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15/09/2009
Valencian historian José Antonio Garzón (Chelva, 1963), one of the main characters of the international symposium ‘Valencia, cuna del ajedrez moderno’ (Valencia, cradle of the modern chess) and of the match between the two best chess players of the world the 21st to the 25th of September in 'Palau de les Arts i de les cičncies', assured today that "the invention of the modern chess in Valencia in the XVth century is the biggest Valencian cultural achievement ever". He added that the big reason for Karpov and Kasparov having accepted playing their historical revenge is paying tribute "the city where their dedication was created" and playing again 25 years later.
Garzón, author of numerous articles about this topic and of the books ‘En pos del incunable perdido’ and 'El regreso de Francesch Vicent, says s that it’s a clear demonstration of "the specialists and the big champion supporting Valencia as the cradle of the modern chess". Actually, the elite of the board will meet at the capital of the Turia.
After a profound investigation of more than two decades, the specialist assures having completely refused the existence of any chess documents previous to the Valencian ones, so there is no possible French or Italian origin. "All the history of chess, included the big matches for the World’s title, is bounded to the new chess, originated in Valencia in the XVth century, and to its further expansion, in the same century", declares Garzón.
According to his exhaustive work, "the most important event of history of chess was the origin and introduction in the game of the strongest piece, the queen, one episode which happened the last third of the XVth century in Valencia and which is present at the two first documents of the new chess (called 'of the dame'), which are Valencian, work of Valencian and are written in Valencian".
"The original document where the queen is created and her movement is defined is the poem of 1475, 'Schachs d’amor', although it’s not less important than 'Llibre del jochs partitis del schachs', work of Segorbian Francesch Vicent, the first chess treatise published in the world", argues Garzón.
"The book of Vicent, which probably served to give lessons to Lucrecia Borgia, is the saint grial of chess", insists Garzón. For him, "talking about the Valencian origin of this sport means doubtlessly claiming the origin of the modern chess for Spain and doing it also for the one who is probably the biggest Valencian cultural event of all times, because everyday that passes, its legacy increases."
