Dal Verme Count Giancarlo (08.05.1908 – 13.11.1985)

Italian player and chess patron. FIDE Honorary Member (1974). Treasurer and Auditor of FIDE (1947-1966) who has participated to all FIDE congresses from 1946 till his death. President of the Italian chess federation (1958-1980),

In 1951 with the help of the French Marcel Berman, FIDE Vice President at that time, he composed the music of the FIDE Anthem which is still played today.