Game and Playe of the Chesse
Overview and Issue
[edit | edit source]- The article describes two books - one written in the 13th century and one in the late 15th so both would have been available and known to Nicholas and Lymond.
- WG126
Abstract
[edit | edit source]Both Nicholas and Lymond are superior chess players. The author discusses contemporaneous guides on how to play chess. "There is a direct connection made with ability in the arts of warfare, and as Lymond says of his qualities as a leader of men during his trial in The Game of Kings: ‘I’ve studied geography and I know my chess ... one shows you where to go and the other what to do when you get there’ (GOK 4.4. 2). Chess games occur, engaging the intellect and connecting the players in a wordless interchange. The one that stands out, however, is the lethal live game in the seraglio in Pawn in Frankincense, which is one of the most intense and tragic chess games in literature." (Nicky Cannon)
Authors
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[edit | edit source]People
[edit | edit source]- Jacobus de Cessoles
Fictional Character
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Literature
[edit | edit source]- Ludus Scaccorum (The Book of the Morals of Men and the Duties of Nobles and Commoners, on the Game of Chess
- The Buke of the Chess
Illustrations
[edit | edit source]- ‘The thirde chapitre of the first tractate treteth wherfore the playe was founded and maad’, taken from the Project Gutenberg EBook of the Game and Playe of the Chesse, a verbatim reprint of the first edition, 1474. See http://tinyurl.com/WG126-6.
Historical Events
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Other References
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Quotes from Dunnett
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