Слоны и генералы

[iad]

Когда я в примерно десятилетнем возрасте вычитал в книге Н.А. Новотельнова «Знакомьтесь: шахматы» про японские сё:ги - игру генералов: «Такое название дано им не случайно. Главные роли в них выполняют золотой и серебряный генералы», у меня не хватило осведомленности, чтобы удивиться: какую же главную роль могут играть эти не так чтобы сильные

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[iad]

Соображаешь!

[saninartem]

Суахили? Не санскритъ?

[klausnick]

Chaturaji (meaning "four kings") is a four-player chess-like game. It was first described in detail c. 1030 by Al-Biruni in his book India. Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice. A diceless variant of the game was still played in India at the close of the 19th century.

[iad]

Chaturanga (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग; caturaṅga) is an ancient Indian strategy game. While there is some uncertainty, the prevailing view among chess historians is that it is the common ancestor of the board games chess (European), xiangqi (Chinese), janggi (Korean), shogi (Japanese), sittuyin (Burmese), makruk (Thai), and modern Indian chess.

[uxus]

Такъ игра "слоновъ" или "генераловъ", всё-таки?

[iad]

Генералов - японские шахматы, слонов - китайские.