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Year
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Event
( 1200 to 1299 )
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1200
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Courier
Chess, played on a 12 x 8 board, introduced.
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1200
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Great
Chess, played on a 100 square board, introduced.
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1208
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Sully; the
Bishop of Paris, Odo Sully, bans Chess from the clergy.
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1210
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1210
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Morality of
Chess according to Pope Innocent III (1160-1216) written.
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1212
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Ferrand of Portugal hit his wife Jeanne over a game of
Chess.
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1213
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John;
King John was playing Chess when his deputies from Rouen
arrived to ask for his help against King Augustus.
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1217
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Khan; Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, born.
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1220
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1220
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Dice;
Chess is no longer played with dice to determine moves.
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1221
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Arabic manuscript (V)
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1230
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1230
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Astronomical
Chess introduced.
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1230
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Icelandic St Olaf's Saga contains a
Chess incident. First appearance of
Chess in the Norse lands.
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1240
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1240
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Forbid;
Chess forbidden to the clergy in Worcester, England.
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1242
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Al-Mustasim, Abbasid caliph, reigned.
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1250
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1250
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Denmark; the
King of Denmark was captured while playing Chess.
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1250
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Louix;
King Louis IX (1214-1270) receives a fine Chess set from Aladdin.
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1250
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Mabinogion, Welsh epic, attains written form.
Chess mentioned.
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1250
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Vetula; Latin verse romance, the Vetula, by Richard de Fournival.
Mentions Chess.
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1250
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Cessole, Jacopo da, (Cessolis), born in Italy. Author of the most famous
of Chess moralities.
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1252
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John; 'The Innocent Morality'
Chess allegory written by John of Wales.
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1254
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08/16 Court case about a
Chess player who stabbed his opponent to
death.
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1254
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St Louis IX of France restricts
Chess to laymen.
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1255
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05/08
France; Provincial Council of Beziers in France forbids Chess.
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1257
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Arabic manuscript now in British museum (BM manuscript)
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1258
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Abbasid; end of Abbasid caliphs.
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1258
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Al-Mustasim put to death by invading Mongols.
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1258
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Mongols sacked Baghdad.
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1260
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1260
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Henry;
King Henry III (1207-72) instructs the clergy to leave Chess alone.
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1262
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Russian word for
Chess (shakmatny) is introduced.
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1264
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Quarrel over
Chess game; man stabs woman to death.
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1265
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Buzecca played two games blindfold, 1 OTB (+2=1) in Florence.
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1265
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Khan; Hulagu Khan died.
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1268
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Conradon was playing
Chess in prison before being executed.
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1270
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1271
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Dalmation; ruling dalmation towns of Yugoslavia was determined by a
Chess match.
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1273
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Cotton MS is the earliest English collection of
Chess problems.
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1275
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Cessole writes the most important of all moralities and most copied.
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1275
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Pawn; option of
Pawn double move on the first move (FMO) introduced
in Italy.
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1279
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Chinese introduce new pieces to Chinese
Chess (siang ki).
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1280
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1283
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Alfonso manuscript completed. Compiled for Alfonso X, Castile
King.
Called 'Libro del Acedrex'.
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1283
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Alfonso manuscript prescribed the use of a checkered board.
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1283
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Dice
Chess explained by
King Alfonso X in his manuscript.
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1290
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1290
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Lombard lawyer, Guido de Baysio, formulate rules to govern
Chess.
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1291
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Peckman; the Archbishop (VC) of Cantebury, John Peckman, forbids
Chess.
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1295
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Bonus Socius is first European MS using a coordinate notation.
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1295
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Bonus Socius, first compilation of
Chess problems, written in Lombardy.
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1299
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Priests were forbidden from playing
Chess.
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