| Bernat Fenollar | |
| Other Names: | Mossèn (Bernat de) Fenollar |
| Birth Date: | 1438 |
| Birth Place: | Penàguila, Kingdom of Valencia |
| Death Date: | February 28, 1516 |
| Death Place: | Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia |
| Occupation: | cleric, math professor, poet and chess player |
Bernat Fenollar, also Mossèn (Bernat de) Fenollar (Penàguila, Valencian Community, 1438 – Valencia, 28 February 1516) was a poet, cleric and chess player from Valencia, Spain.[1] He was an abbot (the title "Mossèn" was often given to clergymen), had a position both in Valencia Cathedral and the University of Valencia as a professor of mathematics.[2]
See main article: Scachs d'amor. He is one of the authors of Scachs d'amor or Chess of Love, a poem based on a chess game between Francesc de Castellví and Narcís Vinyoles,[3] while Bernat Fenollar comments and establishes the rules.[4] It is the first documented game played with the modern rules of chess, at least concerning the moves of the queen and bishop.