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<p>Traditional Maldivian chess rules are presented and their similarity to pre-19th century Turkish chess is discussed, with musings on the potential role of Ottomans in spreading the “new game” invented in Europe – but played in their own manner – throughout the Muslim world and beyond.  </p>
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Traditional Maldivian chess rules are presented and their similarity to pre-19th century Turkish chess is discussed, with musings on the potential role of Ottomans in spreading the “new game” invented in Europe – but played in their own manner – throughout the Muslim world and beyond.

Maldivian Chess (Raazuvaa)

Board Game Studies Journal

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Traditional Maldivian chess rules are presented and their similarity to pre-19th century Turkish chess is discussed, with musings on the potential role of...

Maldivian Chess (Raazuvaa)

Published Online: Oct 19, 2023

Page range: 93 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2023-0003

Keywords
Chess history, chess variants, raazuvaa, Maldives, Ottomans

© 2023 Georgi Markov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Maldivian Chess (Raazuvaa)

Published Online: Oct 19, 2023

Page range: 93 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2023-0003

KeywordsChess history, chess variants, raazuvaa, Maldives, Ottomans

© 2023 Georgi Markov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Chess history, chess variants, raazuvaa, Maldives, Ottomans