Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez

In 1560 Ruy López visited Rome and read Damiano's book, which he found unsatisfactory.It also recommends some chess openings, and criticizes Damiano's games and analysis.The first part talks generally about chess, discusses the history, and gives the rules that were used in Spain at the time: stalemate was a win for the player not stalemated and a player could also win by capturing all of the opponent's pieces (except for the king).In the second part, López introduces the word gambit and gives some openings that had not been previously published: the King's Gambit, some variations of the Bishop's Opening, and what is now known as the Steinitz Defense in the Ruy Lopez.[3] Mentioned in Jorge Luis Borges' short story, "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote", "Libro de la invencion..." is the seventh piece cited from Pierre Menard's body of work as compiled by the fictional author of Borges' story.
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EuropePedro DamianoRuy López de SeguraAlcalá de Henaresalgebraic notationDamianorules of the gamechess openingsstalematecapturingfifty-move rulegambitKing's GambitBishop's OpeningRuy LopezBlack'sJorge Luis BorgesPierre Menard, Author of the QuixoteLibro de los juegosHooper, DavidWhyld, KennethThe Oxford Companion to ChessGolombek, HarrySunnucks, Anne