Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (9 November 1719 – 15 July 1796)[1][2] was an Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician.
[5] In 1769 Ponziani published the first edition of Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi (The Incomparable Game of Chess).
B. Smith using the pen name J. S. Bingham, The Incomparable Game of Chess, attributed the work to del Rio.
[5] In the opening, the primary objective is to obtain the maximum amount of mobility for the pieces, aiming in particular for vulnerable points such as the f2 or f7 square.
Ponziani (1782) also gave an example of an endgame blockade or fortress, in which the inferior side is able to hold a draw despite having only two minor pieces for the queen by hemming in the opposing king.