Chess (poem)
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Chess (Polish: Szachy) is a poem written by Jan Kochanowski, first published in 1564 or 1565. Inspired by Marco Girolamo Vida's Scacchia Ludus, it is a narrative poetry work that describes a game of chess between two men, Fiedor and Borzuj, who fight for the right to marry Anna, princess of Denmark. The poem anthropomorphises the pieces, presenting the game as a battle between two armies, in a style reminiscent of battle scenes in the works of Homer and Virgil.[1]
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
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by Jan Kochanowski | |
Original title | Szachy |
Country | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Language | Polish |
Subject(s) | Chess |
Publication date | c. 1565 (1565) |
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In 1912, Alexander Wagner reconstructed the game described in the poem, while Yuri Averbakh found that it has three possible endings in 1967.