One of the chess problems from his book

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. Download high resolution version (773x1134, 103 KB)Tratado de amores e arte del axedrez (1497) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (773x1134, 103 KB)Tratado de amores e arte del axedrez (1497) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game and mind sport for two players. ... Salamanca: Plaza Mayor Towers of the Old and New Cathedrals Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Salamanca Salamanca (population 160,000) is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca, which belongs to the autonomous community(region) of Castile-Leon(Castilla y León). ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Lucena position is named after him, even though it does not appear in his book. The Lucena position is one of the most famous and important positions in chess endgame theory. ...