- D
ridire knight (F) fichillín /
ceithearnach little chess piece / kern
Ficheall Sáinn Marbhsháinn
Italian R re king D
donna /
regina lady /
queen T torre...
- bonde,
Latvian bandinieks. In Irish, the term fichillín, a
diminutive of
ficheall ("chess") is
sometimes used,
though the term "ceithearnach" ("foot soldier")...
- D
ridire knight (F) fichillín /
ceithearnach little chess piece / kern
Ficheall Sáinn Marbhsháinn
Italian R re king D
donna /
regina lady /
queen T torre...
-
developed sometime before 400 AD. In
ancient Ireland, the game of fidc**** or
ficheall, is said to date back to at
least 144 AD,
though this is
likely an anachronism...
- the
south is the
kingdom of
music and the arts, of harpers, of
skilled ficheall players and of
skilled hor****. The
fairs of
Munster were the greatest...
-
unknown in
Europe until the 12th century. The Old
Irish form
evolved into
ficheall, the word used in
modern Irish for
modern chess,
along with
Scottish Gaelic...
- is the Old
Norse name for chess. Fidc**** or
fithcheall (Modern Irish:
ficheall) was pla**** in Ireland. The
Welsh equivalent was
gwyddbwyll and the Breton...
- are given, a game
bearing the same name as the
modern game in Irish, ′
ficheall′, was pla**** by the Fianna,
using ′fir fichille′, or
chess men as far back...
- July 1st, 2017. An
Tostal -
International Chess Tournament Dublin 1956,
Ficheall Publications The Bowl of Light, 9
April 1953 The
Sunday Independent, November...
