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<p>82.79.242.234: </p> <hr /> <div>Old [[French]] [[literature]] mentions the [[game]]s [[chess]], and to a lesser extent [[tables]] as very typical [[knight]]ly pursuits. Noble ladies also might play these games.<br /> <br /> [[Guingamor]] is spending a day at home being indisposed. He seeks out a companion and:<br /> &quot;After chatting a while, they went<br /> to a game table (tablier) to amuse themselves&quot; where they play chess (l'eschequier)<br /> Later he approaches a [[castle]] where people have been &quot;playing at backgammon or chess&quot; (&quot;As tables, as esch�s jouant&quot; line 518, trans weingartner)<br /> <br /> ==Game Boards==<br /> Game boards were usually much larger than modern boards. Boards were a square piece of wood, probably approximately 1m square, which was supported by a pair of trestle legs.(Holmes 1952, 43) Players would sit in chairs or benches at the board and might knock the board over if suddenly surprised.<br /> <br /> ==Chess==<br /> [[12th Century]] [[Chess]] is not so dissimilar from modern chess that the game would be unrecocognised. A few rules differ however.....<br /> *The queen moved one square on the diagonal.<br /> *The bishop moved exactly two squares on the diagonal.<br /> *The pawn moved as in modern chess, except did not have a double move opening, and only promoted to a queen (which was a week piece). <br /> *Removing all of the oponents pieces except the king, called a 'bare king', was a victory.<br /> *There was no castling (combined move of the king and rook). (Alfonso)<br /> *It was often played with dice used to select which pieces were allowed to move.<br /> <br /> ==Tables==<br /> [[Tables]] is one a group of games which are predecessors to the modern game backgammon. This version is played on a board with [[dice]]. (Holmes 1952, p43)<br /> <br /> ==Other games==<br /> *[[Draughts]] - similar to modern checkers (Holmes 1952 p43)<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Internal Links==<br /> * [[Game]]s<br /> * [[12th Century Life]]<br /> <br /> == External Links ==<br /> * [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ566 Isle of Lewis Chessmen]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:12th century]]<br /> [[Category:games]]</div>

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