Kofar Tsakanin Al'adu: Juyin Juya Halin da Lucena ya Ka'idantar
An buga shi a shekarar 1497, wannan aikin shi ne tsohon takardar bugu da ta tsira, wadda ke nuna sauyin wasan catur zuwa zamani na yanzu. Mahaifin marubucin, Juan Ramírez de Lucena, fitaccen jakadiya ne kuma “converso” (mutumin asalin Yahudawa) a hidimar Masarautar Katolika. Wannan asalin iyali mai al'adu da yawa ya kasance muhimmin tashar ilimi, yana taimakawa wajen yada ilimi daga yankin Bahar Rum, Arewacin Afirka, da Gabas ta Tsakiya zuwa Turai.
A cikin wannan aikin, Lucena bai yi aiki a matsayin mai ƙirƙira ba, sai dai a matsayin ƙwararren mai tattarawa da tsara dokoki. Sauyin siffar mai ba da shawara (queen) a cikin wasan catur daga kasancewa siffa mai iyaka zuwa zama mafi ƙarfi a kan allo ya riga ya bunƙasa a matsayin alamar soyayya a cikin waƙoƙi kamar Scachs d'amor na 1475, tun kafin Lucena. Da yiwuwar ya jawo (kuma ya kwafa) daga rubuce-rubucen Francesch Vicent na 1495 da suka ɓace, Lucena ya yi amfani da ikon injin buga littattafai don yada waɗannan ƙa'idodin “sabon wasa” waɗanda tuni suka fara yawo a tituna da cikin waƙoƙi. Wannan littafi ya kasance kundin farko na sauyi daga jinkirin tempo na tsohuwar Shatranj zuwa kuzarin catur na zamani.
Hikimar Daular Da Ake Raba: Encyclopedia na farko na wasanni a Turai
An rubuta shi a shekara ta 1283, Libro de los Juegos (Littafin Wasanni) shi ne kundin ilimi na farko kuma mafi cikakken tarihin al'adun wasanni a Turai. An umarci Sarki Alfonso X na Castile ya rubuta shi, wannan rubutun hannu shi ne babban rikodin tafiyar catur ta tsawon shekaru dubu ɗaya daga Farisa ta Tekun Bahar Rum, Arewacin Afirka, da Gabas ta Tsakiya zuwa Turai. Littafin ya gabatar da catur ba kawai a matsayin wasa ba, har ma a matsayin kwaikwayon sararin samaniya, wanda aka haɗa da ilimin taurari da lissafi. Fiye da zane-zanen ƙanana 150 sun yi wa tattaunawar lumana tsakanin mutane daga addinai daban-daban, mata, da masana da suka taru a kan tebur ɗaya, suna amfani da sassan wasa marasa addini kuma masu tsari, rayin madawwami. Wannan aikin ya kasance hujja mafi haske daga zamanin Tsakiyar Zamanai cewa hankali gada ce wadda ke haɗa dukkan imani.
