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unusual facts about Leonardo di Bona



Ruy López de Segura

In 1574–75 he lost the first known international Chess Tournament, which was held, at the invitation of King Philip II of Spain, at the Royal Court of Spain in El Escorial, close to Madrid, to Leonardo di Bona, a Calabrian lawyer, and to Paolo Boi, but placing ahead of 4th (and last) place finisher Alfonso Ceron .


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Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

In 2007 she won the Leonardo di Bona-Memorial in Cutro (Crotone).