The Art of the Game of Chess
by Ruy López
edited by Michael J. McGrath
edited by Michael J. McGrath
Catholic University of America Press, 2020
eISBN: 978-0-8132-3282-9 | Paper: 978-0-8132-3281-2
Library of Congress Classification GV1442.L8513 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 794.1
eISBN: 978-0-8132-3282-9 | Paper: 978-0-8132-3281-2
Library of Congress Classification GV1442.L8513 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 794.1
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword by Andrew Soltis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Book of the Liberal Invention and Art of the Game of Chess
The King
Ruy López of Segura’s Epistle Nuncupatory
Book I
1. In which the game of chess as a game of science and mathematical invention is addressed
2. In which the game of chess and laudable pastime, which is not just an indulgence but is necessary for the conservation of human life, is addressed
3. In which the identity of the inventor of this game is identified
4. In which when and where this game was invented is explained
5. In which the reason that the game was invented is explained
6. In which the reasons there were sixty-four squares, a square board, and elevated sides for the game of chess are explained
7. In which the meaning of the board’s thirty-two squares is explained
8. In which the names of chess and the pieces are explained
9. In which the name, shape, and position of each of the pieces are explained
10. In which the shape, position, and movement of the king are explained
11. In which the shape, position, and movement of the queen are explained
12. In which the shape, position, and movement of the bishops are explained
13. In which the shape, position, and movement of the knights are explained
14. In which the shape, position, and movement of the rooks are explained
15. In which the shape, position, and movement of the pawns are explained
16. In which the quality and advantage of each pawn, as well as which pawns are good for one thing and which pawns are good for another, are explained
17. In which the previous shape of the king’s pawn is described
18. In which the previous shape of the queen’s pawn is described
19. In which the previous shape of the king’s bishop’s pawn is described
20. In which the previous shape of the queen’s bishop’s pawn is described
22. In which the previous shape of the king’s rook’s pawn is described
23. In which the previous shape of the queen’s rook’s pawn is described
24. In which the meanings of the pieces and the pawns of this game, in the order in which they appear, are explained
25. In which the meanings of simple check, double check, checkmate, and stalemate, as well as the reason the king in check does not leap, are explained
26. In which the reason the white squares of the board, and not the black squares, are on player’s right is explained
27. In which how to move the chess pieces, how to capture them, how to play from memory, as well as aspects that must be considered, are explained
Book II
1. The first way to arrange the game with the first move
2. Another way for the player with the first move to open and to arrange the game
3. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly
4. Another way to arrange the game with the first move
5. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly
6. How Black can arrange his game against the aforementioned moves without the first move
7. Another way to play, opening with the king’s pawn
8. Another way to play, opening with the king’s pawn
9. Another way to play, opening with the king’s pawn
10. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly
11. Another way to arrange the game, opening with the king’s pawn
12. Another way to arrange the game, opening with the king’s pawn
13. Another way to arrange the game with the king’s pawn
14. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly and playing as in Italy, where the pawn passes battle
15. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly
16. Another way to open the game with the kings’ pawns and the king’s bishop’s pawn, beginning similarly
18. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the aforementioned pawns
19. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the same kings’ pawns and and the king’s bishop’s pawn
20. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly
21. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the same king’s pawns and the king’s bishop’s pawn
22. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly with the aforementioned pawns
23. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the same pawns
24. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly with the aforementioned pawns
25. Another way to arrange the game, beginning similarly with the same pawns
26. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the king’s bishop’s pawn’s attack
27. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the king’s bishop’s pawn’s attack
28. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the king’s bishop’s pawn’s attack
29. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the player whose first move is the king’s pawn; the opponent’s is the queen’s pawn
Book III
1. Beginning to arrange the game, according to Damiano
2. Beginning to play, according to Damiano’s first way
3. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with Damiano’s same game
4. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with Damiano’s same game
5. Beginning to arrange the game, according to Damiano’s second way
6. Beginning to arrange the game, according to Damiano’s third way
7. Which addresses the true way to know how to play the gambit game, with a statement about the oversights and errors that Damiano committed in the way he showed how to play this gambit. Stating, lastly, why this Game, more so than any other, is called a
8. Another way to begin the game on offense and defense, beginning with the moves from Damiano’s second and third games
9. Another way to begin the game on offense and defense, beginning with Damiano’s method
10. Another way to attack and to defend the game, beginning like Damiano
11. Another way to attack and to defend, beginning with Damiano’s aforementioned method
12. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the aforementioned attack
13. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the aforementioned attack
14. Another way for Black to arrange the game against the aforementioned attack
15. Another way to protect the king’s pawn against the opposing king’s knight’s attack
16. Another way to arrange the game, according to the second way to protect the pawn
17. Another way to arrange the game, according to the second way to protect the king’s pawn against the knight’s attack
18. Another way to arrange the game against the king’s knight’s attack, according to the second way to defend
19. Another way to arrange the game against the knight’s attack, according to the third way to defend the pawn
20. Another way to arrange the game against the knight’s attack, according to the fourth way to defend the pawn
21. Another way to arrange the game against the king’s knight’s attack, protecting its pawn, according to the fifth way to defend the pawn
22. Beginning the game with the queen’s pawn, according to Damiano
23. Another way to arrange the game, beginning with the queen’s pawn
24. Other ways to begin the games, not starting with the aforementioned ways
Book IV
1. How to arrange the game to defend against a player who receives an advantage of two moves
2. How the player who receives an advantage of two moves for the king’s bishop’s pawn should arrange the game
3. Another way the player who receives an advantage of two moves for the king’s bishop’s pawn can arrange the game
4. How the player who receives first move advantage for the king’s bishop’s pawn should arrange the game
5. Another way for the player who receives first move advantage for the king’s bishop’s pawn to arrange the game
6. Another way for the player who receives an advantage of the king’s bishop’s pawn for the first move to arrange the game, according to Damiano
7. Which addresses several of the chapter’s errors and the aforementioned method of playing, according to Damiano
8. How the player who receives an advantage of the aforementioned pawn and the first move should arrange the game, according to Damiano
9. How the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the aforementioned pawn and the first move should defend, according to Damiano
10. Another way the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the king’s bishop’s pawn and the first move should defend, according to Damiano
11. How the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the first move should play, according to Damiano’s doctrine
12. Another way the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the first move can arrange the game
13. Another way the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the first move can arrange the game
14. Another way the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the first move can arrange the game
15. Another way the player who receives an advantage of a knight for the first move can arrange the game
Bibliography
Index
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