Odemira (pronounced [ɔðɨˈmiɾɐ] ) is a town and a municipality in Beja District in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. The population in 2011 was 26,066...

chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti, published in...

He wrote the Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez in 1561, based on the work of Pedro Damiano de Odemira Questo Libro e da impare...