Gioachino Greco, surnamed Cusentino and more frequently il Calabrese, was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of the earliest chess games known in their entirety. His games, which never indicated players, were quite possibly constructs, but served as examples of brilliant combinations.
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![The frontispiece and title page of a 1656 printing of Greco's work. Depicted is Charles I of England.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Greco_book.jpg)
The frontispiece and title page of a 1656 printing of Greco's work. Depicted is Charles I of England.[1]![An example page from one of Greco's manuscripts, Trattato del Nobilissimo et Militare Essercitio de Scacchi nel Quale si Contengono Molti Bellissimi Tratti et la Vera Scienza di Esso Gioco. Sompoosto da Gioachino Greco Calabrese[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Greco_Manuscript_Example.png/1280px-Greco_Manuscript_Example.png)
An example page from one of Greco's manuscripts, Trattato del Nobilissimo et Militare Essercitio de Scacchi nel Quale si Contengono Molti Bellissimi Tratti et la Vera Scienza di Esso Gioco. Sompoosto da Gioachino Greco Calabrese[9]Writers born in the 1600s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1600 to 1634 · aged 34
Written about in
25 languages
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