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Paolo Boi

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Italian chess player

Lived 1528 to 1598 · aged 70
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Paolo Boi (1528-1598) was an Italian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest chess players of the 16th century. In 1549, he beat Pope Paul III in a chess match.

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Chess tournament at the court of the king of SpainChess tournament at the court of the king of SpainBasilica of Saint Francesco di Paola, where the chess player is buriedBasilica of Saint Francesco di Paola, where the chess player is buried

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Lived 1528 to 1598 · aged 70
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