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Giambattista Lolli

1698 - 1769

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Giambattista Lolli (1698 – 4 June 1769) was an Italian chess player and 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 (English: Theoretical-practical views on the game of chess), published 1763 in Bologna. Born in Nonantola, Modena, he was one of the Modenese Masters. The checkmate pattern "Lolli's mate" involves infiltrating an opponent's fianchetto position using both a pawn and queen, and is named after Giambattista Lolli. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giambattista Lolli is the 178th most popular chess player (down from 166th in 2019), the 3,860th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,887th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Giambattista Lolli ranks 178 out of 461. Before him are Sergey Karjakin, Esteban Canal, Gennadi Sosonko, Klaus Junge, Oleg Romanishin, and Hikaru Nakamura. After him are Boris Verlinsky, Lubomir Kavalek, Albin Planinc, Serafino Dubois, Endre Steiner, and Ratmir Kholmov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Giambattista Lolli ranks 22. Before him are François Francoeur, Giacomo Ceruti, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pyotr Saltykov, Henry Baker, and Prokop Diviš.  Among people deceased in 1769, Giambattista Lolli ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Luqman, Pontiac, Hakuin Ekaku, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, and Vasily Trediakovsky.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giambattista Lolli ranks 3,861 out of 5,161. Before him are Corrado Segre (1863), Francesco Guidolin (1955), Augusto Paolo Lojudice (1964), Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936), Roberto Ferrari (1889), and Luciano Emmer (1918). After him are Antonio Martino (1942), Eugenio Scalfari (1924), Giovanni Caselli (1815), Federigo Tozzi (1883), Mario Luzi (1914), and Angelo Zorzi (1890).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Italy

Among chess players born in Italy, Giambattista Lolli ranks 4. Before him are Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona (1542), Gioachino Greco (1590), and Alessandro Salvio (1570). After him are Serafino Dubois (1817), Clarice Benini (1905), Eros Riccio (1977), and Alberto David (1970).

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