While trying to figure out the origins of modern chess, I often felt like a detective on a murder case. There are many excellent online resources, with very long and detailed articles written by most respectable historians, but they hardly ever refer to each other, and most if not all offer just pieces of the puzzle. The problem is that there are many recent developments when it comes to the origins of chess as we know it - so recent that it's not easy to find actual books on them: books in the English language, that is. Miniature from a book work by Jacques de Cessoles - Liber de moribus - XIVth century - The chess playersFor non-historians, it's not easy finding out about the history of modern chess - not on the internet, at least. As an introduction to the festivities in Valencia, I will try to shed some light on the complicated but very interesting Valencian link with modern chess. ChessVibes will be in Valencia to report on the match between the two K's. In just over a week, Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov will play an exhibition match in Valencia, Spain, as part of the festivities of the Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno program: “Valencia, birthplace of modern chess”.
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