Back in 1497, a Spanish chess player named Luis Ramírez de Lucena wrote a book. But this wasn’t just any book and it was the first-ever printed book about chess as we know it today!
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| A page from his book Photo : Wikipedia |
Called "Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez", it started with a few pages about love (because, why not?), and then dove into 101 chess games and ideas.
What makes it special? This book was the first to use modern chess rules like the superpower queen and the long-moving bishop. It also included smart tactics, tricky openings, and endgames that people still study 500+ years later.
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| a chess puzzle from the book Photo : Wikipedia |
Oh, and ever heard of the Lucena Position? Yep, that game-saving rook move we all learn as beginners came from this book!
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