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Carlo Cozio, Count of Montiglio and Salabue (c. 1715 – c. 1780) was an Italian chess player and theorist. He is best remembered for the book Il giuoco degli scacchi, and for the Cozio Defence.

Carlo Cozio
Born	c. 1715 Casale Monferrato, Italy
Died	c. 1780
Occupation	chess player
Spouse(s)	Donna Taddea dei Marchesi di Barbiano di Chieri
Children	Ignazio Alessandro

Life

Carlo Cozio was born in Casale Monferrato around 1715. He married Donna Taddea dei Marchesi di Barbiano di Chieri and by her had one son: Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue (1755–1840) who became a famous collector of violins.[1]

In 1740 he completed the manuscript of Il Giuoco degli Scacchi o sia Nuova idea di attacchi, difese e partiti del Giuoco degli Scacchi, which was published in 1766 in Turin by the Stamperia Reale as two volumes amounting together to 700 pages. He is also known for Cozio's mate.

Carlo Cozio died around 1780.

Notes

References

• Franco Pezzi and Mauro Marchisotti. "Cenni biografici su Carlo Cozio, conte di Salabue" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

Further reading

• Dr. Mauro Marchisotti. "La difesa Cozio" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
• Dr. Mauro Marchisotti. "La Difesa Cozio. Un Aggiornamento" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
• Dreev, Alexey (2014). Anti-Spanish. The Cozio Defence. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-619-7188-01-1.

На других языках

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[ru] Коцио, Карло

Карло Коцио граф ди Салабуэ (итал. Carlo Cozio; около 1715 — около 1780) — итальянский шахматный теоретик XVIII века. Автор шахматного руководства (написано в 1740, Турин; опубликовано в 1766 году). Некоторые анализы Коцио актуальны для современного шахматного эндшпиля.

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