What is known is that between 1901 and 1904 and again between 1908 and 1913 he was staying in England before moving back to Genoa.
In 1916 he participated in the 1st Crespi Tournament in Milan.
The Crespi is named after Edoardo Crespi (1849-1910), an Italian player and patron of the arts. He bequeathed a substantial sum to the Braidense library to create a small chess section, funds to organize a club tournament annually as well as a national tournament every four years.
The club tournament was held in 1914 when the funds were finally released, whereas the national tournament was postponed because of World War I; it finally took place in 1916 and was won by Arturo Reggio.
Today the Crespi tournament, besides being one of the most important Italian events, has also became a major event on the international calendar thanks to the participation of many strong players from all over the world.
Dolci finished 3rd in that first Crespi tournament and as a result he was officially recognized as a Master. He then took part in the tournaments in Milan in 1919 and Genoa in 1920 and the last he was heard of he was in Genoa in May of 1924. After that he disappeared and nobody knows where he went or what happened to him.
It was not unusual for Dolci to be absent for long periods to go abroad, but he always returned to Italy. During his stays in England he had always sent news of himself to friends at his club and to the magazine L'Italia Scacchistica.
However, at the age of 51 in 1924, he disappeared without a trace and was never heard from again.
Some have hypothesized that he left on a trip either for the summer holidays, or to return to England, or to go to Peru and during the trip he died; or that he died not long after his arrival. But, that is only a hypotheses.
Apparently he had no relatives in Italy; no mention was ever made of a wife or children. And, there is no record of him having ever owned any property. Besides that, after his return to Genoa there is little chess activity recorded for the city.
Luca Morelli–Annibale Dolci0–1D401st Crespi Memorial, MilanMilan ITA11.1916Stockfish 15.1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f6 3.c3 d5 4.f3 c5 Unlike the regular Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5) black does not accept
an isolated P. This is because he intends to recapture on d5 with the N after
cxd5. In the Semi-Tarrasch black cedes a spatial advantage to white. 5.f4
Usual are either 5.cxd5 or 5.e3 5.g5 leads to an entirely different type
of game after cxd4 6.xd4 Also playable is 6.Qxd4 e5 and white can play
either 7.Nf3 or 7.Nbd5 5...a6 5...dxc4 is better. 6.e4 cxd4 7.xd4 a6 8.xc4 b5 9.e2 b7 Milos,G (2601)-Caldeira,A (2291) Sao Paulo 2004 6.xb8 Obviously trading his developed B for the undeveloped N is not
especially good. 6.e3 c6 7.e2 e7 8.0-0 0-0 is equal. Ramirez,H-Zheng
Ruorong Heraklio 2002 6.dxc5 xc5 7.cxd5 b6 8.e3 xb2 9.c1 0-0 10.c4 exd5 11.xd5 xd5 12.xd5 b4+ a complicated position with equal chances.
In Vitenberg,N (2203)-Sisatto,O (2276) Fagernes NOR 2019, black managed to win.
6...xb8 7.dxc5 xc5 8.b4 Interesting, but 6.e3 was more solid. e7 9.e3 9.cxd5 initiating exchanges would have kept black's advantage at a
minimum. xd5 10.xd5 xd5 11.xd5 exd5 9...0-0 9...dxc4 was much
stronger. 10.xc4 b5 11.xd8+ xd8 12.0-0-0+ e8 13.e2 xb4 and black
should be able to nurse his advantage to a win. 10.a3 c7 11.b3 d7
12.e2 This is a tactical mistake! 12.c1 dxc4 12...bc8 13.c5 a5 with the initiative. 13.xc4 bc8 14.a2 c6 15.0-0 seems to hold.
12...dxc4 13.c2 13.xc4 loses a piece after bc8 14.d2 b5 13...b5 14.0-0 c6 15.d4 e5 16.f5 It's not possible to see now, but white will
regret not having eliminated the B on the a8-h1 diagonal with 16.Ncc6 g6 17.g3 It's not possible to see now, but white will regret not having eliminated
the B on e7 with 17.Nxe7 b7 18.f3 d5 19.xd5 xd5 20.d1 d8
Very nice; the B is headed for a more active diagonal. 21.c3 b6 Hoping
for ...f5. 22.h1 f5 The attack is building. 23.a2 f4 24.exf4 d4 25.c2 xf4 26.e2 bf8 27.a4 e7 28.axb5 h4 This is hardly bad, but 28...
axb5 first would have been even better. 29.e4 29.xc4 allows an abrupt
finish. xh2+ 30.xh2 h4# 29...xe4 30.xc4+ g7 White is lost, but his
next move only hastens the end. 31.g3 After this black must find the only
move that keeps the advantage...which he does. 31.bxa6 a8 32.b5 and
suddenly black has to stop and deal with white's Os. f6 33.d2 h4 34.h3 b6 Technically black has a won game, but there is no forced winning line and
white's Ps have the potential to become dangerous should black get careless.
This is why black should have taken the time to play ...axb5 31...xf3
This is the only move. 31...xf3+ 32.xf3 Black loses material. 32.xf3 32.gxh4 xf1# 32...xf3 33.g2 33.xf3 xf3+ 34.g2 e4
wins 33...f6 33...xg3 Stockfish points out that white gets mated in 17
moves. 34.f7+ h6 35.xh7+ xh7 36.f7+ h6 37.f8+ g5 38.d8+ f5 39.c8+ f6 40.f8+ e6 41.e8+ d6 42.f8+ c7 43.f7+ b6 44.e6+ xb5 45.d7+ c6 46.xc6+ xc6 47.c2+ b7 48.g2 c3 49.xg6 e4+ 50.g2 c1# 34.fg1 f2 It's mate in 12 34...axb5 35.c7+ h6 36.c8 f2 37.h3+ g7 38.d7+ f7 and wins. 35.c7+ h6 36.c1+ g5 37.h4 xg2+ White
resigned. 37...xg2+ 38.xg2 f1+ 39.xf1 xf1+ 40.h2 axb5 41.g4 gxh4 42.g5+ g6 43.g4 e4 44.g2 e5+ 45.h3 f3+ 46.xh4 h5# 0–1
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