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Not until 1497, when Isabella of Castile ruled Spain and its New World colonies, does a chess treatise recognize the queen as the strongest piece on the board. After that come many references to “queen’s chess” or “mad chess”—our modern game.
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
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