Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 18:27:41 01/10/03
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On January 10, 2003 at 21:15:19, Russell Reagan wrote: >On January 10, 2003 at 21:04:55, GuyHaworth wrote: > >>Chinese Chess >>Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi >>Tsume-Shogi Problems, i.e. mating problems in Shogi >>'Western' Chess >>Western Chess Variants, starting with 'Qui Perde Gagne' or 'Losing Chess'. >> >>In this context, 'chess' as a lable is inadequate: I think 'Western Chess' is >>the term but maybe others know better, in which case I'll change it. > >How many games might be confused with "western chess" if you simply referred to >it as "chess"? If, for example, it would cause great confusion among players of >the game Chinese chess to refer to what they know as "western chess" as simply >"chess", then it is probably best to leave it as "western chess" or perhaps >"classical chess" or "international chess". > >Perhaps you could also shed some light on which "chess" was the first. IE Did >"western chess" exist before Chinese chess or Japenese chess? It would be rather >unstable to refer to "western chess" as "chess" if, for example, Japenese chess >came before western chess. A brief history: It is believed that chess was invented in India or Persia (today Iran). It is known that in ancient Persia chess (called "Shatdanj") was played as we play it today, but with an additional piece named Camel. Centuries later that piece disappeared and the game was played almost exactly as we play it today (there were minor differences though, e.g., queen could move no more than three squares, etc). (Nowadays in Iran, the game of chess is still called "shatrandj".) So the name "western chess" is historically incorrect. But in case the name "chess" alone causes confusion, alternative such as "international chess" or "classical chess" could be used instead. (BTW, when I first saw the phrase "western chess" on ICGA website, I wondered which game does that name refer to!)
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