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Early European chess players changed the game
Early European chess players turned the chess game to reflect their society's political structure.
- Originally, chess was a game of war. Horsemen, elephant-riding fighters, charioteers and infantry protected the "shah" and his counsellor, the "firz."
- But Europeans changed the "shah" to a king, the "vizier" to queen, the "elephants" to bishops, the "horses" to knights, the "chariots" to castles, and the "foot soldiers" to pawns.
- Instead of representing the units in an army, the pieces now stood in for Western social order - those who fought (knights), those who prayed (clergy) and those who worked (the rest).
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Chess: The transformation of the queen
- Initially, the chess queen could only move one square.
- In the 15th century, the queen gained unlimited movement in any direction.
- The queen's elevation to the strongest piece appeared first in Spain during the time when the powerful Queen Isabella was on ...
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Chess is 'life in miniature'
The 13th-century Dominican friar Jacobus de Cessolis described the ways each chess piece contributes to a harmonious social order.
- He distinguished paws by trade and connected each to its royal partner.
- The first pawn is a farmer and tied to the castle because he provides ...
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The familiarity of it
Chess is more familiar than you think.
- There is a king who doesn't do much himself because everybody "got his back."
- There's a queen who does whatever she likes.
- The bishops, knights, and rooks get stuff done.
- Then the pawns are ...
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