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Title: Chess and playing cards
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 United States National Museum University of Pennsylvania. University Museum
Subjects: Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) Chess Playing cards Games
Publisher: Washington
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image:
Fig. 161.
PERSIAN CHESS BOARD.
After Hyde

animated by dice, cowries or knuckle bones, or by staves, as in the
Korean Syout. the Egyptian Tab, and many aboriginal American games.

¹ For a further account of the game with a translation of the original authorities,
consult Edward Falkener, Games Ancient and Oriental, London, 1892, from which
the above is taken.
² This survival of the Castles on the chessboard is still more clearly seen on the
Persian chessboard figured by Hyde, fig. 161. He says: " The chessboard of the
Persians living in India is quite square and has the same number of squares. But,
in order better to protect the King, some of the squares are crosscut. If now the
King is hard pressed, he can evade either by changing with the Castle, or move to
one of those ' crosscut ' squares. (Historia Shahiludii, p. 60.) A similar marking is
to be observed on the Burmese chessboard.
³ History of Chess, 1860.

Report of U. S. National Museum, 1896.—Culin. Plate 32.

CHESS BOARD AND MEN
BURMA
Cat No.
166539,
U.S.N.M.

Text Appearing After Image:
CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 859
46. CHIT-THAREEN. Chess. Burma. Board and Men.¹ (Plate 32.)
The board is very large and stands high for the convenience of the
players, who sit upon the ground. The men are made of wood of dif-
ferent colors, or of ivory painted fed and green on opposite sides, and
carved to represent the objects they stand for.
The pieces on each side are as follows:
1. Meng,² King or General (1) = King.
2. Chekoy, Lieutenant-General (1) = Queen.
3. Hatha, War Chariots (2) = Rooks.
4. Chein, Elephants (2) = Bishops.
5. Mhee, Cavalry (2) = Knights.
6. Yein, Foot-soldiers (8) = Pawns.

Fig. 162.
BURMESE CHESS BOARD.
From drawing in The Burman, II, p. 72.

The King, Ratha or Rooks, Mhee or Knights, and Yein or Pawns
move in the same manner as the corresponding pieces in our own
game. The Chekoy moves diagonally only, but one square at a time.
The Chein move one square diagonally, but are able to move, but not

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