb7 13.cxd5, exd5 14.Nb1, Ne4 15.Bd3, Rae8 16.Nbd2, Qd6 17.b4, f4 18.Nxe4, dxe4 19.Bc4+, Kh8 20.Ng5, Qg6 21.h4, f3 22.g3, h6 23.Nh3, Qf5 24.Kh2, Nf6 25.Rh1, Rc8 26.Nf4, Nd5 27.Rhe1, g5 28.hxg5, hxg5 29.Nh3, g4 30.Rh1, gxh3 31.Qa3, Ra8 32.Qb3, Kg7 33.a3, Qd7 34.b5, cxb5 35.Bxb5, Qd6 36.Bc4, Nf6 37.Be6, Rh8 38.Rc2, Rae8 39.Bc4, Ng4+ 40.Kg1, Rc8 41.Rh2, Nxh2 42.Kxh2, Rh5 43.Rd2, Qc7 44.Be6, Qc1 0:1

- Colombo (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) - Kunzelmann F. (BRD, elo 2486 ICCF), Jubilaeum Tournament, 2001/02, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, e6 3.Bf4, c5 4.c3, b6 5.e3, Be7 6.Bd3, 00 7.00, Bb7 8.Nbd2, Nh5 9.Bxb8, Rxb8 10.Qc2, f5 11.Rfe1, Qc7 12. Rad1, Nf6 13.Ne5, Rfc8 14.Be2, a6 15.Bf3, d5 16.Be2, b5 17.Ndf3, Bd6 18.a4, c4 19.axb5, axb5 20.Ra1, Ne4 21.Ra7, Ra8 22.Rea1, Rxa7 23.Rxa7, Qb6 24.Ra1, b4 25.cxb4, Qxb4 26.Ra4, Qb5 27.h3, Rb8 28.Ra2, Ba6 29.Bd1, Qb7 30.Qc1, Bb5 31.b3, cxb3 32.Bxb3, Be8 33.Bd1, Qb1 34.Ra1, Qxc1 35.Rxc1, Kf8 36.g4, Rb2 37.Bc2, Ke7 38.gxf5, exf5 39.Nd3, Ra2 40.Nfe5, g5 41.Bb3, Ra5 42.Rc2, Bb5 43.f3, Ra1 44.Kg2, Ra3 45.Nc1, Nf6 46.Ra2, Nd7 47.Nxd7, Bxd7 48.Rxa3, Bxa3 49.Ne2, Be6 50.h4, h6 draw

- Colombo (ITA, elo 2133 ICCF) - Piersig K. (BRD, elo 2347 ICCF, IM), XIII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2002/03, London System

1.d4, g6 2.Nf3, Bg7 3.Bf4, Nf6 4.h3, 00 5.e3, c5 6.c3, b6 7.Nbd2, Bb7 8.Bd3, d6 9.00, Nc6 10.Re1, e5 11.Bg3, Qc7 12.Qc2, Rfe8 13.Ne4, Nxe4 14.Bxe4, Rad8 15.dxe5, Nxe5 16.Bxb7, Qxb7 17.Nxe5 draw

- Colombo (ITA, elo 2105 ASIGC) - Baviera M. (ITA, elo 2052 ASIGC), VI Italian Open Championship, 2001/03, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, e6 3.Bf4, c5 4.c3, d5 5.e3, Nc6 6.Nbd2, Bd6 7.Bg3, 00 8.Bd3, b6 9.Ne5, Bb7 10.f4, Ne7 11.Qf3, Nf5 12.Bf2, Qc7 13.00, Be7 14.Rad1, Nd6 15.Bh4, Nfe4 16.dxc5, Nxc5 17.Bxe7, Qxe7 18.Bc2, Nf5 19.Qh3, f6 20.Nd3, Ne4 21.Nxe4, dxe4 22.Nf2, Nd6 23.Bb3, f5 24.Rd4, Bc6 25.Rfd1, Nb7 26.Qg3, Nc5 27.Bc2, Rac8 28.Nh3, b5 29.Qg5, Qxg5 30.Nxg5, Bd5 31.a3, h6 32.Nh3, Nb7 33.a4, Nd6 34.axb5, Nc4 35.Ra1, Nxe3 36.Ba4, Rc5 37.Nf2, Nc4 38.Nd1, Nb6 39.Bc2, Rxb5 40.Rxa7, g5 41.fxg5, hxg5 42.b4, e5 43.Rd2, Nc4 44.Rxd5, Rxd5 45.Bb3, Kh8 46.Nb2, Nb6 47.Bxd5, Nxd5 48.b5, Nxc3 49.b6, Rb8 50.Nc4, Nd5 51.b7, Kg7 52.Nxe5, Nc7 53.Nc6, Nb5 54.Nxb8, Nxa7 55.g3, f4 56.Kf2, e3+ 57.Ke2, Kh6 58.gxf4, gxf4 59.Nd7, Nc6 60.Ne5, Nb8 61.Kf3 1:0

-Colombo (ITA, elo ICCF 2133) - Hofmann W.(GER, elo ICCF 2223), European Higher Class Correspondence Tournament, 2002/03, London System
1.d4, e6 2.Nf3, d5 3.Bf4, Nf6 4.e3, c5 5.c3, Nbd7 6.Nbd2, Be7 7.h3, 00 8.Bd3, c4 9.Bc2, Qb6 10.Qb1, a5 11.00, a4 12.a3, Ra5 13.Re1, h6 14.e4, Qb5 15.e5, Ne8 16.Nh2, Ra6 17.Ng4, Rb6 18.Ra2, f5 19.exf6, Nexf6 20.Nxh6+, gxh6 21.Bxh6, Ne8 22.Bf8, Nxf8 23.Nf3, Ng7 24.Ne5, Bd7 25.Qc1, Nf5 26.Qf4, Be8 27.Bxf5, exf5 28.Qxf5, Ne6 29.Re2, Ng7 30.Qf4, Rf6 31.Qd2, Rf5 32.f4, Qa6 33.Ra1, Rf8 34.Qe3, Bh4 35.g4, Qh6 36.Rf1, b5 37.f5, Qd6 38.Qf3, Rf6 39.Qf4, Ne6 40.Qe3 1:0

-Colombo (ITA, elo ICCF 1800) - Carlsen (BRS, elo ICCF 2179), Jubilaeum Tournament, 2001/02, London System
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.f4 Nb4 5.Nf3 NxBd3 6.cxNd3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd2 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Ne2 Rc8 13.Qa4 a6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rc2 Qb6 16.Rfc1 Bd6 17.Ba5 Qa7 18. b3 Rfe8 19.Be1 Qb8 20.Bg3 Qc7 21.b4 Qe7 22.bxc5 Bxc5 23.d4 Ba3 24.RxRc8 RxRc8 25.RxRc8 BxRc8 26.Bh4 Qb4 27.QxQb4 BxQb4 28.Ng3 Nd7 29.Nc6 Bd6 30.Nxe7+ BxNe7 31.BxBe7 Nb6 32.Kf2+ Bb7 33.Nf1 Nc4 34.Ke2 Bc6 35.Nd2 Bb5 36.Nb3 e5 37.dxe5 Nxe5+ 38.Kd2 Nc4+ 39.Kd3 Nd6+ 40.Kc3 Ne4+ 41.Kb4 Bc4 42.a3 f5 43.Na5 Bb5 44.Bc5 Kf7 45.g3 h6 46.Bd4 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.h4 Nxg3 49.hxg5 Ne4 50.Nb7 Kg6 51.Nc5 Kxg5 52.NxNe4+ dxNe4 53.a4 Bd3 54.Be5 Kg4 55.Bf4 Kf3 56.a5 Ke2 57.Kc3 Kf2 58.Kd2 Be2 59.Kc2 Kf3 60.Kc3 Bb5 61.Kd2 Bf1 62.Kc3 Ke2 63.Kc2 Bh3 64.Bh6 Bg2 65.Bf4 Kf2 66.Kd2 Bf1 67.Bg5 draw

-Colombo (ITA, elo ICCF 2147) - Krainyk (UKR, elo ICCF 2200), EM/M/233, 2003, London System

1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, e6 3.Bf4, c5 4.c3, d5 5.h3, Nc6 6.e3, Bd6 7.Bxd6, Qxd6 8.Bb5, 00 9.Nbd2, Bd7 10.Qe2, Ne7 11.Bd3, Qb6 12.Rb1, c4 13.Bc2, Qa5 14.00, Qxa2 15.e4, Bb5 16.e5, Nd7 17.Bxh7, Kxh7 18.Ng5+, Kh6 19.Ndf3, Qa6 20.Qd2, Ba4 21.Ra1, Qc6 22.Nxe6, Kh7 23.Nxf8+ draw

-Colombo (ITA, elo ICCF 2147) - Nocci (ITA, elo ICCF 2229), XX° Italian Master Championship, 2003, London System

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c5 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Rd1 Rc7 20. Rdd2 Nbd5 21. Rc2 Nf4 22. Red2 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Nd5 24. Rdd2 Rfc8 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ne1 Rd8 27. Rc2 Qd7 28. Nf3 f6 29. Qc4 Qd6 30. Qb5 b6 31. Qa4 Qd7 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Kf7 34. Kf1 g5 35. a3 h5 36. g3 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Ne1 Rh8 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Ng2 Rh1 41. Ne3 Kd7 42. Rc2 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 Kd6 44. Kf4 f5
45. Kg5 Re1 46. Kf6 Re4 47. Rc8 Kd5 48. Rd8+ Kc4 49. Rd7 Re2 50. b3+ Kxb3 51. Rxa7 b5 52. Ra6 Rxf2 53. Kxe6 f4 54. gxf4 g3 55. Ke5 g2 56. Rg6 Kxa3 57. d5 b4 58. d6 Re2+ 59. Kf5 b3 60. d7 Rd2 61. Rxg2 Rxd7 62. Ke6 Rc7 63. f5 Rc6+ 64. Ke5 Rc2 65. Rg3 Ka2 66. Rxb3, Kxb3 67.f6 draw

Besides Italian I speak English (In 1973 I got the British Diploma of British School Group and in 1991 the Certificate in Advanced English of the University of Cambridge) and a little French and German.
I have visited several countries: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lichtenstein, Netherlands, Portugal, Principate of Monaco, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Bahamas, Brasil, Mexico, United States (California, Florida), Cabo Verde, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Philippines, Thailand.

I suggest reading the following books:

-James, Jongeward - Born to win (Transactional analysis with Gestalt experiments)
-Harris - I'm OK, you're OK
-Harris, Harris - Staying OK

Miniauto Collection

I like mini auto models and own several items, mostly 1/43 rd scale cars, with particular interest in Vanwall F.1 cars. Here's the list.