Il mio successo scacchistico più importante è stato il conseguimento del terzo posto nel 1° campionato italiano nazionale (2001-2003) per corrispondenza. Ho al mio attivo lo “scalpo” di un SIM (il sudafricano Everdinand Knol) e di un IM (l’inglese John Wharam) e sono fiero di una patta con due GM (il tedesco Fred Kunzelmann ed il ceco Kamil Stalmach) e di aver giocato un incontro con il n.1 della lista mondiale ICCF (l’ucraino Nikolai Papenin).
Sono candidato maestro ed ho raggiunto i 2147 punti ELO nel 2003.
Ecco le mie partite più significative:
Miles A. (GB, elo 2630 FIDE, nr.30 della classifica mondiale ) – Colombo F. (ITA, elo 1400 FSI), simultanea, 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 patta
Pietrocola R. (ITA, elo 2000 FSI) – Colombo F. (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 e dopo una lunga lotta il nero prevalse 0:1
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 1800 ICCF) – Kunzelmann F. (BRD, elo 2486 ICCF, GM), Jubilaeum Tournament, 2001/02, London System1.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 patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo ICCF 1800) – Carlsen T.E. (BRS, elo ICCF 2424, IM), Jubilaeum Tournament, 2001/02, Stonewall Attack 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 patta
Stalmach K. (CZE, elo ICCF 2317, GM) – Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2133 ICCF), EU/EM/H/005, 2002, Franco – Sicilian def. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qe2+ Be6 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. c3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Qh5 h6 17. h3 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxa2 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Qc6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6+ patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo ICCF 2120) – Leone F. (ITA, elo ICCF 2360), semif. 10° Campionato Italiano email, 2004, London System 1.d4, Nf6 2.Nf3, g6 3.Bf4, Bg7 4.h3, 0-0 5.e3, d6 6.Be2, Nbd7 7.0-0, b6 8.Nbd2, Bb7 9.c3, c5 10.a4, a6 11.Bh2, Qc7 12.Bd3, e5 13.dxe5, dxe5 14.Qe2, h6 15.Rfd1, Rfd8 16.Bc2, Bc6 17.Nc4, Ne4 18.Nfd2, Nxd2 19.Rxb2, b5 20.Nd6, Nb6 21.axb5, axb5 22.Rxa8, Bxa8 23.Qd1, Na4 24.Bxa4, Qc6 25.f3, bxa4 26.e4, f6 27.Nc4, Rxd2 28.Qxd2, Qc7 29.Bg3, Bc6 30.Ne3, Qd7 31.Qxd7, Bxd7 patta
Luzuriaga N.H. (ARG, elo ICCF 2365, IM) – Colombo F. (ITA, elo ICCF 2120), XIV Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2004, Dutch Defence1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4 Bb7
12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Rc2 Rfc8 14. Rxc8+ Bxc8 15. Qc6 Rb8 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Bb7 18. Qa4 a5 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc6 Kf7 25. Bf1 Ne8 26. Nf3 h6 27. Be2 Nd6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Nfe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Ke7 31. h4 Bd7 32. f3 Bb5 33. b3 Bxe2+ 34. Kxe2 b5 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Nc8 37. Nc6+ Kd7 38. Nxa5 Nb6 39. Kd2 h5 40. Kc2 Nxa4 41. Nb3 Nb6 42. Nc5+ Kd6 43. Nd3 Ke7 44. Ne5 Nd7 45. Nc6+ Ke8 46. Kd3 Kf7 47. Kc3 Nb6 48. Kb4 Ke8 49. Kc5 Nc4 50. Ne5 Ke7 51. Nxc4 dxc4 52. Kxc4 Kd6 53. Kc3 Kc7 54. Kd3 Kd7 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Ke2 Ke8 57. Kd3 Kd7 patta.
Raessler A. (GER, elo ICCF 2315) – Colombo F. (ITA, elo ICCF 2120), XIV Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2004, Franco-Sicilian def. 1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Bc1-f4 d5 8.Qd1-f3 Nbc6 9.e4xd5 exd5 10.0-0-0 d4 11.Nc3-b5 0-0 12.Bf1-d3 Be6 13.Rh-e1 Qd7 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 Nf5 17.Qh3 g6 18.Nb5-c7 Bxb3 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Qxb3 Kh8 21.Nc7-e6 Rc8 22.Kb1 Rfe8 23.Bh6 Re7 24.Nf4 Ne5 25.Nd5 Rd7 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.f2-f3 Rdc7 28.Rxd4 g5 29.Rd-e4 Rxc2 patta
Kortschnoj V. (SWI – elo FIDE 2619) – Colombo F. (ITA – elo ICCF 2100), simultanea, Lugano, 2005 Franco – Sicilian def. 1.e4, e6 2.d4, c5 3.Nf3, cxd4 4.Nxd4, Bc5 5.Nb3, Bb6 6.Nc3, Ne7 7.Qf3, Ng6 8.Be3, Bxe3 9.Qxe3, 0-0 10.h4, d6 11.h5, Ne7 12.0-0-0, a6 13.Qg3, d5 14.h6, g6 15.exd5, Nf6 16.Qf4, Nd7 17.dxe6, fxe6 18.Bc4, Qf6 19.Rxd7, Bxd7 20.Ne4, Qe7 21.Qe5, Rac8 22.Nbc5, Rc6 23.Nxd7, Qxd7 24.Bxe6 e, nonostante la partita fosse vinta…abbandonai??!!
Tanis K.(NED, elo ICCF 2307) – Colombo F. (ITA, elo ICCF 2107), WS/M/037, 2006, Franco-Sicilian def. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qh5 h6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Re6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Re7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qh7 Re6 22. Re4 Rb8 23. Rf4 Qc7 24. Rf5 Nd4 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Ke8 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Re1 Qb6 30. Rd5 Qb4 31. Qe4 Bc5 32. Qe5 Rc8 33. a3 Qb6 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Qg5+ Ke8 38. Qg3 Bd4 39. b4 Qc6 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qg5+ Bf6 42. Qf4 Bg7 43. h4 Qc2 44. Rc1 Qb2 45. h5 Be5 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Rf1 Bf6 48. Qe3 Bd4 49. Qf4 Be5 50. Qe4 Kg7 51. Re1 Bc3 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Qh4+ Kg7 54. Qg3+ Kf6 55. Qf4+ Kg7 patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2080 ICCF) – Onoprichuk V. (UKR, elo 2379 ICCF), XVIII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2011, London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Qb68.Qb3 c4 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.a4 Bf5 12.b3 cxb3 13.Nxb3 Rfc814.Rfc1 Nh5 15.Be5 f6 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Bh6 18.Bb5 Kf819.Kf1 Rc7 20.Ke2 Rac8 21.c4 Nb4 22.cxd5 Bc2 23.Nbd2 Nxd524.Ke1 e6 25.Nb1 Kg8 26.Na3 Nb4 27.Kd2 Bf8 28.Ne1 Bb329.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Rb1 Bd5 31.Be2 e5 32.Nb5 Rd7 33.Kc3 exd4+34.Nxd4 Na2+ 35.Kb2 Bb4 36.Nb5 Bf7 37.Nf3 Be7 38.Nfd4 Nb439.Bf3 f5 40.Kc3 Na2+ 41.Kd2 Bb4+ 42.Kc2 Ba5 43.Be2 Nb4+44.Kb2 Na6 45.g4 fxg4 46.Bxg4 Rd8 47.Be2 Nc5 48.Ka3 Kg749.Rd1 Kf6 50.g4 h6 51.Rh1 Kg7 52.Rf1 Bg8 53.Rd1 Rd7 54.Rh1 Ne455.Rf1 Nc5 56.Rh1 Rf7 57.Rf1 Rd7 patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2068 ICCF) – Knol E. (RSA, elo 2257 ICCF, SM), DE 5th Webserver Anniversary prel., 2011, London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.h3 c5 7.c3 O-O8.O-O d6 9.Qe2 d5 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Ne5 c4 12.Bc2 a5 13.Nxd7 Qxd714.a4 Rfc8 15.Nf3 Qe8 16.Ne5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nxc4 Ba6 19.b3 b520.Nb6 bxa4 21.c4 axb3 22.Rxa5 Qc6 23.Rxa6 Rxa6 24.Nxc8 Qxc825.c5 Qb7 26.Rb1 Ra4 27.Qb2 Rb4 28.Rc1 g5 29.c6 Qc8 30.Bg3 f531.Be5 Rb6 32.c7 Kf7 33.f3 exf3 34.gxf3 Rb5 35.e4 f4 36.d5 exd537.exd5 Rb6 38.Bh8 1:0
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2080 ICCF) – Borwell A.P. (SCO, elo 2208 ICCF, IM), XVIII Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2011, London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 b6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.h3 O-O8.O-O Nc6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Qe2 Re8 11.a3 h6 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Bh2 Bf814.dxc5 bxc5 15.e4 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.b4 Qc7 18.b5 c4 19.Bc2 Ne720.Nd4 Qa5 21.Qe3 Ng6 22.a4 Nc5 23.Rdc1 Be7 24.f4 Rc7 25.Kh1 Nh426.Bg1 Kh8 27.Bf2 Rcc8 28.N2f3 Nxf3 29.Qxf3 g6 30.h4 Ne4 31.Bxe4 patta
Barreras Garcia R.A. (VEN – elo ICCF 2449, IM) – Colombo F. (ITA -elo ICCF 2073), Ladac III Copa Argentina, 2012, Dutch Defence 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 d5 6.Nh3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nd2 Na6 10.a3 h6 11.b4 g5 12.Be5 Ng4 13.Nf3 Nb8 14.Bxb8 Rxb8 15.e3 Bd6 16.Rfe1 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.f3 Qg7 19.Nf2 g4 20.Nd3 h5 21.Ne5 Qh7 22.f4 h4 23.c5 Be7 24.a4 Kg7 25.b5 Rh8 26.Kf2 Bd7 27.Reb1 Qg8 28.bxc6 Bxc6 29.a5 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.a6 Qc8 32.Qa2 hxg3+ 33.hxg3 bxa6 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Qxa6 Qb4 36.Ra2 Ra8 37.Bf1 Kf6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Qb5 Qxb5 patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2091 ICCF) – Amico R. (ITA, elo 2375 ICCF, IM), 30° Camp.Ital. Magistrale, 2013, London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.h3 b68.a4 a5 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.c3 e6 11.Bh2 Qe7 12.Qc2 e5 13.e4 Nh514.Rfe1 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Rad1 Rae8 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bb5 Rc819.Nd4 Rfd8 20.N2f3 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 c6 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rxc624.Rd5 Be5 25.Red1 Rb8 26.Qb3 Rb7 27.Rb5 Qc7 28.Rd2 Kg729.Rdd5 Bf6 30.Qd1 Qe7 31.Qd3 Kg8 32.Nd4 Rc8 33.Qf3 Be534.Qd1 Bg7 35.Nb3 Qxe4 36.Nxa5 Re7 37.Rxb6 Bf6 38.Nc6 Re639.Kh2 Qe2 40.Qxe2 Rxe2 41.Nd4 Rxf2 42.Nf3 Re8 43.Rbxd6 Kg744.Rd2 Rxd2 45.Nxd2 Re1 46.Rd3 Rd1 47.a5 Bh4 48.g3 Bxg3+49.Kg2 Be1 50.a6 Bxd2 51.b4 Ra1 52.Rxd2 Rxa6 53.b5 Ra354.Rb2 Rxc3 55.b6 Rc8 56.b7 Rb8 57.Kf3 g5 58.h4 f6 59.Kg4 Kg660.Rb6 h6 61.hxg5 hxg5 62.Rb5 Kf7 63.Rb6 Kg7 64.Rb3 Kf765.Rb6 Kg6 66.Rb5 f3 67.Kxf3 f5 68.Rb6+ Kh5 69.Kg3 g4 patta
Colombo F. (ITA, elo 2082 ICCF) – Pichushkin V.A. (RUS, elo 2317 ICCF), XX Correspondence Chess World Cup, 2013, London System 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.h3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O8.O-O b6 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nf3 a514.Ne5 Nd7 15.f4 Rd8 16.a4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Rf2 Ra7 19.g4 Rb720.Rg2 Rf8 21.g5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Qc6 23.g6 h6 24.Qe2 c4 25.Qd1 Qc526.Qd4 Qe7 27.Kh2 Rfb8 28.Qd1 b5 29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Ra2 Qc531.Qd4 Qe7 32.Qd1 Qa7 patta