Luis Ramirez Lucena

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, published in Salamanca in 1497.

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1465 - 1530 - Spanish - Chess - Salamanca - 1497

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The Lucena position is named after him, even though it does not appear in his book.

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