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Giovanni Leonardo I gave Bona (1552-1597)

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    Giovanni Leonardo I gave Bona it was born in Cutri (in Italian Cutro), Calabria and was nicknamed "Il Puttino" by its little stature, reason why also Cutro is known as Leonardo gives Cutri him, or. He was champion of the world between 1575 and 1587. It was born in 1552 and it died in 1597. He studied laws in Rome, and at that time Lopez de Segura fought itself for the first time with Ruy, losing twice before him. After the defeat one went to Naples where Era was trained in the game during two years with Paolo Boi. considered like the best player of Italy.

    One tells that he returned to Cutri because his brother had been captured by the sarracenos. Leonardo proposed to I castrate of the pirates to gamble the liberation of its brother the chess. I not only gain the freedom of its brother but that also removed 200 ducados ones that the pirate dared to bet. After this feat one went to Genoa and from there to Madrid, where the famous encounter sponsored by Felipe II plays.

    In 1575, Felipe II invites to him to a match in his cut and thus the best Italian chess players of their time met in Madrid: Giovanni Leonardo I gave Bona and Paolo Boi, along with the Ruy Spaniards Lopez and Alfonso Cerón, of Granada. This test is described by the historians like the first Match the International as Teachers and first in being documented. The match gained Leonardo gives Cutri it and received like prize thousands ducados, an ermine layer and its birthplace, during twenty years, was free to pay tributes. Felipe II sent his congratulations to Juan of Austria in a dated letter the 22 of August of 1575.

    He returns to Italy and one finds out the death of his woman. Before the pain he starts off for Lisbon, where Don Sebastián faces the best players of Portugal before the king. After his periplo returns to rich Italy, and dies to the 45 years of age.