First Russian chessmen

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://history.chess.free.fr:80/first-russian.htm","20191025070115","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1571986875"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>First Russian chessmen</title> <meta name="author" content="Jean-Louis Cazaux"> <meta name="description" content="First Persian Arab Russian chessmen"> <meta name="keywords" content="Echecs, Chess, Shako, Origin, Chessmen, Afrasiab, History, Histoire, Origine, Xiangqi, Xianq-Qi, Shogi, Changgi, Chaturanga, Shatranj, Chatrang, Variants, Variantes, Tamerlane, Tournoy, Cazaux, Rollerball, Echex, 茅checs, Courrier, Courier, Acedrex, Ajedrez, Jetan, Games, Jeux, Game, Jeu, Chessboard, Chessvariant"> <meta name="generator" content="Namo WebEditor v3.0"> <style> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="maroon" text="white" link="aqua" vlink="silver" alink="yellow" style="font-family:Garamond;"> <table border="0"> <tr> <td width="738" colspan="2"><h1 align="center" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt;"><font face="Garamond" size="6" color="yellow"><i>Earliest Russian chessmen</i></font></h1> <h1 align="center" style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt;"><font face="Garamond" size="5" color="yellow">Les premiers jeux d'échecs russes</font></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="110" valign="top" style="border-right-width:4; border-right-color:green; border-right-style:double;"><p><a href="news.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-news.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0" alt="Quoi de neuf ?"></a></p> <p><a href="books.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-books.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0" alt="Mes livres"></a></p> <p><a href="history.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-history.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0" alt="Histoire des 茅checs"></a></p> <p align="right"><a href="enigma.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-s-origins.gif" width="55" height="33" border="0"></a></p> <p align="right"><a href="findings.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-s-archaeo.gif" width="55" height="33" border="0"></a></p> <p align="right"><a href="sources.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-s-oldtexts.gif" width="55" height="33" border="0"></a></p> <p align="right"><a href="variety.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-s-asian.gif" width="55" height="33" border="0"></a></p> <p><a href="cvindex.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-variants.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0" alt="Variantes"></a></p> <p><a href="links.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-links.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0" alt="Liens"></a></p> <p><a href="index.htm"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/nav/nav-home.gif" width="100" height="50" border="0"></a></td> <td width="624"><p align="center">  <table border="0"> <tr> <td width="618"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/elephant-sarkel-9.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/elephant-sarkel-9-r.jpg" width="172" height="225" border="0"></a><br> <font size="2">Elephant in ivory found in ancint Khazar fortress of Sarkel, dated 8 to 10th c., <br> Ermitage, St Petersburg, Russia. Proves that Chess came in Russia by the Caspian-Volga route.</font></td> </tr> </table> <p>  <table border="0"> <tr> <td width="195"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/king-slutsk-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/king-slutsk-12-r.jpg" width="103" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a><br>  <font size="2">King, ivory, 12th c, Slutsk, Belarus, Bielorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk</font></td> <td width="139"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/queen-lukoml-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/queen-lukoml-12-r.jpg" width="116" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a><br> <font size="2">Queen, ivory, 12th c, Lukoml, Belarus, State Museum of Belarus</font></td> <td width="160"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/ladya-volkovysk-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/ladya-volkovysk-12-r.jpg" width="119" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a><br>  <font size="2">Boat (Rook), ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk</font></td> <td width="129"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/pawn-volkovysk-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/pawn-volkovysk-12-r.jpg" width="75" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a><br>  <font size="2">Pawn, ivory, beg 12th c, Volkovysk, Belarus, Bielorussian Art Museum, Minsk</font> </td> </tr> </table> <p>  <table border="0"> <tr> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/knight-kiev-11.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/knight-kiev-11-r.jpg" width="140" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/pawn-drutsk11.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/pawn-drutsk11-r.jpg" width="124" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/rook-vyshgorod-11.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/rook-vyshgorod-11-r.jpg" width="145" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/rook-kopys-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/rook-kopys-12-r.jpg" width="167" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/bishop-drutsk-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/bishop-drutsk-12-r.jpg" width="108" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/king-suzdal-12.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/king-suzdal-12-r.jpg" width="122" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p align="center"><a href="images/persian/queen-novgorod-13.jpg"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/persian/queen-novgorod-13-r.jpg" width="132" height="150" border="0" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></td> <td width="149"><p><font size="2">Russian Chess pieces:<br> 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)<br> Bottom: Elephant (ivory, 12/13th c, Drutsk); King (ivory, 12th c, Suzdal); Queen (wood, end 13th c, Novgorod)</font></td> </tr> </table> <p>  <table border="0"> <tr> <td width="614"><p align="center"> <img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/russian/novgorod%201.jpg" width="599" height="256" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="614"><p align="center"><img src="/web/20191025070115im_/http://history.chess.free.fr/images/russian/novgorod%202.jpg" width="598" height="334" border="0"><br> <font size="2">Chess pieces from Novgorod</font></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"> <font face="Garamond" size="2">The images and photographs shown on this page are coming from the following sources :</font><font size="2"> </font> <ul type="disc"> <li><div align="left"><font face="Garamond" size="2">Isaac Linder, "The Art of Chess Pieces", H.G.S. Publishers, Moscow, 1994.</font></div> </ul> <p align="left"><font face="Garamond" size="2">The authors of theses works, books and photographs, are kindly acknowledged. <br> If there is any problem with their presence here, please do </font><a href="biographie.htm"><font face="Garamond" size="2">mail me</font></a><font face="Garamond" size="2">.</font></p> <p align="right"><font face="Garamond">09/05/2012</font></p> </body> </html>

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