Hello.
A 1993 usenet post identifies Nicholas Breton as the author of the
quote:
"Breton, Nicholas. 'The Chess Playe.'
[...]
And when you play beware of check,
Know how to save and give a neck:
And with a check, beware of mate;
But chief, ware had I wist too late:
Lose not the Queen, for ten to one,
If she be lost, the game is gone."
source: rec.games.chess message, archived by Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1kkqccINNsud%40usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu&output=gplain
A web page called "Who's Who of Shakespeare's World" describes Breton
as follows:
"Nicholas Breton (1555? - 1625?) Prolific English writer of religious
and pastoral poems, satires, dialogues, and essays"
Source: "Who's Who of Shakespeare's World"
http://users.erols.com/volker/Shakes/WhosWho.htm
search strategy: google groups, "play beware of check"
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