Home›Articles›A game a poet could take for granted, and a village that kept it aliveArticleA game a poet could take for granted, and a village that kept it aliveArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnCourier chess, Games Well-attested SourcesCourier chess (Wikipedia)HistoryQuote, HistoryWirnt von Gravenberg, writing early in the 13th century, mentioned the courier game in his poem Wigalois dating from 1202-1205, and expected his readers to know what he was talking about.View the SourceSport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionSport and Games AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.