Scachs d'amor: Describing the rules of chess

A poem written in Valencian by Francesc de Castellví, Bernat Fenollar and Narcís de Vinyoles was the first literary work to describe a game with the modern rules — the queen could move multiple squares in all directions and the scope of the bishops widened importantly. SERGIO NEGRI tells us the story. | Image: A chessboard illustrated in Jacobus de Cessolis' "De ludo scachorum".

St. Thomas guild - medieval woodworking, furniture and other crafts: Medieval chess and variants

PDF) A New Variant of the Board Game Chess: Chess with New Mindless Figure.

The Rules of Chess

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Scachs d'amor: The poem that first portrayed the modern rules of chess

Scachs d'Amor is a 15th century Catalan poem believed to be the first recorded game of chess, describing a match between Venus and Mars : r/chess

Did Spain's Queen Isabella Change the Game of Chess?, by Tim Gebhart, Exploring History

Scachs d'Amor, The oldest chess game ever recorded, Valencia 1475. : r/ chess

St. Thomas guild - medieval woodworking, furniture and other crafts: Medieval chess and variants