{"product_id":"035-the-history-of-alquerque-12-spain-and-france-volume-i","title":"035 The History of Alquerque-12. Spain and France.: Volume I.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first Spanish books about the game of draughts\u003cbr\u003e\nhave a very high level and date from the XVI\u003cbr\u003e\ncentury, while the first French book comes from\u003cbr\u003e\nthe XVII century and the game described is a\u003cbr\u003e\nvery elemental one. Contrary to this evidence, the\u003cbr\u003e\nscholars did not consider it necessary to grant\u003cbr\u003e\nSpain the honour of being the creative country of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe game of draughts and of the new modality in the\u003cbr\u003e\nchess game with the new dama. Both the alquerque-3\u003cbr\u003e\nas the alquerque-9 games were known in Roman\u003cbr\u003e\ntimes. Completely different is the situation for the\u003cbr\u003e\ngame alquerque-12 game. It is said that the alquerque\u003cbr\u003e\nhas its origin in Egypt. Perhaps this is the case for the\u003cbr\u003e\nalquerque-3 and alquerque-9 games, but never for\u003cbr\u003e\nalquerque-12 game. Some authors claim that the\u003cbr\u003e\nalquerque-12 game is a Greek or Roman game, but the\u003cbr\u003e\ngreat expert of these games, Dr. Ulrich Schädler,\u003cbr\u003e\ndiscards it. This book is the first proof that the\u003cbr\u003e\nalquerque-12 game was not popular at all in France,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut much more in Spain, where the new chess game\u003cbr\u003e\nand draughts game were invented.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46802633621714,"sku":"a5fce2bc-30c0-37ab-aa5c-c5caa1ff577a","price":16.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_c1d275dc-d125-43d3-94cc-d84386c218bf.jpg?v=1773554706","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/035-the-history-of-alquerque-12-spain-and-france-volume-i","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}