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Pedro Damiano

1480 - 1544

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Pedro Damiano (Portuguese: Pedro Damião; Damiano is the Italian form, much like the Latin Damianus; 1480–1544) was a Portuguese chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti, published in Rome, Italy, in 1512; it went through eight editions in the sixteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Damiano has received more than 70,868 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Damiano is the 47th most popular chess player, the 167th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 157th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Pedro Damiano ranks 47 out of 374Before him are Andor Lilienthal, Legall de Kermeur, Svetozar Gligorić, Frank Marshall, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Howard Staunton. After him are Lajos Portisch, Salo Flohr, Viswanathan Anand, Géza Maróczy, Elisaveta Bykova, and Carl Schlechter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Pedro Damiano ranks 23Before him are Marcantonio Raimondi, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Jean Clouet, António de Abreu, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Juan de Grijalva. After him are Herri met de Bles, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Aleandro, and Girolamo Savoldo. Among people deceased in 1544, Pedro Damiano ranks 6Before him are Jungjong of Joseon, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Hwang Jini, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Clément Marot. After him are Johannes Magnus, Valerius Cordus, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Ruy López de Villalobos, Antonio de Guevara, and Teofilo Folengo.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Damiano ranks 167 out of 555Before him are Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sidónio Pais (1872), Zeca Afonso (1929), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), and Pelagio Galvani (1165). After him are Tomé Pires (1468), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), John, Constable of Portugal (1400), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), and Camilo Castelo Branco (1825).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Portugal

Among chess players born in Portugal, Pedro Damiano ranks 1