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Research produced with AI

This dossier is based on two Italian-language AI research reports supplied to AskMonty: a general dossier and a sports report on table tennis and chess. Its organisation, editorial rewriting and English translation were produced with AI. It is an independent, unofficial publication, unaffiliated with Marco Montemagno and not endorsed by him. This edition is dated 16 September 2026.

We have combined repeated passages into thematic chapters while retaining the research’s qualifications. All sources used in these pages are declared, with links alongside the sections and in the full list below. The text is an editorial adaptation of the reviewed material. The English version follows the same evidence and limitations.

Editorial method

A source supports what it can establish

For company dates and transactions we prioritise registers and contemporary documents; for books, publisher catalogues and documented events; for sport, specific federation records when available. Interviews illuminate the journey but remain testimony for memories, motives and self-assessments.

An official website is a primary source for what its author states, not an independent audit of the figures. A funding release documents an announcement and its terms; a commercial aggregator mediates filed data. A promotional profile does not certify academic appointments or awards. Section labels help identify these distinctions.

Sources for this section

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What has been checked again

For this edition we reopened, among other sources, the Blogosfere release, the main Companies House records, Montemagno’s and Crazy Fury’s official pages, the petition article and bibliographic references. This recovered readable links in place of internal citation codes in the export. For sport, checks covered FITeT’s tribute to Luccio, Pieve Emanuele’s club history recovered in the search index, the 2026 Chess.com interview and the PogChampsIT 2 programme. This does not amount to repeating all of the original research.

Some original references led only to homepages; others could not be recovered. Relevant cases are flagged: the 1993 FITeT entry, reconciliation of financial figures, individual impersonation incidents, the Cattolica appointment and the complete history of corporate transactions. We do not use a homepage as proof of a detail absent from it.

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Limits and open questions

Questions that remain open

We do not present as established the exact day of birth, exact career-high federation table tennis ranking, personal exit proceeds, private wealth, paying customers inferred from registrations, the financial results of every project or an absolute absence of legal proceedings. Documents answer specific questions; they should not be stretched beyond their contents.

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DOCUMENTS, NOT CITATION CODES

All dossier sources

The notes explain what each source supports and any access or verification limitations. Original source titles are retained.

Official / first-party sourceFITeT · È scomparso Ugo Luccio (20/10/2020)
Alberto Pelizzola’s testimony about individually coaching Montemagno; text checked again. It does not certify rankings or titles.
www.fitet.org
Press / interviewCorriere della Sera · L’ex campione di tennistavolo che spopola sul web (09/05/2022)
Interview with Stefano Lorenzetto cited by the research: starting and finishing ages and self-reported national standing. Access may be restricted.
www.corriere.it
Press / interviewLa Gazzetta dello Sport · Quando Marco Montemagno giocava a ping pong (29/04/2021)
Archive footage cited in the research. The date is its publication date; match, opponent and score are not identified here.
video.gazzetta.it
Official / first-party sourceNew TT Pieve Emanuele · Storia del tennis tavolo a Pieve Emanuele
Promotion concerns the team. Text recovered in the search index; year and individual match remain unverified.
newttpieve.it
Archive / databaseFITeT · Portale risultati
Federation portal cited by the research. No complete record of Montemagno’s historical career was recovered; coverage is not established as exhaustive.
portale.fitet.org
Official / first-party sourceITTF · International Table Tennis Federation
Reference site and database for the original research. An unsuccessful name search does not prove the absence of all international matches.
www.ittf.com
Official / first-party sourceChess.com Italia · Montemagno raggiunge i 2000 (11/02/2026)
Article by Miyuki97 and interview by Romualdo Vitale, checked again: the final, progress and historical game count. Recollections and table tennis ranking remain personal statements.
www.chess.com
Archive / databaseChess.com · PogChampsIT 2, event archive
Dynamic archive cited by the research. For dates we use the official Italian programme recovered during editorial checking.
www.chess.com
Archive / databaseChess.com · PogChampsIT 2, Results & Standings
The research reported usernames and a 2–0 with an uncertain round association. The bracket was not recovered during editorial extraction; details remain qualified.
www.chess.com
Official / first-party sourceChess.com Italia · PogChampsIT 2: tutte le informazioni (27/03/2023)
Additional check: 20–26 March dates, format and provisional schedule; not a complete match report.
www.chess.com
Archive / databaseChess.com · SuperMontyMonty, profile
Public profile: joined 3 January 2023. Dynamic data limited to this account.
www.chess.com
Archive / databaseChess.com · SuperMontyMonty, games
Game archive linked to the profile. Availability depends on platform access; it does not include every private game or other service.
www.chess.com
Author’s channelMarco Montemagno · Scacchi: 7 giorni, 3 Campioni, 10 Sfide (20/01/2023)
Video project cited in the research. A complete ten-game record has not been reconstructed here.
www.youtube.com
Author’s channelMarco Montemagno · Scacchi, progetto delle dieci sfide (Facebook)
Republication of the project cited by the research; not independent confirmation. Social access may vary.
www.facebook.com
Author’s channelMarco Montemagno · Sfida alla tre volte campionessa italiana (Facebook post)
Title cited in the research. On its own it neither uniquely identifies the opponent nor certifies the result.
www.facebook.com
Author’s channelMarco Montemagno · Sfida alla tre volte campionessa italiana (Facebook video)
Video version identified by the research; full content and individual games were not checked again for this edition.
www.facebook.com
Author’s channelMarco Montemagno — Il Podcast · Feed RSS
Primary feed cited by the research for the January 2023 episodes; episodes are not federation match reports.
anchor.fm
Index / aggregatorPodcast Republic · Marco Montemagno — Il Podcast
Used by the research for episode dates and titles, not as independent evidence of results.
www.podcastrepublic.net
Social / attribution in the researchChess.com Italia · Maria De Rosa (riferimento social della ricerca)
Post attributed by the research to Chess.com Italia. Not fully rechecked and insufficient on its own to identify Montemagno’s opponent.
www.instagram.com
Archive / databaseFIDE · Ratings Database
Reference for the original name search. No profile was securely identified in that research; we do not claim an exhaustive or real-time check.
ratings.fide.com
Official / first-party sourceFederazione Scacchistica Italiana · Sito istituzionale
Federation reference for the original research; no web-index result does not certify an absence of competitive activity.
www.federscacchi.it
Public registerCompanies House · Marco Montemagno, appointments
Month and year of birth, appointments and appointment dates.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Press / interviewCorriere della Sera / Sette · Colleziono flop. Fallire è normale (14/02/2020)
Biographical interview cited in the original research; personal recollections remain self-reported. Full-text access may be restricted.
www.corriere.it
Press / interviewLinkiesta · Intervista su Lavorability (29/01/2020)
Sport, seven years at Sky, pre-orders, touring and interview style.
www.linkiesta.it
Publisher / institutionFITeT · Federazione Italiana Tennistavolo
The supplied research attributes the 1993 result to the federation’s honours list. The export does not retain the specific entry URL; this general link does not verify it.
www.fitet.org
Publisher / institutionFITeT · Rassegna stampa del 9 maggio 2022
Press review including a Corriere interview about the former player. Hosting an article does not certify a ranking.
www.fitet.org
Official / first-party sourceGruppo Il Sole 24 ORE · Ingresso al 30% in Blogosfere (25/06/2007)
Contemporary release: capital increase, stake, founding date and network size.
www.gruppoilsole24ore.ilsole24ore.com
Official / first-party sourceGruppo 24 ORE · Resoconto al 30 settembre 2010, pp. 22 e 31 (PDF)
Document added during editorial checking: sale of the 80% Blogosfere stake in January 2010 for €1.6 million. The proceeds belong to the group, not Montemagno.
www.gruppo24ore.ilsole24ore.com
Official / first-party sourceMarco Montemagno · Sito e biografia ufficiali
Projects, media, books and self-reported metrics as of 16 September 2026; not an independent audit.
marcomontemagno.com
Press / interviewEconomyUp · Il trasferimento e SuperSummit (2013)
Account of the move to the UK and the platform’s business model.
www.economyup.it
Press / interviewIl Fatto Quotidiano · PDL, web e Reboot Italy (10/05/2012)
Contemporary critical reporting; neither a court document nor a consultancy contract.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
Public registerCompanies House · The Tech Alchemist Limited · 08292693
Status, incorporation, registered activity and latest filed accounting period.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Public registerCompanies House · The Tech Alchemist, filing history
Includes accounts to 31 March 2025 and company changes; consult the filing for detailed figures.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Public registerCompanies House · The Tech Alchemist, significant control
Direct significant control and control through Rize Corp.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Public registerCompanies House · Skill Summit Ltd · 08372090
Company dissolved on 9 September 2014.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Public registerCompanies House · Skill Summit, filing history
Incorporation and strike-off filings referenced in the research.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Public registerCompanies House · Rize Corp Ltd · 13263929
Identity of the controlling company; no inference about family relationships.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Commercial aggregatorFormationData · The Tech Alchemist
Source for financial figures in the supplied research. Page not retrieved during editorial checking; figures have not been reconciled here with the original accounts.
www.formationdata.co.uk
Official / first-party source4books · Azienda e servizio
Description of the product and company.
4books.com
Official / first-party source4books / P101 · Comunicato sul round del 10 giugno 2021 (PDF)
Release hosted by BeBeez: founding in 2017 and €2.4 million funding round.
bebeez.it
Press / interviewADC Group · Filippo Satolli CEO di 4books (27/06/2022)
Appointment and one million registrations reported in 2022; registrations do not mean paying subscribers.
www.adcgroup.it
Publisher / institutionMondadori Electa · Codice Montemagno
Publisher catalogue, 2017 edition, ISBN 9788891809636.
www.mondadorielecta.it
Publisher / institutionUniversità Milano-Bicocca · Lavorability (23/01/2020)
The launch event documents the book’s existence by January 2020.
www.unimib.it
Publisher / institutionMondadori Electa · Tutto Montemagno
2021 edition, ISBN 9788891832719; author profile and Competenze.
www.mondadorielecta.it
Bookseller catalogueMursia / Libreria Universitaria · Alla conquista del Web
Listing of the 2012 edition, already included in the AskMonty archive.
www.libreriauniversitaria.it
Official / first-party sourceApple Podcasts · Marco Montemagno – Il Podcast
Attribution and public podcast archive.
podcasts.apple.com
Publisher / institutionH-FARM College · Inspirational Talk (24/10/2024)
Event documented by its organiser.
college.h-farm.com
Official / first-party sourceMarco Montemagno · 225.000 iscritti in sei mesi
Personal account of AI First, cited in the 2026 research.
marcomontemagno.com
Official / first-party sourceMarco Montemagno · Ho lanciato una startup gestita da agenti AI
SpiegameloFacile case study told by its founder. Timing and process are self-reported.
marcomontemagno.com
Press / interviewL’Espresso · Archivio autore Marco Montemagno
Bylined contributions to the magazine.
lespresso.it
Official / first-party sourceMontyLab / Crazy Fury · Pagina ufficiale
Initial plan, stated collection of 3,558 and advertised benefits; not proof of their delivery.
marcomontemagno.com
Official / first-party sourceMarco Montemagno · NFT Crazy Fury, a crazy update
Original project communication and announced experiences.
medium.com
Press / interviewBorsa&Finanza · La petizione sugli NFT (2022)
Reports both the complaints and the warning against purely speculative purchases.
borsaefinanza.it
Official / first-party sourceMarco Montemagno · Avviso su un falso profilo Facebook
Personal warning cited in the dossier; Facebook may require sign-in.
www.facebook.com
Promotional profileCSA Speakers · Profilo Marco Montemagno
A speaker bureau’s credentials and superlatives are not university certifications or awards.
www.csaspeakers.com
Publisher / institutionUniversità di Padova · Tesi di Tommaso Gallan (2022, PDF)
Example of university literature cited in the research, not a peer-reviewed study devoted to Montemagno.
thesis.unipd.it

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