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López divided his book into four parts ("books"). He first presents several mythological origins of the game, and discusses its benefits, rules, and strategies while interspersing a number of quotes (in Latin) from classical authors. The second part focuses on openings and is López's legacy as "the
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Living before the great rival schools of chess which divided the players of the 18th and early 19th centuries had arisen, López yet belongs essentially to that school of chess which we are accustomed to associate with the name of
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Libro de la
Invencion liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez, por Ruy-López de Sigura, clerigo, vezino de la villago Cafra. Digirida al muy Illustre Señor Don Garcia de Toledo, ayo y mayordomo del serenissimo principe Don Carlos nuestro
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Among the analysis Ruy López gives in his treatise is an example of the opening that bears his name. López contends that the following line proves black should avoid the "Ruy López" by playing 2... d6 instead of 2... Nc6.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.Qd3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3
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Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti
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Libro de la Invencion liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez.
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Libro de la Invencion liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez
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Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez
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Márquez, Andrades; Palau, Tana; Sallent, Domènec (2014).
92:– c. 1580) was a Spanish chess player, author, and
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McGrath, Michael J.; Soltis, Andrew; López, Ruy (2020).
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