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Topic: Who invented chess?
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| My understanding is that en passant wasn't accepted world-wide until the 19th Century |
AT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant#Historical_context it says
"Historically, en passant is one of the last series of major rule changes in European chess that occurred in the 14th to 15th century, together with the introduction of the two-square first move for pawns, castling, and the unlimited range for queens and bishops. Because of their separation from European chess prior to that period, the Asian chess variants do not feature any of these moves"
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More specifically, I meant that en passant was not accepted in Italy until the late 19th century. Also, until that time, Italians used `free castling'. In free castling, the king and rook both cross over but they may choose any destination squares between their original squares. So, White castling kingside could leave the king and rook on g1&f1, as is now normal, but also on h1&g1, h1&f1, h1&e1, g1&e1 or f1&e1. Queenside castling offers even more options (rook on any square between b1 and e1 inclusive; king anywhere to the left of the rook).
See http://www.chesscentral.com/articles_chess/discart-1863.htm
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles222.pdf
Apologies for the confusion.
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