Ercole del Rio
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Domenico Ercole del Rio (c. 1718 - c. 1802) was an Italian lawyer and author. He published an 110-page chess
book in 1750 which was the basis of a work by Giambattista Lolli
thirteen years later. He composed many chess problem
s. He was one of the Modenese Masters
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Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
book in 1750 which was the basis of a work by Giambattista Lolli
Giambattista Lolli
Giambattista Lolli was an Italian chess player. Lolli was one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time. He is most famous for his book Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi , published 1763 in Bologna...
thirteen years later. He composed many chess problem
Chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, that presents the solver with a particular task to be achieved. For instance, a position might be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two...
s. He was one of the Modenese Masters
Modenese Masters
The Modenese Masters are three 18th-century chess masters and writers:* Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani * Ercole del Rio and* Giambattista Lolli ....
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