The Art of the Game of Chess

Ruy Lopez

ISBN 10: 0813232813 / ISBN 13: 9780813232812

Published by The Catholic University of America Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art of the Game of Chess
• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813232813
• ISBN 13: 9780813232812
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 570 grams

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Synopsis

The Art of the Game of Chess is the first English translation of Fr. Ruy López's 1561 book about chess, Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del ajedrez. López 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 López to become known as Spain's and one of Europe's greatest chess players.

López 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.

About the Author

Ruy Lopez (c. 1530 – c. 1580) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest whose 1561 book was one of the first definitive books about modern chess in Europe. Michael McGrath is professor of Hispanic studies at Georgia Southern University. Andrew Soltis is an American Chess grandmaster, author and columnist. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in September 2011.