Olimpiu G. Urcan (born 1977, Romania) is a Singapore-based chess historian, author and journalist. A medievalist scholar, he contributes history-related articles to world's top chess magazines (New In Chess, CHESS, and Chess Life) and has authored several biographies of forgotten chess masters. His research is largely focused on American chess history. In particular, he focused on little-remembered chess experts with a special focus on immigrants. He often contributes smaller items of historical interest to Edward Winter's Chess Notes. He lives in Singapore as an expatriate.