78071 Vicent | Discovered 2002 June 1 by R. Ferrando at Observatory Pla D´Arguines. |
Born in the city of Segorbe, Francesch Vicent (1450-1512) wrote the first treatise on modern chess, Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100, published in Valencia in 1495. A book of chess openings---and lost since the early nineteenth century---it discussed in particular the moves of the queen and bishops. |
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