Massimiliano "Massimo" Romi (né Max Romih; 22 May 1893 – 24 April 1979) was an Italian chess master.
Romih was born in Pinguente, Istria (now Buzet),[1] and as a Croatian a citizen of Austria-Hungary, but after World War I the region of Julian March became part of Italy.
Soon afterwards, in keeping with its nationalistic ideals, Fascism began to encourage Italianization of foreign or foreign-sounding names and he first became Massimiliano Romih, ultimately dropping the "h" off the end of his name after the San Remo 1930 chess tournament.
[2] He played several times in the Italian Chess Championship, and tied for 5th/6th at Viareggio 1921 (Davide Marotti won), got 2nd at Milan 1931 (behind Stefano Rosselli del Turco), 3rd at Milan 1934 (Mario Monticelli won), shared 2nd place at Florence 1935 (behind Antonio Sacconi).
After World War II, he tied for 16th place at Florence 1948, ended 9th at Venice 1951, 3rd at Trieste 1954, and 2nd at Rovigo 1956.