Chess Pieces Origins:
Originated in Europe, adopted by Italians, Indians , and middle easterns.
While the old Indians invented chess, they designed a figure for each arm of the service. The king figure corresponded to the Indian emperor, the "Schah-in-Schah"or "King of kings
Each piece gain meaning as it joined more and more different cultures.
Pawn = Soilder
Bishop= runner, fool, Arabs said it to be an elephant
Knight= arabs and Europeans argued it be either a knight or stead, soon it was simplified to a horse.
Queen was given more and more power , more then the king by Spaniards, they were probably inspired by Queen Isabella.
By the year 1527 Vida, bishop of Albay, published a poem about a chess game between "Apollo" and "Mercury". The rooks were fortifications on the back of an elephant.
Definition.com : Chess(noun)
1) game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard.
2) one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge.
3) less common name for rye-brome
Related words :
Bromus secalinus, cheat, chess game
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wow. that is awesome that someone had that many pieces to donate to the art cause!
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