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    Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently il Calabrese, was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of...
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  • The Greco Defence (or McConnell Defence), named after Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2....
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  • text by Francis Beale that adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. Prior to the mid-19th century, there was not a prevailing convention...
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  • 16th century by Giulio Cesare Polerio and then the 17th century by Gioachino Greco, after whom it is sometimes named. The opening has the appearance of...
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  • up Gioachino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gioachino is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Gioachino Greco (1600–c...
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  • late 16th century by the Italian chess players Giulio Polerio and Gioachino Greco. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. By advancing...
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  • vedute painter Gerardo Greco, Italian journalist Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), Italian chess player and writer Giovanni Greco, Italian badminton player...
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  • mentioned in the Göttingen manuscript of 1490 and was later analyzed by Gioachino Greco in the 17th century. In the 18th century, it was recommended by Philipp...
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  • the word first appeared in Francis Beale's 1656 translation of a Gioachino Greco manuscript, The Royall Game of Chesse-play ("illustrated with almost...
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    in retrospect, going back to the early 17th-century Italian player Gioachino Greco (the first player where complete games survive). Richard Lambe, in...
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