http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/lewis-chessmen/ Viking Symbols and Norse Runes in the Heathen Germanic Culture Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/lewis-chessmen/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Viking Rune Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2712#comment-99 The phrase Viking Chess is usually applied to Hnefatafl. Boards for this game are divided into rows and columns, like chess boards: variants from 7 x 7 to 19 x 19 have been excavated. The rules have not been preserved, modern reconstructions were guessed at from rather obscure sources. However, to play Hnefatafl one did not need chessmen like Lewis chessmen or those we use today. As for the chess <em>sensu proprio</em>, I think Vikings used the same rules as the rest of the world, unless I fail to take anything into account. The phrase Viking Chess is usually applied to Hnefatafl. Boards for this game are divided into rows and columns, like chess boards: variants from 7 x 7 to 19 x 19 have been excavated. The rules have not been preserved, modern reconstructions were guessed at from rather obscure sources. However, to play Hnefatafl one did not need chessmen like Lewis chessmen or those we use today. As for the chess sensu proprio, I think Vikings used the same rules as the rest of the world, unless I fail to take anything into account.

]]> http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/lewis-chessmen/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Home Library Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:56:57 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=2712#comment-98 Am I remembering correctly that the Vikings had their own rules for playing chess, somewhat similar to the game that was once popular in Northern Russia? Am I remembering correctly that the Vikings had their own rules for playing chess, somewhat similar to the game that was once popular in Northern Russia?

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