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How to play medieval Chess

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Tony McMahon

Medieval chess resembled our modern game in most respects but there were key differences in how pieces moved and the board appearance

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Category: Templar Mystery Tags: actor, British Museum, chess, chessmen, cinema, death, Film, king, lewis, Max, Medieval, medieval chess, movie, queen, Scotland, Scottish, sweden, Swedish, Sydow, Templar, The Seventh Seal, Trondheim, vintage, von

Did the Knights Templar play chess?

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Tony McMahon

Chess was a courtly game of skill among both Christians and Muslims in the Templar era with even the knights playing their Muslim enemies at times

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Category: Templar History Tags: Alfonso X, chess, culture, El Libro de log Juegos, games, lewis, life, Templar, templars, xadrez