Carrera, Pietro

Pietro Carrera ( Italian: Pietro Carrera ; July 12, 1573 , Militello in Val di Catania - March 18, 1647 , Messina ) - Italian priest, chess player and theorist. Representative of the Italian chess school .

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Carrera's option : 1. e4 e5 2. f4 e: f4 3. Qe2

He lived in Sicily . In 1617, in Militello published a treatise "Chess game", which in 1822 was translated into English . Explored openings and endgames . The name in the royal gambit is named after Carrera: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 e: f4 3. Фe2 .

In the same treatise, Carrera described a version of chess named after him in which combined figures (in addition to the queen) were possibly used for the first time: a Champion combining the capabilities of a horse and a rook , and a Centaur combining the functions of a horse and an elephant . Castling is absent. The rules for turning a pawn are unknown (presumably into a queen or also into a champion and a centaur). In the 20th century, a similar version of chess was proposed by Capablanca .