17 Facts About Gioachino Greco

Gioachino Greco recorded some of the earliest chess games known in their entirety.

Gioachino Greco's writing was in the form of manuscripts for his patrons, in which he outlined the rules of chess, gave playing advice, and presented instructive games.

Name "Gioachino Greco" is often assumed to be indicative of a Greek heritage.

Indeed, Calabria, the region in which Gioachino Greco was born, has a long history of Greek immigration and use of Greek as the vernacular.

One prominent writer, Willard Fiske, even suggests that Gioachino Greco was born in Morea, Greece, before moving to Calabria.

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Gioachino Greco apparently showed an early aptitude for chess, leaving home uneducated and at a young age to make a living abroad.

Gioachino Greco is said to have traveled to Paris, although this visit is conspicuously unattested by existing manuscripts.

Gioachino Greco was apparently waylaid during this journey resulting in the loss of his newfound wealth.

Gioachino Greco returned to Paris in 1624 and began rewriting his collection of manuscripts.

Gioachino Greco is said to have succumbed to disease in the West Indies soon after arriving.

Gioachino Greco was a remarkable chess player who lived during the era between Ruy Lopez de Segura and Francois-Andre Danican Philidor.

Gioachino Greco paved the way for many of the attacking legends of the Romantic era, such as Philidor, Adolf Anderssen, and Paul Morphy.

Beale's book—and others like it—helped Gioachino Greco's work reach a much larger audience than had his predecessors'.

Gioachino Greco describes the necessity of announcing check to one's opponent and the disgrace of what he calls a "blind Mate" – a checkmate given but not noticed.

Gioachino Greco's games are regarded as classics of early chess literature and are sometimes still taught to beginners.

Gioachino Greco himself presented his games as between "White" and "Black"; the modern convention is to name the participants Gioachino Greco and, for the Latin nomen nescio.

All Gioachino Greco's manuscripts had Italian text, though some were given English titles.