Alessandro Salvio

Alessandro Salvio (c. 1575 – c. 1640)^[1] was a leading Italian chess player in the early 17th century. He started a chess academy in Naples, 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. According to JH Saratt's translation, Il Puttino was first published in 1604, and republished in 1634.

Alessandro Salvio
Full name	Alessandro Salvio
Country	Italy
Born	c. 1575 Naples
Died	c. 1640 (aged c. 70)

Salvio Gambit

The Salvio Gambit is a gambit in the King's Gambit Accepted. It is as follows; 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1.^[2]

See also

• Lucena position

References

1. Hooper & Whyld 1992, p. 292.
2. "Salvio Gambit". 365chess.com.

Bibliography

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

Further reading

• The works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio on the game of chessVon J. H. Sarratt, Damiano, Ruy López de Sigura, Alessandro Salvio, Printed for T. Boosey, 1813 Original von Oxford University
• The Chess player's chronicle, The light and lustre of chess, by George Walker, 1843