hist-games: for you, Justin (about Byzantine Chess)

[David Baines]

Justin,

I remember an exchange a few months ago in which the "periodness" of 
Byzantine chess was discussed.  You expressed concern that Alfonzo's account 
of the game is not enough to prove that it was played in period.  Well, I 
have not found independent confirmation of that variant, but I found 
documentation that chess (of some variant) was played in Eastern Europe as 
early as 1093.  That is when it was banned by the Orthodox Church; we can 
assume that it was played in those lands much earlier.  Here is the link 
(the information is under "Religion and Chess"):

http://misc.traveller.com/chess/trivia/r.html

Alfred of Suffolk




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