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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.
Queen. The legend regarding the set states that these chessmen were given as a gift to Charlemagne by Caliph Harun al-Rashid, [3] who was an avid chess player. The fact that the set displays elephants instead of bishops and chariots instead of rooks denotes a form of the Perso-Arabic game known as Shatranj, itself coming from the original Indian Chaturanga (which compound word means the 'Four ...
The carving has been interpreted as a chess piece. [3] Indian pieces this large are attested in the 10th century by al-Masʿūdī, who reports that game pieces were the most common use of ivory in India. [2] There is an "almost identical" ivory piece in the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin.
Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play an entire game of chess on the ceiling, from the ...
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 ...
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The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, [1] [2] recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named after the leading English chess master Howard Staunton , who endorsed it ...
Of the chess pieces, 60 are major pieces and 19 are pawns. [n 3] In addition to the carved chess pieces, the hoard includes 14 plain ivory discs, [n 4] as well as a single ivory buckle, which might have been part of a bag holding the pieces. [1] Most pieces are carved from walrus tusk ivory, while at least three are made from whale tooth. [17]
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