Francesc de Castellví i de Vic


Francesc de Castellví i de Vic was a poet, nobleman, and politician from Valencia, Spain. He was the baron and lord of Benimuslem Mulata, and was an advisor in the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon.

Chess of Love

He is one of the authors of Scachs d'amor or Chess of Love, a poem based on a chess game and written in valencian, where he took the White pieces and checkmated Narcís Vinyoles. Bernat Fenollar comments and establishes the rules. It is the first documented game played with the modern rules of chess, at least concerning the moves of the queen and bishop.