His heyday came in the years 1950 to about 1966, and in his time he was well known and highly respected wherever chess was played in Italy.
His pleasant manners, polite elegance, respect for others, reserve, absence of ambition and the lack of a sense of superiority spilled over into his chess and harmed his competitive spirit and bordered on what almost appeared to be an insecurity. In spite of that, he was a good strategist as well as an elegant tactician and a formidable opponent to all but the elite.
Born in Rome, he passed away in a nursing home where he had been hospitalized for some time supposedly for a serious form of nervous breakdown.
He was Italian champion in 1952, 1961, 1964 and 1966. He was awarded the IM title in 1962 after winning the New Year's Tournament in Reggio Emilia.
His opponent in this game was the Swiss player Otto Marthaler who won the Reggio Emilia 1958/59 event.
Giustolisi emerges from the ipening with an advantage and then follows up with nearly flawless play to score the point. The most interesting thing about the game is the role played by white’s Knight on g1.
Alberto Giustolisi–Otto Marthaler1–0E94Reggio Emilia, 1961/62Stockfish 17
E94: King's Indian: Classical 1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.e2 0-0 6.f3 A piece with a remarkable future! e5 7.0-0 bd7 8.e3 e8 9.d5 c5 10.d2 This N will not move again until move 26 and then makes the final
move of the game. ts purpose here is to defend the e-Pawn and allow white to
play f3. a5 11.a3 In view of what happens next this position can
be considered critical and black must choose his next move wisely. h8
Black has a wide choice here...the opening book I ise shows 8 different moves,
all reasonable, but the best is probably 11...a4. The text looks rather
pointless. 12.b4 Immediately seizing the initiative. axb4 13.axb4 xa1 14.xa1 a6 15.b1 White already has a significant advantage thanks to black's
passive 11th move. d7 16.a3 f5 17.f3 f4 18.f2 g8 So! The point of his
11th move is revealed, but an attack on the g-file is going to prove impotent. 19.c5 dxc5 20.bxc5 Black is positionally quite lost. f8 21.xa6 bxa6 22.a5 g5 Black gets a K-side attack going, but it is nothing nure than a
gesture given Giustolisi's precise defense. 23.d6 A powerful
blow! g4 24.fxg4 g5 With heavy pieces doubled on the g-file and the threat
of ...f3 it looks like black has something going, but Giusto;isi has
everything under control. 25.h3 cxd6 26.f3 The versatile N return to
where it was a long time ago in order to block the further advance of
black’s f-Pawn. g7 27.c7 e7 28.cxd6 h5 He could have saved the B with
28...Bf6, but pressing on with his attack is his best practical chance. 29.dxe7 hxg4 30.hxg4 xg4 31.h4 This time the N defends the g-Pawn and
realizing there is no attack, Marthaler resigned, It;s interesting to observe
the future this N could have had. 31.h4 f3 32.d6 h7 32...fxg2 33.h6# 33.d1 f6 33...fxg2 34.xg4 xg4 35.e8 34.xf3 xf3 35.xf3 h3 36.e1 Again the N shows its versatility by defending g2! d7 37.b7 e8 38.f3 Back again this time headed for more verdant pastures. g4 39.d5 g7 40.g3 f7 41.xe5 c6 42.c7 a4 43.d4 b8 44.b6 b3 45.g5+
Its defensive days are over and the N become an attacker. g6 45...e8 46.e6 xd5 47.g7+ f7 48.e8+ f6 49.h5 e6 50.d4+ e5 51.xe5# 46.c6+ xg5 The N has sacrificed itself for a mate in 11. 47.d8 xd5 48.e8+ f4 49.f8+ xe4 50.f3+ e5 51.c7+ d4 52.xg4+ e4 53.xb8 e3 54.a7+ d2 55.xe4 a5 56.d4+ e2 57.e6# 1–0
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