Ruy López de Segura
Chess Player
1540 – 1580
Who was Ruy López de Segura?
Rodrigo López de Segura was a Spanish priest and later bishop in Segura whose 1561 book Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first definitive books about modern chess in Europe, only after Pedro Damiano's 1512 book.
He was born in Zafra near Badajoz, probably of Converso Jewish descent, and he studied and lived in Salamanca. In 1574–75 he lost the first known international Chess Tournament, which was held, at the invitation of King Philip II of Spain, at the Royal Court of Spain in El Escorial, close to Madrid, to Leonardo di Bona, a Calabrian lawyer, and to Paolo Boi, but placing ahead of 4th place finisher Alfonso Ceron .
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- Born
- 1540
Zafra - Also known as
- Ruy Lopez de Segura
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- 1580
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on July 23, 2013
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