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The History of Alquerque-12, 3 Volumes by Govert Westerveld

December 3, 2017 By Eli Leave a Comment

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Scholars did not consider it necessary to grant Spain the honour of being the creative country of the game of draughts and of the new modality in the chess game with the new dama. Both the alquerque-3 as the alquerque-9 games were known in Roman times. Completely different is the situation for the alquerque-12 game. It is said that the alquerque has its origin in Egypt. Perhaps this is the case for the alquerque-3 and alquerque-9 games, but never for alquerque-12 game. Some authors claim that the alquerque-12 game is a Greek or Roman game, but the great expert of these games, Dr. Ulrich Schädler, discards it. This book is the first proof that the alquerque-12 game was not popular at all in France, but much more in Spain, where the new chess game and draughts game were invented. The first volume of the alquerque-12 game unravels France and Spain. The second volume deals with the remaining countries of the world. Govert Westerveld is a former draughts player, official Chronicler of the town of Blanca (Murcia – Spain), Hispanist, historian and researcher of the Chess, Draughts and Alquerque-12 games.

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