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Alessandro Salvio (c. 1570 - c. 1640) was an Italian chess player who is considered to be the unofficial world champion around the year 1600. He started an Italian chess academy in Naples, Italy, and wrote a book called Trattato dell'Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco Degli Scacchi, which was published in Naples in 1604. He also wrote Il Puttino published in 1634.
[edit] References
- David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (Oxford University Press, 1996)
- sbchess
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