070 The Origin of the Checkers and Modern Chess Game. Volume III (312 pages) - 2016 (original) (raw)

Abstract

I shall briefly describe the second part of this book, whose chapters I have tried to write in a simple style. Chapter 18 offers an introduction -and chapter 19 discusses the additions to the described chapters of Volume I. In chapter 20 I prove the influence of chess in the game of draughts and in chapter 21 I address the poem Scachs d'amor and look into history of that time period. By paying close attention to the sword of Castile, I was able to determine that the new powerful queen was introduced in Spain after the year 1474 and a very good case can be made for dating the poem in 1476, when the Queen of Castile and her husband, King Ferdinand, crushed, in May, the Portuguese King's army in Toro. The new discoveries unveiled by the historian Garzón in chapter 22 clearly show that the new powerful queen was in fact a symbolic portrayal of Queen Isabella of Castile, and that her power on the chessboard was conceived as a reflection of her power in real life. In chapter 23 we make a brief, though intense, summary of Mr. Garzón's new research about the book by Francesh Vicent. It has been proven that his book was indeed printed in Valencia and that it must exist somewhere in the world. In fact, he provides some clues on how to find it. Garzón also shows that the Lucena book is a copy, at least in part, of the book by Francesh Vicent and, therefore, so is the Damian book. In chapter 24 I show with near certainty that Nicolas Antonio made a mistake regarding authorship, that the book by Torquemada never existed, and that the name he should have been referred to was Juan Timoneda. In chapter 25 Garzón proves in no less than 14 arguments, that the game of draughts was created in Valencia, as an imitation of the new powerful queen in the modern game of chess. In chapter 26 I show the world the latest manuscript found in Spain on the game of draughts that dates back to circa 1725, but whose texts are estimated to date from between 1639 and 1725. In chapter 27 I show the excellent relationship that there was between the utmost Spanish humanist, Antonio de Nebrija, and Queen Isabella. This new evidence called for a new concept regarding the game of draughts, which is expressed in chapter 28. Chapter 29 contains the bibliography. Finally the book finishes with an epilogue, written by the best chess historian in Spain, José Antonio Garzón Roger, which brings out the most important points of this book.

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