Medieval Chess

Which Magnus do you mean... another strong Viking warrior? :-p

What brought me back to chess was this image: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ566
I simply must get me a replica of this... and a fire place... and one of those cute princesses Jusuh talked about :-).

Originally posted by Duke of Brabant
Which Magnus do you mean... another strong Viking warrior? :-p

What brought me back to chess was this image: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ566
I simply must get me a replica of this... and a fire place... and one of those cute princesses Jusuh talked about :-).

I've just finished reading an article on a Medieval story where a chess scene plays a big part. A captured knight plays a noble lady. Apparently, chess was not an all male game... It gets even better! The lady was so confident she gave the knight an advantage: she started with one rook or knight less. And she boldly stated 'I will force your king into the corner and keep him there with a bishop (called an old one)'. And she did get the upperhand, but to save the knight from loosing, a bystander turned the board and declaired them both mated.

Medieval girlpower in chess!