Ajedrez jorge luis borges biography

The relationship between chess and literature is rather vigorous in the universal experience. As far as Argentina is concerned, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento published letters from women who mentioned the royal game in a trans-Andean newspaper and, when describing Montevideo, he mentioned that some forces had put others 'in check'.

Leopoldo Lugones included it in his poetry and his short stories; Roberto Payró brought it to theatre; and Roberto Arlt used it in his novels. These are some of the writers that showcased chess in their respective literary genres, as an obvious proof of its social and cultural relevance.

Numerous men and women of letters will follow these footprints.

In an inevitably short list, we should mention Ezequiel Martínez Estrada in the first place, who portrayed the local chess climate prevailing during the Tournament of Nations in 1939 like nobody had done before, and who posthumously bequeathed the fruits of his research in Filosofía del Ajedrez ('Chess Philos