Olimpiu G. Urcan

Who is Olimpiu G. Urcan?

Olimpiu G. Urcan is a Singapore-based chess historian, author and journalist. A medievalist scholar, he contributes history-related articles to world's top chess magazines and has authored several biographies of forgotten chess masters. His research is largely focused on American chess history. In particular, he focused on little-remembered chess experts with a special focus on immigrants.

A three-time winner of the Chess Journalists of America Best Historical Article - Award, Urcan runs a monthly chess history column at the ChessCafe.com website.

He often contributes smaller items of historical interest to Edward Winter's Chess Notes. He lives in Singapore as an expatriate.