Alessandro Salvio

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Alessandro Salvio
Full name	Alessandro Salvio
Country	Italy
Born	c. 1570
Died	c. 1640 (aged c. 70)

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

• Hooper, David & Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 352, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 
• sbchess