CHESS PLAYER

Alessandro Salvio

1570 - 1640

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Alessandro Salvio (c. 1575 – c. 1640) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Salvio is the 67th most popular chess player (down from 45th in 2019), the 2,277th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alessandro Salvio ranks 67 out of 461. Before him are Salo Flohr, Mark Taimanov, Legall de Kermeur, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Milan Vidmar, and Svetozar Gligorić. After him are Isidor Gunsberg, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, Isaac Boleslavsky, Lionel Kieseritzky, and Nana Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Alessandro Salvio ranks 12. Before him are Jan Janszoon, John Smyth, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Giorgi Saakadze, Péter Pázmány, and Kara Davud Pasha. After him are Abraham Janssens, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Salamone Rossi, Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Melchior Vulpius. Among people deceased in 1640, Alessandro Salvio ranks 11. Before him are Uriel da Costa, Francesca Caccini, Giuseppe Cesari, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Wilhelm Kettler, and Jeanne de Lestonnac. After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Charles, Duke of Guise, John Francis Regis, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Peter Fourier, and Vittoria Aleotti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Salvio ranks 2,277 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Sacchini (1730), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Hippocrates of Gela (-600), Corax of Syracuse (-500), Aulus Atilius Calatinus (-250), and Amadeus I, Count of Savoy (1016). After him are Luigi Bertolini (1904), Roberto Assagioli (1888), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (1827), Rosanna Schiaffino (1939), and Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Italy

Among chess players born in Italy, Alessandro Salvio ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona (1542), and Gioachino Greco (1590). After him are Giambattista Lolli (1698), Serafino Dubois (1817), Clarice Benini (1905), Eros Riccio (1977), and Alberto David (1970).

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