Ahedres: Pagkakaiba sa mga binago

▲At the same time, chess was often used as a basis of sermons on [[morality]]. An example is ''Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium sive super ludo scacchorum'' ('Book of the customs of men and the duties of nobles or the Book of Chess'), written by an Italian [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] monk [[Jacobus de Cessolis]] circa 1300. The popular work was translated into many other languages (first printed edition at Utrecht in 1473) and was the basis for [[William Caxton]]'s ''The Game and Playe of the Chesse'' (1474), one of the first books printed in [[English language|English]].<ref> [http://www.bartleby.com/212/1303.html The Introduction of Printing into England and the Early Work of the Press: The First Book printed in English], from ''[[The Cambridge History of English and American Literature]]'', Vol II. (1907) Online at bartleby.com. Retrieved 12 December 2006</ref> Ginamit din ang mga piyesa ng ahedres upang ilarawan ang iba't ibang uri ng tao, at ang mga tungkulin ng iba'y hinango sa mga batas ng laro o di kaya'y sa panlabas na anyo ng mga piyesa.