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Feb

Luis Ramirez de Lucena – Spain

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.

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

Source page: Wikipedia under Wikipedia license

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