The History of Alquerque-12. Texts of the game. Volume III

The History of Alquerque-12.  Texts of the game. Volume III  ISBN:   978-0-244-07274-2  515 pages --- I dedicate this work to Mr. Joaquín Salmerón, Director of the Museum Siyasa of Cieza (Murcia) in Spain. Thanks to his enthusiasm and generous help I could initiate the investigation of the Alquerque-12 game in Spain.    The reason to write three volumes about alquerque-12 was due to the...

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My young Years by the side of Harm Wiersma and Ton Sijbrands, Future World Champions

My young Years by the side of Harm Wiersma and Ton Sijbrands, Future World Champions  Draughts is more difficult than Chess - 308 pages ISBN:   978-0-244-66661-3            -       2018    Hard cover     Lulu Editors At the end of 2017 a draughts player asked me to have translations of some of my Spanish...

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Draughts and La Celestina’s creator Francesch Vicent (Lucena) in Ferrara with Lucrezia Borgia

Draughts and La Celestina’s creator Francesch Vicent (Lucena) in Ferrara with Lucrezia Borgia  -  316 pages ISBN:   978-0-244-05324-6            -       2018 Writing about the medical student Lucena, the inventor of draughts  and first writer about modern chess was not easy and it took us many years to find out about his activity...

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