Turkish Great Chess and Chinese Whispers
Misadventures of a Chess Variant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22017692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgi Markov (National Museum of Natural History – BAS , Sofia), Georgi N Markov (National Museum of Natural History, corresponding author), Stefan Härtel (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Board Game Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-3311 • E-ISSN: 2183-3311 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/bgs-2020-0003 |
| OpenAlex | W3146779130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
A large chess variant with 52 pieces originally described in a 1800s Ottoman Turkish book as šaṭranǧ-i kabīr , or great chess, appears under various names in a number of subsequent Western sources, including authoritative works on chess history and variants. Game rules as presented in the latter are seriously flawed though, with inaccuracies regarding pieces array and moves. Over a period of more than two centuries, baseless assumptions, misreadings of previous sources and outright errors gradually accumulating in the literature have changed the game almost beyond recognition. With some of the game’s aspects not covered even by the original Turkish source, reconstructed rules are suggested and discussed, as well as a reformed variant
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Computer chess · Linguistics · Turkish · Computer Science · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |