Carlo Cozio

Carlo Cozio
Born	c. 1715 Casale Monferrato, Italy
Died	c. 1780
Occupation	chess player
Spouse	donna Taddea dei marchesi di Barbiano di Chieri
Children	Ignazio Alessandro

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.

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: Ignazio Alessandro (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

1. ^ Beare, Charles; Chiesa, Carlo. "Cozio di Salabue, Count Ignazio Alessandro". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 

References

• Franco Pezzi and Mauro Marchisotti. "Cenni biografici su Carlo Cozio, conte di Salabue" (in Italian). http://www.asigc.it/teoria/cozio/conteCozio.htm. 

Further reading

• Dr. Mauro Marchisotti. "La Difesa Cozio" (in Italian). http://www.asigc.it/teoria/cozio/La%20difesa%20Cozio.pdf. 
• Dr. Mauro Marchisotti. "La Difesa Cozio: Un Aggiornamento" (in Italian). http://www.asigc.it/teoria/cozio/cozio.htm. 

Persondata
Name	Cozio, Carlo
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Date of birth	1715
Place of birth	Casale Monferrato, Italy
Date of death	1780
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