Bonus Socius

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The name Bonus Socius ( Latin for "good companion") is a manuscript of 194 chess problems and other board games originally written in Latin . One copy is in the National Library in Florence . The parchment is dated around 1266. The Italian scholar Boncompagno da Signa is believed to be the author . However, this hypothesis is controversial. Other sources assume that the university teacher Nicholas de St. Nicholai was the author around 1295.

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Checkmate in two moves

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This is an example from this collection of exercises.

Solution:

1. Ra7 – f7 +! Sh8xf7
2 Se 5-g6 + matt

literature

  • Bonus socius. Bijdragen tot de cultuurgeschiedenis van het schaakspel en other bordspelen , Jubileumuitgave voor Meindest Niemeijer ter Lageheid van zijn 75ste verjaardag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague 1977

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