Field studies have revealed the identification of herders battle on the chessboard with no military battles, as the inhabitants of cities and with “daily work herders, where it is important to capture the smallest details of the weather, predict where the deer will go where predators can appear, and where better to place traps on them.” Resting, herders continue the chessboard hone skills – TASS reported.
In the study, researchers concluded that the relationship between the chess pieces and traditional figures of breadcrumbs, oat flour, dough, clay and cheese, which traditionally used by the inhabitants of the southern and northern Siberia to refer to the deities on holidays or in the event of illness, as well as for good luck in hunting, is not accidental. During the study, the prevalence of chess among the Evenki Severobaikalsk scientists found that chess playing without exception herders. Pause in between migrations reindeer herds to a game of chess. It usually starts after lunch and tea. Besides chess move backgammon, checkers, playing cards, but in chess, and the vernacular name of the game sounds like a “tent”, and be sure to play at a very high level. Cases when herders played up players with level.
In addition to the philosophical and religious reasons, the phenomenon of widespread popularity of chess among herders scientists explain also the Soviet tradition of education, when chess clubs were available to every child.
Text: STRC “Yamal”
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