Alessandro Salvio was an Italian

Italy

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 chess

Chess

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 player who is considered to be the unofficial world champion

World Chess Championship

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 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

Il Puttino

Il Puttino is a book published by Alessandro Salvio in 1634, full title:IL PVTTINOAltramente detto,IL CAVALIERO ERRANTEDEL SALVIO,Sopra il gioco de'Scacchi, con la sua Apologia contra il Carrera, diuiso in tre Libri. IN NAPOLI, Nella Stampa di Gio: Domenico Montanaro. 1634...

published in 1634. According to JH Saratt's translation, Il Puttino was first published in 1604, and republished in 1634.