Francesc de Castellví i de Vic
Francesc de Castellví i de Vic (also Franci or Francisco de Castellví y Vic, died September 6, 1506) was a poet, nobleman and politician from Valencia, Spain.
Chess of Love
He is one of the authors of Scachs d'amor or Chess of Love, a poem based on a chess game between Franci de Castellvi (as Mars) and Narcís Vinyoles (as Venus), while Bernat Fenollar (as Mercury) comments and establishes the rules. It is the first documented game played with the modern rules of chess.[1]
References
- ↑ "Scachs d'Amor". www.scachsdamor.org. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
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