Reisling is old, old German for (interchangeably) second or seventeenth.
Greatest Chess Players of the 16th Century.
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Apr 27, 2015
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#44
I wonder if it has to do with the late harvesting of the reisling grape? Like saying it's the second harvest?
Anyone know anything about this Scovara character? Apparently Paolo Boi was one of the best in the 16th century, and Scovara beat him in a game. But I can't seem to find out anything about him.
Apr 27, 2015
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#46
The seventeenth harvest uses aged grapes.
Zembrianator,
William Lewis' translation of Carrera's "Treatise on the Game of Chess," tells us:
Scovara, a Spaniard, and most celebrated player, considered equal to the Syracusian, and therefore justly to be placed among the best players.
The Syracusian is, of course, Paolo Boi. I believe Scovara is generally called Escovara in Spanish texts.
batgirl wrote:
The seventeenth harvest uses aged grapes.
Zembrianator,
William Lewis' translation of Carrera's "Treatise on the Game of Chess," tells us:
Scovara, a Spaniard, and most celebrated player, considered equal to the Syracusian, and therefore justly to be placed among the best players.
The Syracusian is, of course, Paolo Boi. I believe Scovara is generally called Escovara in Spanich texts.
Cool, thx for the info!
GRECO WAS ONE OF THE BEST
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Wasn't he born around 1600? Doesn't that mean that he might have lived a little bit in the 16th century? Guess he probably did not do much chess-playing at the time.
what about Cochrane the great player
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