Abu 'l-Fath Ahmad as-Sinjari writes Chess manuscript containing 287 mansubat.

Chess becomes accepted as a regular feature of noble life.

Europe; first Central European reference to Chess.

Poland; Chess introduced in Poland.

Roland; the French Carolingian epic, ‘Song of Roland’, mentions Chess.

Shogi played in Japan.

Khayyam; Omar Khayyam writes the 'rubaiyat,' using a Chess game.

Exchequer at Westminster created; referred to as the 'scaccarium' or Chessboard.

Henry I allowed his brother Robert, Duke of Nomandy, to play Chess while imprisoned for 28 years.

Knightly; Chess included in a list of knightly accomplishments by Petro Alfonsi.

Ar-Raghib died. Wrote that the Medinese refused to give their daughters in marriage to Chess players.

Zonares; John Zonares, Eastern Church monk, excommunicated Chess players.

Dauphin throws Chess pieces at King Henry I after losing.

Byzantine; the emperor of the Byzantine empire is a Chess addict.

Correspondence; first correspondence game: Henry I (1068-1135) of England and Louis VI (1081-1137).

Lewis; oldest known Chess set, the Lewis Chessmen, from this period.

Kyayyam wrote the 'Rubaiyat' with Chess references

Byzantine; Chess is banned in some Byzantine churches.

St. Bernard (1090-1153) forbids the Knights Templars from Chess.

Draughts, a variant of Chess, invented in the south of France using backgammon pieces.

Al-Mubarak writes Arabic manuscript for Abd-al-Hamid (AH manuscript).

Ibn-Ezra; first Chess poems in Hebrew, by Ibn-Ezra.

Queen's Leap; the fers's Queen's leap is introduced in Spain by Ibn-Ezra.

Hyde Abbey, Winchester, destroyed by fire. Chessmen from King Cnut.

Alexiad of Anna Comnena mentions Byzantine Emperor Alexius  Comnenus playing Chess.

Lewis; bone Chessmen were being made. Lewis Chessmen dated here.

Draughts (checkers) started in France.

Danish; A Danish King saved himself by using a Chessboard as a shield.

Ibn-Ezra; Abraham Ibn-Ezra died in London. Wrote several Hebrew works on Chess.

Spain; earliest Spanish reference to Chess.

Algebraic; a French manuscript uses algebraic notation.

British; first British reference to Chess, by a Winchester monk.

Problems; first European reference to Chess problems, by Gerald of Wales.

Neckam; Alexander Neckam devotes a chapter to Chess in his treatise, 'On the Nature of Things'.

Neckam condemns Chess for being frivolous.

Richard I; King Richard I (1157-99) learns Chess while on the crusades.

Maimonides; the Rabbi Maimonides includes Chess among the forbidden games.

Abbot of Persigny writes to Countess of Perche warning her against Chess.

Lackland; John Lackland, King of England, was a keen Chess player.