Ramírez de Lucena, Luis (c.1465 – c.1530)

A page from Lucena’s book

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GENERAL INFO

Description: Luis Ramírez de Lucena was a Spanish chess master from the 16th Century. He wrote the oldest printed chess treaty that is preserved, called “Repetición de amores y arte de ajedrez”, published in Salamanca in 1497, in which for the first time all the rules of chess were unified.
Sex: Male. Occupation: Chess player. Chess theorist.
Place of Birth / Death: Lucena, Spain. / Castilla, Spain
Country Tags: Spain.
Centuries: XVI Title: Unofficial World Champion.
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IN MUSICHESS

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Bibliography

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