The Italian Chess Federation (Italian: Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI)), was established in 1920. The first Italian Chess Championship took place at Viareggio 1921.
The 1998 Championship was held 21–29 November in Saint-Vincent. The ten-player field had an average Elo rating of 2390. GM Igor Efimov won the round-robin tournament with 6.5/9, a half point ahead of GM Michele Godena and IM Bruno Belotti.
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