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- Le jeu des échecs
- Das Schach des Herrn Gioachino Greco Calabrois und die Schachspiel-Geheimnisse des Arabers Philipp Stamma
- Die schaakpartijen
- Traité du jeu des échecs
- Il Giuoco degli scacchi di Gioachino Greco detto il Calabrese
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The frontispiece and title page of a 1656 printing of Greco's work. Depicted is Charles I of England.
Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently il Calabrese, was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of the earliest chess games known in their entirety. His games, which never indicated players, were quite possibly constructs, but served as examples of brilliant combinations.