Early chess pieces?

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Paul Buswell
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Early chess pieces?

Post by Paul Buswell » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:13 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-30214707

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MJMcCready
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Re: early chess pieces?

Post by MJMcCready » Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:29 am

It's possible but where is the evidence? There appears to be no board or anything that resembles a piece. Those shown in the picture could be figurines or belonging to some other board game. The article doesn't say how many were found. We need more info I think.
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Michael Farthing
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Re: early chess pieces?

Post by Michael Farthing » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:36 pm

I think it does say that two were found - a bit of a bishop and a bit of a king. I agree that I found it a bit unconvincing, but, hey, they might have other things to compare these bits with?
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Francis Fields
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Re: early chess pieces?

Post by Francis Fields » Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:07 pm

I think we should wait until they have found a whole chess piece!
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