The Gottingen manuscript is a Latin treatise written by an unknown author (apparently of French origin). According to various estimates, the manuscript dates from 1500–1505, or 1471 [1] ; marks the final transition from satranja to modern chess .
It is stored in the library of the University of Gottingen ( Germany ; hence the name). The 33-page manuscript contains a description of 12 openings and 30 chess problems with solutions. In the treatise, it is considered the first attempt to systematize openings on the first move - 1.е4, d4, f4 and c4. Unlike the leadership of L. Lucena , where the rules of the shatrange were still mentioned, the Göttingen manuscript is entirely written on the basis of modern rules of the game.
Example task
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
| eight | eight | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| five | five | ||||||||
| four | four | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| one | one | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
Mat in 2 moves
Notes
- ↑ Dr. Fritz Clemens Görschen (1911–1981) writes in Schach Echo (1975) that King Alfonso V of Portugal had the manuscript when he visited France in the winter of 1474–5 and that it had been written in 1471 ( Hooper & Whyld 1996 , C . 156), although Eales, 1985 , p. 74, brands this as speculation.
Literature
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - P. 84. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .