Across the miles and the centuries, the game changed, but its fascination and the mental training it offered did not. In this excellent article, published by Stewart Gordon in the July/August 2009 issue of Saudi Aramco World, the history of chess in the Islamic civilisation is narrated, surrounded by its historical and cultural context. This article appeared on pages 18-23 of the July/August 2009 print edition of Saudi Aramco World, vol 60, N° 4. For the online version, with figures, see: Stewart Gordon, The Game of Kings (© Saudi Aramco World). The figures and captions illustrating the articles were added by the editorial board of *** We reproduce it under the permission granted by the publisher (see Copyright and Permissions). In 1509, Diego Lopez, commander of the first Portuguese expedition to Malacca, in the East Indies, was playing chess when a Javan from the mainland came aboard.
The Javan immediately recognized the game and the two men discussed the form of the pieces used in the chess played there. They no doubt communicated through interpreters, but the fact that men whose homes were separated by a third of the circumference of the Earth could find they had chess in common is remarkable-and so is the fact that they could have found other players familiar with the game at any stopping point in Asia, the Middle East or Europe.įigure 1: 15th-16th century manuscript of Divan-e Shamse Tabrizi depicting Shamse Tabrizi playing chess with a young Persian prince. #Battle chess game of kings torrent Pc#.
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