CHESS PLAYER

Luis Ramírez de Lucena

1475 - 1530

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Luis Ramírez de Lucena (c. 1465 – c. 1530) was a Spanish chess player who published the first extant chess book. He is believed to be the son of humanist writer and diplomat Juan de Lucena. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Ramírez de Lucena is the 29th most popular chess player (up from 32nd in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Spain (up from 511th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Luis Ramírez de Lucena ranks 29 out of 461. Before him are Samuel Reshevsky, Siegbert Tarrasch, Judit Polgár, Vera Menchik, Akiba Rubinstein, and Johannes Zukertort. After him are Mikhail Chigorin, Richard Réti, Miguel Najdorf, David Bronstein, Efim Bogoljubov, and Susan Polgár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1475, Luis Ramírez de Lucena ranks 10. Before him are Paolo Uccello, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Diego de Almagro, Beatrice d'Este, Sebastiano Serlio, and Bernardino Luini. After him are Anne of York, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Maximus the Greek, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, and Pierre Gringore. Among people deceased in 1530, Luis Ramírez de Lucena ranks 9. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Quentin Matsys, Maximilian Sforza, Pêro da Covilhã, Joanna la Beltraneja, and Thomas Wolsey. After him are Judah Leon Abravanel, Jacopo Sannazaro, Properzia de' Rossi, Konstanty Ostrogski, Bramantino, and Nicholas, Count of Salm.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Ramírez de Lucena ranks 380 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Gérard Encausse (1865), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), David Villa (1981), and Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441). After him are Joseph Calasanz (1556), Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1401), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Thérésa Tallien (1773), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), and Joanot Martorell (1415).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Spain

Among chess players born in Spain, Luis Ramírez de Lucena ranks 2. Before him are Ruy López de Segura (1530). After him are Arturo Pomar (1931), Juan Corzo (1873), Francisco Vallejo Pons (1982), and David Antón Guijarro (1995).

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