Modenese Masters
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The Modenese Masters are three 18th-century chess
masters
and writers:
They all lived in the Italian town Modena
, near Bolongna. Their works contain what is known as the "Modenese school of chess".
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...
masters
Chess master
A chess master is a chess player of such skill that he/she can usually beat chess experts, who themselves typically prevail against most amateurs. Among chess players, the term is often abbreviated to master, the meaning being clear from context....
and writers:
- Domenico Lorenzo PonzianiDomenico Lorenzo PonzianiDomenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing.-Life:...
(1719-1796) - Ercole del RioErcole del RioDomenico Ercole del Rio 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 problems. He was one of the Modenese Masters.-References:...
(1718-1802) and - Giambattista LolliGiambattista LolliGiambattista 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...
(1698-1769).
They all lived in the Italian town Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
, near Bolongna. Their works contain what is known as the "Modenese school of chess".