This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...except its title, which is as follows; "/ Campeggiamenti degli Scacchi, o sia nuova disdplina d'attacchi, rfifese, epartiti del Givoto degli Scacchi, n nello stile antico, chenel nuovoArciicaccMere: stratagemmi, ed inoenzioni del Dott. di Leggt Francisco Piacenza Accademico Immobile. In Torino per Antonio Beltrandi, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...except its title, which is as follows; "/ Campeggiamenti degli Scacchi, o sia nuova disdplina d'attacchi, rfifese, epartiti del Givoto degli Scacchi, n nello stile antico, chenel nuovoArciicaccMere: stratagemmi, ed inoenzioni del Dott. di Leggt Francisco Piacenza Accademico Immobile. In Torino per Antonio Beltrandi, 1683." These encampments consist in some miserable positions of Check-mates, sometimes at a distant v from, sometimes near to the King; now in the corner, Dow in the middle of the Board, and sometimes with a particular Pawn or Piece in a specified square; all which are so silly and inconclusive, that the student, however patient be may be, cannot deduce any profit from them. It is totally defective in Rules and Openings, not having more than two or three beginnings of games, which scarcely extend to three moves: and although he says that he has won many pistoles of Doctor Belloi, a gentleman of Modena, his book does not allow him to be con-' sidered even a moderate Player. He notices several rules, or customs of playing, among the Turks, Moors, and Hebrews of the Levant; but the worst is, that he omits the greater part of the Italian rules. He mentions the Pezzo di tregua, (or Piece of truce, ) used in the East, which Damiano calls Pezzo fidato (or trusted Piece, ) to which is accorded the privilege of not being taken, unless when actually attacking the Enemy. His Arch Chess-board, consisting of a hundred squares, to which he added two Pieces, named a Decurion and a Centurion, did not meet a better fate than Can.era's of eighty squares, and that of a hundred and (him-six. squares of Philip Marinello, of Naples, who invented it with a view to the amusement of three persons who could play at it at the same time, as he.himself declares in th...
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