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Evidence for Shakhmaty (Medieval)
47 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1995
Type Contemporary text
Location Novgorod
Date 1250-01-01 - 1299-01-01
Rules Name of game
Content Mention of the game in the Clementine Kormuch (thirteenth century): "...play no games of magic, do not listen to foolish fables, pit away from you leké and shakhmaté." Murray 1913: 381.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H. J. R. 1913. A History of Chess. London: Oxford University Press.
Id DLP.Evidence.2341
Type Artifact
Location 47°40'38.43"N, 42° 9'5.40"E
Date 1000-01-01 - 1050-12-31
Rules Elephant piece (Bishop).
Content Ivory elephant piece found at Sarkel Belaia-Vezha fortress, found outside the citadel, in the dwelling of a potter. Linder 1979: 54-55.
Confidence 100
Social status Non-Elite, Craftsperson
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2342
Type Artifact
Location 50°34'52.62"N, 30°29'17.16"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece found in a habitation at twelfth-century Vyshgorod. Linder 1979: 58-60.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2343
Type Artifact
Location 52° 3'57.48"N, 27°44'25.55"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Knight piece.
Content Knight piece found in excavations at thirteenth century Turov. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2344
Type Artifact
Location 53°54'0.32"N, 27°33'32.38"E
Date 1000-01-01 - 1099-12-31
Rules Knight piece.
Content Knight piece found in excavations at Minsk dating to the eleventh century. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2345
Type Artifact
Location 52° 5'59.47"N, 23°45'50.69"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1225-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece found in excavations at Brest, Belarus, dating from the twelfth to early thirteenth century. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2346
Type Artifact
Location 53°40'6.04"N, 23°49'20.42"E
Date 1125-01-01 - 1175-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece found at excavations in mid-twelfth century Grodno. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2347
Type Artifact
Location 54°20'24.90"N, 29°45'31.29"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Bishop and pawn pieces.
Content Bishop and pawn found in the workshop of a prince's citadel in Drutsk, Belarus. Twelfth to thirteenth century. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite, Nobility, Craftsperson
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2348
Type Artifact
Location 54°20'24.90"N, 29°45'31.29"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Pawn piece found in the city square of thirteenth century Drutsk, Belarus. Linder 1979: 60.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside, Public
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2349
Type Artifact
Location 53° 9'47.99"N, 24°27'60.00"E
Date 1000-01-01 - 1125-12-31
Rules Rook and pawn pieces.
Content Rook and pawn pieces found at excavations of Zamkovaia Mountain in Volkovysk, Belkarus. Eleventh to early twelfth century. Linder 1979: 61.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2350
Type Artifact
Location 53°35'56.18"N, 25°49'33.06"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1149-12-31
Rules Knight piece.
Content Knight piece found in the house of a princely estate at Novogrudok, Belarus. First half of twelfth century. Linder 1979: 61.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2351
Type Artifact
Location 55°11'31.60"N, 30°12'25.19"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece found in thirteenth century stratum in excavations around Nizhni Castle, Vitebsk, Belarus. Linder 1979: 61.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2352
Type Artifact
Location 54°42'32.79"N, 29° 9'3.53"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Queen piece.
Content Queen piece found in excavations associated with Lukoml Electric Power Station, from a twelfth century stratum. Linder 1979: 61.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2353
Type Artifact
Location 54°19'13.94"N, 30°17'10.34"E
Date 1000-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Rook and pawn pieces.
Content Rook and pawn piece from elevnth to thirteenth century stratum at Kopys, Belarus. Linder 1979: 61.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2354
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Knight piece.
Content Knight piece found in excavations in twelfth century Novgorod. Linder 1979:61.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2355
Type Artifact
Location 50°27'3.02"N, 30°31'40.73"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Queen piece.
Content Queen piece found on Starokievskaia Mountain, Kyiv. Twelfth century. Linder 1979: 63-64.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2356
Type Artifact
Location 50°27'3.02"N, 30°31'40.73"E
Date 1000-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Knight piece.
Content Knight piece found in excavations from Kyiv. Eleventh to twelfth century. Linder 1979: 65-66.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2357
Type Artifact
Location 50°40'56.06"N, 21°45'0.81"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1125-12-31
Rules Two Kings, two queens, two bishops, two knights, two rooks, eight pawns per player.
Content Nearly complete set of bone pieces (only missing three pawns)_ found in an early twelfth century residential hut from Sandomierz, Poland. Very worn, and probably very used. Linder 1979: 66-69.
Confidence 100
Social status Non-Elite
Spaces Inside, Household
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2358
Type Artifact
Location 54° 1'14.28"N, 31°43'19.35"E
Date 1175-01-01 - 1225-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Wooden pawn found at late twelfth to early thirteenth century Mstislavl, Belarus. Linder 1979: 67.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2359
Type Artifact
Location 50°27'3.02"N, 30°31'40.73"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece found in twelfth century stratum at Kyiv. Linder 1979: 74-75.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2360
Type Artifact
Location 54°45'6.67"N, 35°35'59.28"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1199-12-31
Rules Bishop piece.
Content Bishop piece found in twelfth century settlement at Nikolo-Lenivets. Linder 1979: 74-75.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2361
Type Artifact
Location 55°29'4.39"N, 28°46'41.51"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Bishop piece.
Content Bishop piece from thirteenth century Polotsk, Belarus. Linder 1979: 74-75.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2362
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1325-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece from early fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 92.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2363
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1320-01-01 - 1339-12-31
Rules Queen piece.
Content Queen piece from 1320s-1330s Novgorod. Linder 1979: 92.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2364
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1375-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece from late fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 92.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2365
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1326-01-01 - 1374-12-31
Rules Queen piece.
Content Queen piece from mid fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 92.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2366
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1400-01-01 - 1425-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece from early fifteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 92.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2367
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1375-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece from late fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 93.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2368
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1420-01-01 - 1429-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece from 1420s Novgorod. Linder 1979: 93.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2369
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules Knight pieces.
Content Six knight pieces from thirteenth to fifteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 94.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2370
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules Bishop pieces.
Content Five bishop pieces from thirteenth to fifteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 94.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2371
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1326-01-01 - 1374-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece from mid fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 96.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2372
Type Artifact
Location 58°31'17.57"N, 31°16'33.82"E
Date 1375-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece from late fourteenth century Novgorod. Linder 1979: 96.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2373
Type Artifact
Location 54°47'26.20"N, 32° 3'1.79"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece from thirteenth to fifteenth century Smolensk. Linder 1979: 99, 101.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2374
Type Artifact
Location 56°29'51.99"N, 31°38'26.63"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Pawn piece from thirteenth century Toropets, Russia. Linder 1979: 99, 102.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2375
Type Artifact
Location 55°29'4.39"N, 28°46'41.51"E
Date 1275-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Two king pieces.
Content Two king pieces found at the excavations of late thirteenth century Vekhnii Castle, Polotsk, Belrus. Linder 1979: 99, 100.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2376
Type Artifact
Location 53°35'56.18"N, 25°49'33.06"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Pawn piece from fourteenth century excavations at Novogrudok. Linder 1979: 99, 102.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2377
Type Artifact
Location 54°20'24.90"N, 29°45'31.29"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules King piece.
Content King piece found during excavations of town squre in Drtusk. Thirteenth or fourteenth century. Linder 1979: 99, 100.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2378
Type Artifact
Location 54° 0'2.48"N, 27°16'36.42"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Pawn piece found in thirteenth to fourteenth century Zaslavl, Belarus. Linder 1979: 99.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2379
Type Artifact
Location 53°40'6.04"N, 23°49'20.42"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Bishop and rook pieces.
Content Bishop and rook pieces found in the excavations of the fortress of Grodno, Belarus, thirteenth to fourteenth century. Linder 1979: 99.
Confidence 100
Spaces Military
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2380
Type Artifact
Location 54° 1'14.28"N, 31°43'19.35"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece from Mtsislavl, Belarus. Thirteenth to fourteenth century. Linder 1979: 99, 108.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2381
Type Artifact
Location 50°27'3.02"N, 30°31'40.73"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Two kings, one bishop piece.
Content Two king pieces and one bishop piece from thirteenth to fourteenth century Kyiv. Linder 1979: 99-103.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2382
Type Artifact
Location 56°56'58.31"N, 24° 6'18.50"E
Date 1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Rules Knight and pawn piece.
Content Knight and pawn piece from excavations at thirteenth century Riga, Latvia. Linder 1979: 103.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2383
Type Artifact
Location 54°38'16.74"N, 24°56'5.34"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1399-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Rook piece from excavations at fourteenth century Trakai, Lithuania. Linder 1979: 104, 106.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2384
Type Artifact
Location 54°38'16.74"N, 24°56'5.34"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules Rook piece.
Content Unfinished rook piece from fourteenth to fifteenth century Trakai, Lithuania. Linder 1979: 104, 106.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2385
Type Artifact
Location 54°38'16.74"N, 24°56'5.34"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules Three bishops.
Content Three bishop pieces from fourteenth to fifteenth century Trakai, Lithuania. Linder 1979: 106-107.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
Id DLP.Evidence.2386
Type Artifact
Location 54°38'16.74"N, 24°56'5.34"E
Date 1300-01-01 - 1499-12-31
Rules Pawn piece.
Content Pawn piece from excavations at fourteenth tp fifteenth century Trakai, Lithuania. Linder 1979: 107.
Confidence 100
Source Linder, I. 1979. Chess in Old Russia. Moscow: Nauka.
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