Язык: Английский. Год: 1973 Издательство: неизвестно. Количество
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В брошюре известного английского шахматиста Вернона Партона исследуется история шахматных игр на стоклеточной доске - дасападе, от X в. до наших дней
Цитата: "Among the many trifles which occupy the thoughts of the unconverted and imperfect self-centered man, the Lord Buddha included under his strong disapproval any play of games on the boards, ashtapada and dasapada. The first Sanskrit word means a square-shaped board divided into 8 x 8 squares; and the second a similar board of 10 x 10 squares. (Ashta in the Sanskrit means 8, and Dasa means 10). Though what sort of Indian game was played on the dasapada seems to be quite unsolvable, yet the spirit of the dasapada has kept power of attracting imagination and invention in players across the centuries. The purpose of my booklet is to describe certain forms in which this spirit of the dasapada has manifested itself. My intention is not to discuss critically the merits and demerits of these dasapada ideas, but really to try to claim the general value and practical advantage for the dasapada itself as a serious game-board. More of our Arabic and Persian chess authorities (stated Murray) devote space to description of various enlarged or modi- fied variants of chess. Enlarged chess on the dasapada was called "at-tamma" (the Complete) in the MSS. As no allusion to any game on the dasapada has been found in the later Sanskrit literature, Murray believed it far more likely that here was an independent Muslim creation than a survival of the use of the early Indian game-board of 100 squares. The idea of enlarging the 8 x 8 board was evidently a favourite idea with Arabic players. Besides the game described in the chess MSS, the historian Al-Masudi mentioned a variety attempted by a certain player Khalil ben Ahmad (living 718 - 791 A.D.) who found no pleasure in chess until he had increased the number of pieces by Jamals (Camels) one of which was stationed at each end of a player's rear line"
В брошюре известного английского шахматиста Вернона Партона исследуется история шахматных игр на стоклеточной доске - дасападе, от X в. до наших дней
Цитата: "Among the many trifles which occupy the thoughts of the unconverted and imperfect self-centered man, the Lord Buddha included under his strong disapproval any play of games on the boards, ashtapada and dasapada. The first Sanskrit word means a square-shaped board divided into 8 x 8 squares; and the second a similar board of 10 x 10 squares. (Ashta in the Sanskrit means 8, and Dasa means 10). Though what sort of Indian game was played on the dasapada seems to be quite unsolvable, yet the spirit of the dasapada has kept power of attracting imagination and invention in players across the centuries. The purpose of my booklet is to describe certain forms in which this spirit of the dasapada has manifested itself. My intention is not to discuss critically the merits and demerits of these dasapada ideas, but really to try to claim the general value and practical advantage for the dasapada itself as a serious game-board. More of our Arabic and Persian chess authorities (stated Murray) devote space to description of various enlarged or modi- fied variants of chess. Enlarged chess on the dasapada was called "at-tamma" (the Complete) in the MSS. As no allusion to any game on the dasapada has been found in the later Sanskrit literature, Murray believed it far more likely that here was an independent Muslim creation than a survival of the use of the early Indian game-board of 100 squares. The idea of enlarging the 8 x 8 board was evidently a favourite idea with Arabic players. Besides the game described in the chess MSS, the historian Al-Masudi mentioned a variety attempted by a certain player Khalil ben Ahmad (living 718 - 791 A.D.) who found no pleasure in chess until he had increased the number of pieces by Jamals (Camels) one of which was stationed at each end of a player's rear line"