Eqrem Konçi
Eqrem Konçi (1937 – 1997) was an Albanian chess player, Albanian Chess Championship winner (1967), Chess Olympiad individual silver medalist (1970). Biography. In the 1960s and 1970s Eqrem Konçi was one of Albania's leading chess players. In 1965, in Tirana he won International Chess Tournament. In 1967, Eqrem Konçi won Albanian Chess Championship. Eqrem Konçi played for Albania in the Chess Olympiads: Due to the fact that Albanian policy was aimed at international isolation during Enver Hoxha's reign, the Albanian public was not informed about Konçi's success at the 1970 World Chess Olympiad. Eqrem Konçi Eqrem