chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

cach player'ssecond rankcould be adlanced 1,2,
or 3 squ res on thcir li6l move.
GRICO, GIOACCHINO (160(i-..1634), smclines
t.own as Il Calabrese as he sas born near
Cosenzain Calabria. At Rone in 1619 he conpiled
a manuscripl on rhe openinSs Ior Presenlalion io a
patronj a practice he conrinued throughout hh
sh.dlile In Fnncehccarncdabour5.000crowns
fron chess and in 1622 hewenito England Bbere
he was rohbcd of lhis noner rhile taleuins to
London. InEnglandhebeganrhepracticeolgivinC
complete Sanes 10 illustratc hh opening vada'
tions. Although probably nctitious, the ganes
were livcly aDd entertaininS. The lirst of his
ncN{tylc manuscipls G in the Bodlcian Librarv.
rbe second in rhe Bnrish l.ibrary. Hc returned to
Paris in 162,1, Nen110 Spain Nhere he deleated all
opponenisattic court of Philip Iv. accoDp.nieda
SFnish nobleman to the Wesl lndics. and dicd
there in or belore 1634 leaving hn lo.lune to lhe
Jesuns. A selection of games from a lost English
n.nuscript sas published in London by Francis
Bcalc in 1656 entille