1530 - 1580
Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura (c. 1530 – c. 1580) was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first books about modern chess in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy López de Segura has received more than 317,169 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ruy López de Segura is the 22nd most popular chess player, the 325th most popular biography from Spain (up from 361st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Chess Player.
Ruy lópez de segura is a chess opening that has been played for over 500 years. It is most famous for being the first chess opening to be analyzed extensively.
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Among chess players, Ruy López de Segura ranks 22 out of 374. Before him are Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, Viktor Korchnoi, and Vera Menchik. After him are Siegbert Tarrasch, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, Miguel Najdorf, Judit Polgár, and Savielly Tartakower.
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 20
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 21
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 22
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 23
1889 - 1929
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 24
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 25
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 26
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1530, Ruy López de Segura ranks 9. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie, Uesugi Kenshin, Anastasia Romanovna, Jean Nicot, Yasuke, and Louis, Prince of Condé. After him are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Jan Kochanowski, Christopher Báthory, Juan de Herrera, Starina Novak, and Ranuccio Farnese. Among people deceased in 1580, Ruy López de Segura ranks 7. Before him are Andrea Palladio, Luís de Camões, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Henry, King of Portugal, and Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. After him are Hieronymus Wolf, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Inés Suárez, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, and Juliana of Stolberg.
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 3
1530 - 1578
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 4
1530 - 1560
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 5
1530 - 1605
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 6
1530 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 7
1530 - 1569
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 8
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 9
1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 10
1530 - 1584
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 11
1530 - 1581
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 12
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 13
1530 - 1601
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 14
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 15
1508 - 1580
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 1
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 2
1549 - 1580
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 3
1500 - 1580
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 4
1512 - 1580
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 5
1528 - 1580
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 6
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 7
1516 - 1580
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 8
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 9
1508 - 1580
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 10
1507 - 1580
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 11
1520 - 1580
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 12
1506 - 1580
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 13
Among people born in Spain, Ruy López de Segura ranks 325 out of 2,932. Before him are Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), John of Austria the Younger (1629), and Diego de Landa (1524). After him are Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Abraham Cresques (1325), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Gérard Encausse (1865), and César Manrique (1919).
1606 - 1646
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 319
1436 - 1517
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 320
1080 - 1130
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 321
1510 - 1548
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 322
1629 - 1679
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 323
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 324
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 325
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 326
1325 - 1387
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 327
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 328
1470 - 1517
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 329
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 330
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 331
Among chess players born in Spain, Ruy López de Segura ranks 1. After him are Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), Arturo Pomar (1931), Juan Corzo (1873), Francisco Vallejo Pons (1982), and David Antón Guijarro (1995).
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 1
1475 - 1530
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 2
1931 - 2016
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 3
1873 - 1941
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 29.16
Rank: 5
1995 - Present
HPI: 22.33
Rank: 6