Tracing the Origins of Checkmate Patterns and Paths in Alfonso X’s Libro de los juegos
Sonja MUSSER GOLLADAY
Published in Games from Antiquity to Baroque
Keywords: Alfonso X the Wise, Checkmate Pattern, Chess, Libro de los juegos, Libro del acedrex, Retrograde Problem Analysis, Shatranj.
The present study interrogates Alfonso X’s bibliographic sources through his chess problems’ checkmates and move patterns.
