The first World Champion? The truth about Ruy López de Segura | Interview #72

Was Ruy López de Segura the first World Champion?

Tradition says one thing… but 16th-century documents tell a very different story.

In this video, we explore a five-year investigation that has gone through archives in Spain, Italy, Germany, the USA and South America to reconstruct the life of the man who changed chess forever.

Did you know that the king didn't move the same way in the 16th century?
That some of today's openings were already described in 1561?
That Mussini's painting is an invented recreation made three centuries later?
That Ruy López might be buried in Peru?

The Gragera brothers have analyzed manuscripts, wills, baptism records, unpublished documents and the world's largest chess collection to dismantle myths that have been repeated for centuries.

???? "Ruy López de Segura: The Hidden Side of the Board"

A work that combines Renaissance, historical rigor and technology (700 QR codes) to offer a renewed vision of the origins of modern chess.

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