He started an Italian chess academy in Naples, Italy, and wrote a book called Trattato dell'Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco Degli Scacchi, which was published in Naples in 1604.
Er gründete eine italienische Schachakademie in Neapel und schrieb ein Buch namens Trattato dell’Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco Degli Scacci, das 1604 in Neapel publiziert wurde.