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Ivory bishop piece with a Chinese puzzle ball in the base, from a Cantonese chess set. Chinese puzzle balls are believed to have originated in Canton, where there was a thriving artisanal sector and easy access to raw ivory, allowing artisans to show off their dexterity and technical prowess with the intricate carving required to make these items.
The Lewis chessmen (Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais [fiɾʲˈhaːlɪʃkʲ loː.ɪʃ]) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, [1] are a group of distinctive 12th century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus ivory.
By the mid-12th century, the pieces of the chess set were depicted as kings, queens, bishops, knights and men at arms. [61] Chessmen made of ivory began to appear in North-West Europe, and ornate pieces of traditional knight warriors were used as early as the mid 13th century. [62]
Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess ...
The bannermen pieces (if used) start on the upper corner points of the players' 3×3 palaces. Game of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese: 三國棋, Pinyin: Sān-guó-qí ; also called Sanguo Qi, Three Kingdoms Chess, or Three-Handed Xiangqi) is a three-player variant of the game xiangqi ("Chinese chess").
Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.