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Year
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Event
( 1100 to 1199 )
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1100
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Abu 'l-Fath Ahmad as-Sinjari writes
Chess manuscript containing 287
mansubat.
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1100
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Chess becomes accepted as a regular feature of noble life.
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1100
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Europe; first Central European reference to
Chess.
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1100
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Poland;
Chess introduced in Poland.
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1100
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Roland; the French Carolingian epic, 'Song of Roland', mentions
Chess.
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1100
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Shogi played in Japan.
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1105
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Khayyam; Omar Khayyam writes the 'rubaiyat,' using a
Chess game.
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1106
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Exchequer at Westminster created; referred to as the 'scaccarium' or
Chessboard.
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1106
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Henry I allowed his brother Robert, Duke of Nomandy, to play
Chess
while imprisoned for 28 years.
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1106
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Knightly;
Chess included in a list of knightly accomplishments by Petro
Alfonsi.
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1108
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Ar-Raghib died. Wrote that the Medinese refused to give their
daughters in marriage to Chess players.
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1110
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1110
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Zonares; John Zonares, Eastern Church monk, excommunicated
Chess
players.
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1112
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Dauphin throws
Chess pieces at
King
Henry I after losing.
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1115
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Byzantine; the emperor of the Byzantine empire is a
Chess addict.
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1119
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Correspondence; first correspondence game: Henry I (1068-1135) of
England and Louis VI (1081-1137).
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1120
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1120
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Lewis; oldest known
Chess set, the Lewis Chessmen, from this period.
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1123
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Kyayyam wrote the 'Rubaiyat' with
Chess references.
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1125
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Byzantine;
Chess is banned in some Byzantine churches.
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1128
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St. Bernard (1090-1153) forbids the Knights Templars from
Chess.
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1130
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1130
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Draughts, a variant of
Chess, invented in the south of France using
backgammon pieces.
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1140
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1140
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Al-Mubarak writes Arabic manuscript for Abd-al-Hamid (AH manuscript).
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1140
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Ibn-Ezra; first
Chess poems in Hebrew, by Ibn-Ezra.
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1140
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Queen's Leap; the fers's
Queen's leap is introduced in Spain by
Ibn-Ezra.
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1144
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Hyde Abbey, Winchester, destroyed by fire.
Chessmen from
King Cnut.
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1148
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Alexiad of Anna Comnena mentions Byzantine Emperor Alexius
Comnenus playing Chess.
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1150
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1150
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Lewis; bone
Chessmen were being made. Lewis Chessmen dated here.
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1150
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Draughts (checkers) started in France.
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1157
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Danish; A Danish
King saved himself by using a Chessboard as a shield.
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1160
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1167
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Ibn-Ezra; Abraham Ibn-Ezra died in London. Wrote several Hebrew
works on Chess.
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1167
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Spain; earliest Spanish reference to
Chess.
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1170
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1173
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Algebraic; a French manuscript uses algebraic notation.
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1180
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1180
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British; first British reference to
Chess, by a Winchester monk.
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1189
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Problems; first European reference to
Chess problems, by Gerald of
Wales.
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1190
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1190
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Neckam; Alexander Neckam devotes a chapter to
Chess in his treatise,
'On the Nature of Things'.
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1190
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Neckam condemns
Chess for being frivolous.
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1190
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Richard I;
King Richard I (1157-99) learns Chess while on the crusades.
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1195
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Maimonides; the Rabbi Maimonides includes
Chess among the
forbidden games.
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1197
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Abbot of Persigny writes to Countess of Perche warning her against
Chess.
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1199
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Lackland; John Lackland,
King of England, was a keen Chess player.
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