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59 Cards in this Set
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Chaturanga |
India |
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Chatrang |
Persia |
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Shatar |
Mongolia |
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Senterej |
Ethiopia |
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Infantry Cavalry Elephantry Chariotry |
Four divisions (of the military) |
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Pawn |
Infantry |
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Knight |
Cavalry |
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Bishop |
Elephantry |
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Rook |
Chariotry |
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Shah! |
Persian for "King!" |
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Shah mat! |
Perisan for "the king is helpless! " |
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two squares diagonally (no more or less), but could jump over a piece between |
Move of Bishop in Persia |
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two squares sideways or front-and-back (no more or less), but could jump over a piece between |
Move of Bishop in India |
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one square diagonally, or one square forwards |
Move of Bishop in Southeast Asia |
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one square diagonally, only. |
Move of Queen in early chess |
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one square forwards (not two), capturing one square diagonally forward; promoted to queen only. |
Move of Pawn in early chess |
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Shogi |
China |
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the intersections of the lines on the board, rather than squares. (murag dama???) |
In Chinese chess, the game is played on ______________. |
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flat awts gege |
Chinese chess pieces are usually ________. |
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Noyon |
Mongolia Chess King |
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Bers |
Mongolia Chess Queen |
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Teme (naay dash above sa last 'e') |
Mongolia Chess Bishop |
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Mori (curve na dash above sa 'i') |
Mongolia Chess Knight |
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Tereg |
Mongolia Chess Rook |
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Hu (dash above 'u') |
Mongolia Chess Pawn |
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Boris Spassky |
[Famous World Chess Champions] Russia, 1969-1972 |
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Bobby Fischer |
[Famous World Chess Champions] USA, 1972-1975 |
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Anatoly Karpov |
[Famous World Chess Champions] Russia, 1975-1985 |
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Gary Kasparov |
[Famous World Chess Champions] Russia, 1985-? |
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King |
one square at a time and captures in same way |
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Queen |
to any square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and captures in the same way |
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Rook |
to any square vertically or horizontally and captures in same way |
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Knight |
the only piece that can leap over other units in a letter L formation comprising of 3 squares |
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Pawn |
has a curious property, can only move forward, one square at a time, except that first time it moves, it can advance in two squares. It captures diagonally forward on an adjacent square. |
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k |
[Abbreviations] King |
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Q |
[Abbreviations] Queen |
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R |
[Abbreviations] Rook |
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B |
[Abbreviations] Bishop |
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N |
[Abbreviations] Knight |
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P |
[Abbreviations] Pawn |
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X |
[Abbreviations] Capture |
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- |
[Abbreviations] to |
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ch |
[Abbreviations] Check |
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dbl ch |
[Abbreviations] double check |
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e.p |
[Abbreviations] en passant |
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! |
[Abbreviations] good move |
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!! |
[Abbreviations] very good move |
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? |
[Abbreviations] bad move |
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?? |
[Abbreviations] vert bad move |
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o-o-o |
[Abbreviations] Castling Queen side |
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o-o |
[Abbreviations] Casting King side |
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India |
The earliest predecessors in chess originated in __________ |
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Persia |
From India, the game spread to ________ |
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Southern Europe |
When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to _____________ |
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15th century |
When did chess evolve into its current form? |
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Second half of the 19th century |
When did the modern chess tournament play began? |
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1886 |
When was the first world Chess Championship held? |
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1970s |
The use of computer analysis in chess originated in ___________ with the first programmed chess games on the market. |
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mid 1990s |
Online gaming appeared in _________ |
