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Ruy López de Segura

1530 - 1580

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruy López de Segura is the 22nd most popular chess player (down from 19th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Spain (down from 266th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Chess Player.

Ruy lópez de segura is a chess opening that has been played for over 500 years. It is most famous for being the first chess opening to be analyzed extensively.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Ruy López de Segura ranks 22 out of 461. Before him are Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Viktor Korchnoi. After him are Samuel Reshevsky, Siegbert Tarrasch, Judit Polgár, Vera Menchik, Akiba Rubinstein, and Johannes Zukertort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Ruy López de Segura ranks 11. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie, Jean Nicot, Uesugi Kenshin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Anastasia Romanovna. After him are Jan Kochanowski, Juan de Herrera, Christopher Báthory, Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, and Ranuccio Farnese. Among people deceased in 1580, Ruy López de Segura ranks 7. Before him are Andrea Palladio, Luís de Camões, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Henry, King of Portugal, and Lala Mustafa Pasha. After him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Hieronymus Wolf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Juliana of Stolberg, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, and Inés Suárez.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ruy López de Segura ranks 281 out of 3,355. Before him are Joan Laporta (1962), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Luis de la Fuente (1961), and Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782). After him are Ibn Jubayr (1145), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), and Rafael Nadal (1986).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Spain

Among chess players born in Spain, Ruy López de Segura ranks 1. After him are Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), Arturo Pomar (1931), Juan Corzo (1873), Francisco Vallejo Pons (1982), and David Antón Guijarro (1995).

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