




Vrouens is vir jare uit die skaakgemeenskap uitgesluit omdat skaak net as ‘n ‘manlike’ sport gesien is. Hier is dan ook bewyse dat vroue van die vroegste tye af ook skaak gespeel het. Hierdie afbeeldings het ek van die Bodleian aanlyn biblioteek gekry.
Chess was seen as a ‘male’ sport and it’s great to know that so many females and girls are now playing this sport too.
Click HERE to view one of the images on the site of the Bodleian Library. This link will not open in a new tab.
Jou oanklaas raakgelees, ek geniet die stuk sommer baie.
Dankie! Hoop dit gaan goed met jou. x
Dit gaan goed, dankie, goed gebeur net nie heeltemal soos ons beplan nie.
Dit gaan gewoonlik so. Sterkte!
Ek weet nie of julle dit in Suid Afrika kan sien nie, maar The Queen’s Gambit Chess Official Game is op Netflix
Hi Tokeloshe, Ek het dit op Netflix gesien – ‘n hele klompie maande gelede. Dis ‘n BAIE goeie film en het dit regtig geniet. Ek is bly dat daar so iets vir Skaak gemaak is omdat dit baie mense meer bewus gemaak is van skaak – wat goed is! 😊 Ek dink dit was byna ‘n jaar gelede wat ons dit gesien het – net nadat hy op Netflix uitgekom het.
Ek weet, ek het dit ook gekyk, maar hierdie is ‘n speletjie. “Take some lessons, play puzzles and matches or compete against friends in this stunning love letter to the show.”
“the game does not have a release date yet, but it will be available through the Netflix app on mobile devices.”
Chess – Queen’s Gambiton on Google play.
I will check it out. x
Tried to padte picture of the chess board – but you can google it. Thought hou might like.
Salpeterkop Chess board
During the early 1900s, British soldiers created a chessboard or chequers board on the top of Saltpeterskop, a 1514m high koppie (hill) in the Park. While using the peak as a lookout point during the Anglo-Boer War, they played chess or chequers with their fellow soldiers on the next lookout point, the Old Fort in Cradock, transmitting moves by means of a mirror, which had the official purpose of communicating warning signals.
The story goes that a certain farmer – unbeknown to the soldiers – picked up the signals and started a game against the soldiers while sitting on the stoep of his farmhouse.
The chessboard and the names of the soldiers are etched onto a flat slab of rock at the top of Saltpeterskop, which is the first koppie on the right as one drives into the Park.
Names recorded include Corporal Pegram of the 1st Coldstream Guards, Corporal Hutchinson, Private W. Chambers of the 5th Lancaster Fusilliers, and many others with dates in 1901 and 1902. The chessboard is still visible today and can be accessed on a guided hike with a SANParks guide.
Salpeterkop was supposedly named after a cave on the hill which provided a supply of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), a substance used in the manufacture of gunpowder for firearms in the early days. The cave was reported to have collapsed and its location is not known today
Hi Anton, WOW! 😮 That’s amazing! I did google it and will create an entry on it. I never knew about it!! Thank you for sharing this really interesting piece of information!! 😍