CHESS PLAYER

Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona

1542 - 1597

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Giovanni Leonardo di Bona or Giovanni Leonardo da Cutro (both given names can also be seen in the reversed order Leonardo Giovanni), known as Il Puttino (Italian: Small Child) (1533–1578), was an early Italian chess master. Giovanni Leonardo was born in Cutro, Calabria. He studied law in Rome. In 1560, he lost a match to Ruy López in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona is the 44th most popular chess player (down from 34th in 2019), the 1,817th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,762nd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona ranks 44 out of 461. Before him are Friðrik Ólafsson, Bent Larsen, Vlastimil Hort, Borislav Ivkov, Robert Hübner, and Lyudmila Rudenko. After him are Alexander McDonnell, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jan Timman, László Szabó, Olga Rubtsova, and Nigel Short.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona ranks 12. Before him are Mariam-uz-Zamani, Robert Bellarmine, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Jan Zamoyski, and Isabella de' Medici. After him are Henriette of Cleves, Joris Hoefnagel, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, and Gioseffo Guami. Among people deceased in 1597, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona ranks 15. Before him are Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, Gunilla Bielke, and Luís Fróis. After him are Won Gyun, Prospero Fontana, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Lucas van Valckenborch, Fernando de Herrera, and Klaus Fleming.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona ranks 1,817 out of 5,161. Before him are Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804), Jacopone da Todi (1236), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), Giuditta Pasta (1797), Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595), and Camillo Ruini (1931). After him are Federico Faggin (1941), Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940), Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582), Julius Firmicus Maternus (400), Massimo D'Alema (1949), and Roger Borsa (1060).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Italy

Among chess players born in Italy, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona ranks 1. After him are Gioachino Greco (1590), Alessandro Salvio (1570), Giambattista Lolli (1698), Serafino Dubois (1817), Clarice Benini (1905), Eros Riccio (1977), and Alberto David (1970).

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