Carlo Salvioli
Carlo Salvioli (born November 2, 1848 in Venice , † January 29, 1930 in Mirano ) was an Italian chess player and endgame theorist .
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Salvioli made merits in popularizing chess in Italy. He directed chess columns in various magazines such as the Turin Gazzetta litteraria and the Venetian La Gazzetta del popolu della Domenica . He published theoretical articles, analyzes, commented on games, studies and was editor of the monthly magazine Nuova Rivista degli scacchi for a long time .
Study composer
More than 50 studies and finals are known by Salvioli. Below is an example for illustration.
Trattato Completo dei Finali di Partita
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Solution:
White seems to be lost. So after 1. Ke3 – f3 g5xh4 2. g3xh4 f6 – f5 3. e4xf5 Ke5xf5 Black wins. The farmer's breakthrough is correct
- 1. g3 – g4! h5xg4 or 1.… g5xh4 2. g4xh5 h4 – h3 3. Ke3 – f3 f6 – f5 4. h5 – h6 Ke5 – f6 5. e4xf5 etc.
- 2. h4 – h5 Ke5 – e6 or 2.… f6 – f5 3. h5 – h6 f5 – f4 + 4. Ke3 – f2 Ke5 – f6 5. e4 – e5 + Kf6 – g6 6. e5 – e6 etc.
- 3. Ke3-f2 Ke6-f7
- 4. Kf2-g3, Kf7-g7
- 5. Kg3xg4 Kg7-h6
- 6. Kg4 – f5 Kh6xh5 or 6.… Kh6 – g7 7. e4 – e5 f6xe5 8. Kf5xg5 etc.
- 7. Kf5xf6 g5-g4
- 8. e4-e5 g4-g3
- 9. e5 – e6 g3 – g2
- 10. e6 – e7 g2 – g1D or 10.… Kh5 – g4 11. e7 – e8D Kg4 – f3 (11.… g2 – g1D? 12. De8 – g8 + Kg4 – f3 13. Qg8xg1) 12. De8 – e1 with a win
- 11. e7 – e8D + Kh5 – h4 (11.… Kh5 – g4? 12. Qe8 – g8 + with win)
- 12. Qe8-h8 + Kh4-g3
- 13. Qh8-g8 + Kg3-f2
- 14. Qg8xg1 Kf2xg1
- 15. Kf6 – e5 and White wins because of the better position of the king.
Despite the publication of this study, such a breakthrough in tournament practice is mostly overlooked, even by chess masters.
Chess player
In 1881 he won the Italian Torneo Nazionale in Milan; he took third place in Venice in 1883 and a joint fourth place in Rome in 1886. In 1920 he was briefly president of the Italian Chess Federation.
Works
- Il quarto torneo scacchistico italiano nazionale in Venezia . Ferrari alla Porta, Venice 1884
- Il quinto torneo scacchistico nazionale: Roma 1886 . Ferrari, Kirchmayr e Scozzi, Venice 1887
- Trattato completo dei finali di partita: with 500 diagrams e piu di mille esempi . Ferrari, Kirchmayr e Scozzi, Venice 1888
- Teoria e pratica del giuoco degli scacchi . Ferrari alla Porta, Venice 1885–1888 (4 vols.)
- L'ultima teoria e pratica del giuoco degli scacchi, 1887 – '98 . Ferrari, Venice 1900
- Manuale teorico-pratico del giuoco degli scacchi pei principianti . In: Nuova Rivista Degli Scacchi. Giuseppe Meucci, Livorno 1899
- The giuoco degli scacchi di Gioachino Greco detto il Calabrese . Eighth edition, expanded and updated by Giuseppe Stalda. La nuova Italia: Giusti, Florence 1961
- La partita d'oggi. Supplemento all '"Ultima teoria e pratica del giuoco degli scacchi" in four parts. Ammannati, Florence 1928
Web links
- Short biography of Carlo Salvioli ( memento from February 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Italian)
- Compositions by Carlo Salvioli on the PDB server
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Krabbé: Open chess diary item 322 from August 17, 2006 (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Salvioli, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1930 |
| Place of death | Mirano |