Earliest Russian chessmen

Les premiers jeux d'échecs russes

Quoi de neuf ?

Mes livres

Histoire des échecs

Variantes

Liens

 


Elephant in ivory found in ancint Khazar fortress of Sarkel, dated 8 to 10th c.,
Ermitage, St Petersburg, Russia. Proves that Chess came in Russia by the Caspian-Volga route.

 

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 King, ivory, 12th c, Slutsk, Belarus, Bielorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk

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Queen, ivory, 12th c, Lukoml, Belarus, State Museum of Belarus

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 Boat (Rook), ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk

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 Pawn, ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk 

 

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Russian Chess pieces:
Top: Horse (ivory, 11/12th c, Kiev); Pawn (ivory, 11/12th c, Drutsk); Rook (ivory, 11/12th c, Vyshgorod); Rook (ivory, 12/13th c, Kopys)
Bottom: Elephant (ivory, 12/13th c, Drutsk); King (ivory, 12th c, Suzdal); Queen (wood, end 13th c, Novgorod)

 

  


Chess pieces from Novgorod

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09/05/2012