Lopez is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential chess thinkers of all time whose theories of chess are an integral part of how chess is played today. Academics, including historians, linguists, sociologists, and Hispanists, as well as non-academics, especially chess enthusiasts, will appreciate this translation, which opens with a Foreword by Andrew Soltis, who is a Grandmaster and a United States Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, and includes a critical introduction and more than 275 footnotes.
The Art of the Game of Chess is the first English translation of Fr. Ruy Lopez's 1561 book about chess, Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del ajedrez. Lopez was a priest who served as King Philip II's confessor and royal advisor. As a connoisseur of chess, King Philip II promoted the game in his court, and it did not take long for Lopez to become known as Spain's and one of Europe's greatest chess players.
Lopez is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential chess thinkers of all time whose theories of chess are an integral part of how chess is played today. Academics, including historians, linguists, sociologists, and Hispanists, as well as non-academics, especially chess enthusiasts, will appreciate this translation, which opens with a Foreword by Andrew Soltis, who is a Grandmaster and a United States Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, and includes a critical introduction and more than 275 footnotes.
Lopez is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential chess thinkers of all time whose theories of chess are an integral part of how chess is played today. Academics, including historians, linguists, sociologists, and Hispanists, as well as non-academics, especially chess enthusiasts, will appreciate this translation, which opens with a Foreword by Andrew Soltis, who is a Grandmaster and a United States Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, and includes a critical introduction and more than 275 footnotes.
- ISBN:
- 9780813232812
- 9780813232812
- Category:
- Chess
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 30-10-2020
- Publisher:
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152mm
- Weight:
- 0.51kg
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