A special online charity auction is offering objects and experiences related to the world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli—including a chance to challenge the maestro to a game of chess, one of ...

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From Netflix shows such as “The Queen’s Gambit” to its rock and roll superstar Magnus Carlsen, the popularity of chess has never been stronger. As the game embraces the digital world, chess has only ...

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 ...