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Govert Westerveld
Since 1987 we have defended in articles that the Spanish queen Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica) was the new chess queen (dama) on the chessboard. Other publications were…
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Every checkers player knows about Woldouby's famous position. This 21 year-old Senegalese drew a lot of attention in Paris in 1910 when he won against all challengers in his store…
This book at this moment is one of the most profound, rigorous and well-documented investigations ever into the history of draughts or chess. In this monumental work, around one thousand…
Lucena was the son of the prothonotary Juan Ramirez de Lucena, ambassador of the Catholic monarch in Spain. He wrote a book called Repeticion de amores y Arte de Ajedrez…
The modern game of chess started around 1475 in Spain when the queen and bishop got a much more powerful move. It was called "Mad Queen Chess". These new rules…
Weiss, l'orgoglio dei maestri di dama francesi, giocava in modo rischioso sfidando ogni teoria e metodo. Piu e bello, piu e complicato, meglio e, non e mai perfettamente elaborato o…
Govert Westerveld, Hajar Itobi
In the atmosphere of wisdom and knowledge the game of Alquerque of Twelve was transformed into the game of Marro de Punta in the fifteenth century. The transformation was completed…
