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Chess

Chess. Robin Burke GAM 206. Outline. A little chess history Play. Chess – India. Most likely dates to India around 600 AD possibly a lost earlier ancestor of both Chinese and Indian versions Chaturanga The pieces are organized like the Indian army of the time

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Chess

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  1. Chess Robin Burke GAM 206

  2. Outline • A little chess history • Play

  3. Chess – India • Most likely dates to India around 600 AD • possibly a lost earlier ancestor of both Chinese and Indian versions • Chaturanga • The pieces are organized like the Indian army of the time • king, minister, elephant, horse, chariot, footsoldier • there was a 4-player version • Distinguishing characteristics • pieces of differing power • capture by replacement • weakness / centrality of the king • a game of nobility • some association with military strategy

  4. Chess – East Asia • Distinct versions of Chess appears around 800 AD • xiang-qi • Played on the points of the board • Includes a special "castle" in which the king must stay • Other asian variants developed along these lines • Shogi • Changgi • All of these available in the Game Lab

  5. Chess – Middle East • Emerges in Persia • Chatrang • And then in the Islamic world • by 640 • Shatranj • some of the modern names appear • shah = king • shah kmat = "the king is dead" • instead of general, vizier • the sultan's adviser • rukh = chariot • Is well known in Baghdad by the time of the Crusades • scholars are writing books containing chess problems

  6. Chess – Europe • First appears in Europe around 900 AD • Quickly becomes popular • popular enough the Church has to declare it sinful • later relents • Italy and Spain were the most important centers of chess scholarship • Italy closest to the Muslim world • jumping off point for the Crusades • Spain • part of the Islamic world up to 1492

  7. Fresco,14th century Italy

  8. Chess – Rules • King: same as modern chess • Fers: (modern queen) 1 square diagonally • Alfil: (modern bishop) 2 squares diagonally leaping intervening pieces like the Knight. • Knight: same as modern chess • Rook: same as modern chess • Pawn: one square forward only; capturing diagonally forward • Pawns promote to Fers on the back rank. • No castling. • Checkmate, stalemate or "bared king" are all wins. • Dice • 6 = King • 5 = Fers • 4 = Alfil • 3 = Knight • 2 = Rook • 1 = Pawn. • Check • must escape • Keep rolling until you have a legal move

  9. Groups • Group 5 • Hoffman,Bryan M  • Kelly,Donnell D  • Kostelnik,Anthony J  • Lazar,Matthew D  • Group 6 • Cao,Shengnan   • Keiser,Steven DC  • Koller,Kenneth R  • Kolodziejski,Kamil   • Group 7 • Allen,John M  • Alongi,Anthony J  • Bodenburg, Sklyer • Guida,Nicholas T  • Group 1 • Baio,Brian A  • Saulsberry,Daniel S  • Shusterich,Jeffrey J  • Stull,R. Alexander  • Group 2 • Rady,Brad W  • Shilander,David Leo  • Smythe,Geoffrey R  • Wiemeyer,Ryan J  • Group 3 • McNulty,Joseph  • Patterson, George • Rothrock, Drew • Salzman,Christopher M  • Group 4 • Hsiao,Matt C  • Libman,Jeffrey R  • Lubinski,Tommy Stanley  • Mammana Lupo,Anthony 

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