Luis Ramirez de Lucena
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luis Ramirez de Lucena (c. 1465 – c.1530) was a leading Spanish chess player. He wrote the oldest existing printed book on chess, Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con ci Iuegos de Partido, published in Salamanca in 1497. The book contains analysis of eleven chess openings but contains many elementary errors that led chess historian Harold Murray to suggest that it was prepared in a hurry. The book was written when the rules of chess were taking their modern form (see chess#Origins of the modern game (1450–1850)), and some of the 150 positions in the book are of the old game and some of the new. Fewer than a dozen copies of the book exist.
The Lucena position is named after him, even though it does not appear in his book. (It was first published in 1634 by Alessandro Salvio.) The Smothered mate named Philidor's legacy is in the book.
[edit] References
- Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion To Chess. Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
- The Lucena Position David Surratt, Chessville.com
[edit] External links
- Romeo, M.C., Lucena - A mystery after 500 years, <http://www.goddesschess.com/chessays/romeolucena1.html> (Romeo is Director of History Chess Commission of Spanish Federation of Chess, FEDA.)
| Image:Nuvola apps package games strategy.png This biographical article related to chess is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
cs:Luis Ramirez de Lucena de:Luis Ramírez Lucena es:Luis Ramírez de Lucena fr:Luis Ramírez Lucena nl:Luis Ramírez de Lucena pl:Luis Lucena pt:Luis Ramirez de Lucena
