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  2. Lewis chessmen - Wikipedia

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    There are many medieval chess bishops of various origins in different museums in Europe and US. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] A bishop that probably predates the Lewis chessmen was in the collection of Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot and was sold at Christie's in Paris in 2011 with a radiocarbon dating report stating that there is a 95% probability that ...

  3. Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard - Wikipedia

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    The hoard of ninety-three games pieces was found on the Isle of Lewis and was exhibited in Edinburgh in 1831. [1] Most accounts have said the pieces were found at Uig Bay) on the west coast of Lewis but Caldwell et al. of National Museums Scotland (NMS) consider that Mealista), also in the parish of Uig and some 6 miles (10 km) further south down the coast, is a more likely place for the hoard ...

  4. Chess in the arts - Wikipedia

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    Some authors invented new chess variants in their works, such as stealth chess in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series or Tri-Dimensional chess in the Star Trek series. Another connection between art and chess is the life of Marcel Duchamp , who almost fully suspended his artistic career to focus on chess in 1923. [ 14 ]

  5. Charlemagne chessmen - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. History of chess - Wikipedia

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    The earliest precursor of modern chess is a game called chaturanga, which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest known game to have two essential features found in all later chess variations—different pieces having different powers (which was not the case with checkers and Go), and victory depending on the fate of one ...

  7. Alfil - Wikipedia

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    Antique Indian elephant chess piece representing the king. The pil, alfil, alpil, or elephant is a fairy chess piece that can jump two squares diagonally. It first appeared in shatranj. It is used in many historical and regional chess variants. It was used in standard chess before being replaced by the bishop in the 15th and 16th centuries.

  8. Ancient Roman figurine — a symbol of love — discovered among ...

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    Before long, the archaeology team working with government agencies started to find artifacts dating as far back as the Mesolithic period, which began in the area around 12,000 years ago, officials ...

  9. Category:Chess images - Wikipedia

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    Images related to the game of chess. To represent chess game positions, consider using Template:Chess diagram. Subcategories. This category has only the following ...

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