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Ruy López de Segura, an Uncommon card
Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez is one of the first books about modern chess in Europe.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Ruy López de Segura quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ruy López de Segura card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
López was also the ______ player in Spain for about 20 years.
Answer
strongest. López was also the strongest player in Spain for about 20 years. From the Ruy López de Segura article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose ____ treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez is one of the first books about modern chess in Europe.
Answer
1560s. Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez is one of the first books about modern chess in Europe. From the Ruy López de Segura article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Symmetry. Symmetry 70 · Spencer Leniu 62 · Ruy López de Segura 56 · Rocking chair 52 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He made great contributions to chess opening theory, including in the King's Gambit and the Ruy Lopez opening that bears his name.
- López was also the strongest player in Spain for about 20 years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ruy López de Segura article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Ruy López de Segura
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ruy López de Segura (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Luigi Mussini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
