López de Segura, Ruy, active 16th century

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Name (Latin)
López de Segura, Ruy, active 16th century
Other forms of name
Lopez de Segura, Ruy, 16th cent
Segura, Ruy Lopez de, 16th cent
Lopez, Ruy, 16th cent
Date of birth
1530
Date of death
1580
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 36948534
Wikidata: Q297457
Library of congress: no 98096559
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Wikipedia description:

Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura (c. 1530 – c. 1580) was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first books about modern chess in Europe. He made great contributions to chess opening theory, including in the King's Gambit and the Ruy López (or Spanish) opening that bears his name. López was also the strongest player in Spain for about 20 years.

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