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.
[Event "1st Crespi Memorial, Milan"]
[Site "Milan ITA"]
[Date "1916.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luca Morelli"]
[Black "Annibale Dolci"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 15.1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]
{Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 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. Bf4 {
Usual are either 5.cxd5 or 5.e3} (5. Bg5 {leads to an entirely different type
of game after} cxd4 6. Nxd4 {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. Nxd4 a6
8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {Milos,G (2601)-Caldeira,A (2291) Sao Paulo 2004}) 6.
Bxb8 {Obviously trading his developed B for the undeveloped N is not
especially good.} (6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {is equal. Ramirez,H-Zheng
Ruorong Heraklio 2002}) (6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 Qb6 8. e3 Qxb2 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bc4
exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb4+ {a complicated position with equal chances.
In Vitenberg,N (2203)-Sisatto,O (2276) Fagernes NOR 2019, black managed to win.
}) 6... Rxb8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 {Interesting, but 6.e3 was more solid.} Be7 9.
e3 (9. cxd5 {initiating exchanges would have kept black's advantage at a
minimum.} Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5) 9... O-O (9... dxc4 {was much
stronger.} 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Be2 Bxb4 {and black
should be able to nurse his advantage to a win.}) 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Bd7 {
[%mdl 32]} 12. Be2 {This is a tactical mistake!} (12. Rc1 dxc4 (12... Rbc8 13.
c5 a5 {with the initiative.}) 13. Bxc4 Rbc8 14. Na2 Bc6 15. O-O {seems to hold.
}) 12... dxc4 13. Qc2 (13. Bxc4 {loses a piece after} Rbc8 14. Nd2 b5) 13... b5
14. O-O Bc6 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nf5 {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.
Ng3 {It's not possible to see now, but white will regret not having eliminated
the B on e7 with 17.Nxe7} Qb7 18. f3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bd1 Bd8 {[%mdl 32]
Very nice; the B is headed for a more active diagonal.} 21. Qc3 Bb6 {Hoping
for ...f5.} 22. Kh1 f5 {The attack is building.} 23. Ra2 f4 24. exf4 Bd4 25.
Qc2 Rxf4 26. Be2 Rbf8 27. a4 Qe7 28. axb5 Qh4 {This is hardly bad, but 28...
axb5 first would have been even better.} 29. Ne4 (29. Bxc4 {allows an abrupt
finish.} Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rh4#) 29... Bxe4 30. Qxc4+ Kg7 {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 Ba8 32. b5 {and
suddenly black has to stop and deal with white's Os.} Qf6 33. Rd2 Rh4 34. h3
Bb6 {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... Rxf3 {
This is the only move.} (31... Bxf3+ 32. Rxf3 {Black loses material.}) 32. Bxf3
(32. gxh4 Rxf1#) 32... Rxf3 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rg2 (33. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Rg2 Qe4 {
wins}) 33... Qf6 (33... Rxg3 {Stockfish points out that white gets mated in 17
moves.} 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qd8+ Kf5 39.
Qc8+ Kf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. Qf8+ Kc7 43. Qf7+ Kb6 44. Qe6+ Kxb5 45.
Qd7+ Bc6 46. Qxc6+ Kxc6 47. Rc2+ Kb7 48. Rg2 Rc3 49. Rxg6 Qe4+ 50. Rg2 Rc1#)
34. Rfg1 Rf2 {It's mate in 12} (34... axb5 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qc8 Rf2 37. Qh3+
Kg7 38. Qd7+ Qf7 {and wins.}) 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qc1+ g5 37. h4 Bxg2+ {White
resigned.} (37... Bxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Rf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 40. Kh2 axb5 41. g4 gxh4
42. g5+ Kg6 43. Rg4 e4 44. Rg2 Be5+ 45. Kh3 Qf3+ 46. Kxh4 Qh5#) 0-1
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