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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:02 am    Post subject: Ancient Italian Chess Manuscript Reply with quote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7265257.stm

I don't know if you've seen the actual pictures, but one of them was featured in the British paper, The Guardian... now if I was Leonardo Da Vinci I'd be insulted by the assumption that he drew them, 'cos firstly they are crap, and secondly they aren't even legal positions.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What's the link to the picture?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Article and pictures.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The picture was in the Guardian newspaper but it doesn't seem to be included in their web version.

However, to satisfy the void I provide an alternative digestif:

http://www.chessvariants.com/books.dir/ecv.html
http://hometown.aol.com/taurusgaming/myhomepage/index.html
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Speaking of which check out my own:

http://www.chessvariants.org/index/msdisplay.php?itemid=MSintervention
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
According to a fellow chess player, in the days of Leonardo Da Vinci, chess puzzles weren't logical. The artist is just given information on how the pieces move and then draws a diagram to suit. In turn, the artist having no understanding of the game itself subsequently draws an illegal position. In the case of Da Vinci he drew a pawn on the first rank.

The point in an illegal chess puzzle... ? I have no idea.
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