It's tactics time!
It’s white turn to move. If white and black play optimally, what is the minimum number of moves for white to checkmate the black king?
Gioachino Greco vs Unknown (1619 – Rome)
Result:1-0
Opening: Owen Defence
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1 solution
Gioachino Greco is one of the first great chess masters. While Greco is credited with developing some gambits, his main contribution to chess was to publish witty collections of games that illustrate his theories. Greco considered this as one of his best games.