A complete match is transcribed throughout the poem that is played according to the current rules of chess (**). There is no doubt that it was the first match to be played under these rules, with the queen and bishop making the same moves as we use nowadays.
The fact that this match is fully valid today and can be reproduced by any enthusiast, gives it pride of place in lists of historical and anthological contests.
In the match Castellví is using the red (white) chessmen and Vinyoles the green (black) ones, with Bernat Fenollar acting as referee. The moves and the rules of the new form of chess are transcribed in the margins of the 64 cobles (couplets) in the manner of the squares of the board; this was a tribute to the game and an extra difficulty that the poets had to overcome as they perfected their work. The match is transcribed below:
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Castellví-Vinyoles,
Valencia, c. 1475
1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Dd5 (the first move of the queen in the history of chess) 3.Cc3 Dd8 4.Ac4 (the bishop’s debut in new chess) Cf6 5.Cf3 Ag4 6.h3 Af3 7.Df3 e6 8. Db7 Cbd7 9.Cb5 Tc8 10.Ca7 Cb6 11.Cc8 Cc8 12.d4 Cd6 13.Ab5 Cb5 14.Db5 Cd7 15.d5 ed5 16.Ae3 Ad6 17.Td1 Df6 18.Td5 Dg6 19.Af4 Af4 20.Dd7 Rf8 21.Dd8 checkmate (diagram, final position), the first mate with the queen to inaugurate the modern era of chess.
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(**) It should be remembered that in Arabian chess the piece that takes the place of the current queen, known as the firzán or alferza in the Book of Games of Alfonso X the Wise (1283) is very limited in its movements, as it can only move one square diagonally.
The bishop’s movements are also very limited, as this piece can move two squares diagonally and is allowed to jump over a piece whether it belongs to the player making the move or his/her opponent. The I Festival of Ancient Chess held in Segorbe in 2002 with the board as a testing ground demonstrated that this was really a different game.