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idea- although manyye rspasscd bcloretheywere<br />
10 adopt such ide.s thcnr.lves (See PRonIFM<br />
Fron early childhood Loyd htd bccn las.inaled<br />
<strong>by</strong> conturine, slcisht-ol hand- vc.liloquisn- .nd<br />
pu77lL\ 4t a I k nn\. cnd hc pracnscd ll rhcsc<br />
di\crnan\ \rrhe Lse.t 27. a[t(r rrtrnP h. hand at<br />
larioustrndes. he Lund his true eo.ation: inlent<br />
inr puzzles Ihcy rere often uscd <strong>by</strong> adleitrsers<br />
and he clllcd hnnsell!n adrc ising agenriothcr<br />
c.ll.d him the Puzzlc king. His nultilarious<br />
nrvcntionsrerec.ilcctcd <strong>by</strong> hisson SamLoyd Jrin<br />
CrcloDtJit rt Pu22le\ tlrlJ) Bnrn Uoth?nthal<br />
P, 1i?,.r\r 1.\)tt95a\dt\\lMot!tl hena ..<br />
dt Pu,zl;s al son'|.;td ie60) contain seleclions<br />
LuJtl'E1re un compoing .hcs\ PtubLem\ t4r<br />
erlhr yrJr qhrle h( e{Jh rhed h r busnls\ anLl<br />
14.mm.n..rl n i87tr l$u vrJ^ lcrc he Dub<br />
lnhcd c/rcss srrar.g,. a bool c;.laining aboui 50lr<br />
.t h'. nr.hlem\ and d sumr$l,rt incohere.r Lc\r.<br />
A L sr trr interprc ed Jnd reurure rhc h4.k.<br />
addinp biosraphic.l naicrial and about 200 prob<br />
rcnF dnnp 'blAhed<br />
rhe trhu c tr\srd Lolda lht\<br />
rhh: Pr;l,l.h' (1rll) RLnr nteLl rn iL'b2 tlns<br />
bo.k folns an ercc!l.nt introduclion lor the<br />
uninniated qho qhh <strong>to</strong> enler (he problcm world<br />
LUNDIN i95<br />
on thcotherhand tbe wordf at besarirical. lorrhe<br />
main theme ol tbe book n a biting attack on lhe<br />
rising awarenessolle,ninhm Love and <strong>chess</strong> Bry<br />
nor seen likc rclarcd <strong>to</strong>pics, but <strong>to</strong> Lucena rbey<br />
qcrc both miniature warfare. His account olchcss<br />
was written at a tine when rhe .cw eame was<br />
supeheding the oid, aod h. dcs.ribes both loms.<br />
<strong>The</strong> son oian arbasador. he had travelledqidely<br />
in ltaly. France, and Spain, ind thc oFnines he<br />
gavc were rhe ones $ar he said the best Platers<br />
used. <strong>The</strong> cdmNcEN MANlscRn1 and anolhei<br />
conteBPorary lract may have been <strong>by</strong> lhe slnic<br />
.uthor. bul il is not known how ,nu.h, il at all,<br />
LucenaNasindebted<strong>to</strong>vl.rNroranyolherq er.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 150 posirions ac parlly oI lhe old glnc and<br />
partly oI thc newi among then is thc so-called<br />
pnn.nrRjs Lrc^cY. bur nof t|c ru.EN^ PosnoN.<br />
(For Lucenii openings sce cdrnNcrN naNU<br />
LUCENA DEFENCtr,425, rarel! playcd deltnce<br />
<strong>to</strong> the sP^NrsE oPENTNG not k<br />
LUCENA POSTTION, akeyposrtion inthc cnding<br />
K+R+Pv K+ R Iris..rln ru.EN^:book.but<br />
xaslirstpublished i. 1634 lrysar vroNho alLnbutes<br />
it <strong>to</strong> Scipione Genovnro.<br />
A problem <strong>by</strong> Lold that *on ftst trizc in the<br />
a/i1(l,nar.noverlyrour.cy l903'Ihekeyis lKe2<br />
and hc .allcd thc p.oblem the srErMrT c{Mur'<br />
becanse this nrore isonen oadei. t|rteannrit.If I<br />
...11=Q+ lKel..rill .ll=N+ 2RI2+<br />
Loyd\.in- q,pically lieht-hearted. Nas <strong>to</strong> provrle<br />
a k.y rhai allo$ed Black a double ch..k, a.d lhh<br />
kind oI problen earned hifl lhc sobriqnel \hol<br />
nin oI the probl. Norld. He would hale liked<br />
,ris dcsfittio..<br />
LUCtrNA,LUIS R,\MIREZ(151h 16th..ntur!),<br />
aurhoi ol rhc oldest survivi.g book dealing wilh<br />
Dra.li.al pla!. Rep?tidin ,1. dn1orcs ? ai. d.<br />
utedft. .o tt nteEot de Parrda was Published<br />
almon rerraint! nr 1497 and Bas the work ol a<br />
young sludcnt nr SalaBuca. Atihal time the word<br />
ftpcfti6n \aeaat a learncd dncourse preparcd<br />
r..ortlinr ri (ri.r s.holarlv rtrndnrds. a.d tlrc<br />
work m.il harc trccD $bmnied lowards a dcsreei<br />
Whne wi,s <strong>by</strong> I Rf,1 Rhi 2 Re4+ Kd7 I Kl]<br />
Rfl+ I Ke6 Rg1+ 5 Kh6 Rhl+ 6 Kg-s Rgl+<br />
? Rg4 Three hundrcd years lalei Nluzo*r1s.H<br />
descnbed rhe whitc rook snaneuvrc as bnilding r<br />
br Ce (undcr $hich lhe king mat shelterJ.<br />
I,UDUS LAIRUNCLTLORUIII (l-rtin -the merce<br />
narieJ gane'), i bo.rd gamc widely played in<br />
cla$ical Roo.n and (ncek times <strong>The</strong>eractulcs<br />
are nol knoqn bul it wls plnved o. a squared<br />
board, nrostcommonl<strong>to</strong>neoi8 x 8squares. When<br />
lir.raryschohB llanllatc ihc Latin lheylrequenll!<br />
and inc.tr.ctlt suppose thegame Loh. an anccs<strong>to</strong>r<br />
LUNDIN, ERIK RUBEN (190l- ).I'rtemalional<br />
Gra.dmArer (1983), swcdhh player and narional<br />
chanFion sclcn tnnes lrom 1911 <strong>to</strong> l964.lInben<br />
lounram.0l results were: Ctjtcborg 1931, Inst<br />
cqual $irh FLoBR rnd sror rzl Ostend 1916, {irst
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