Talk:Senterej

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Original research?[edit]

I can't find in internet any mention about this chess variant. I wonder what sources were used to write it. Is this a game invented by the original author of the article, i.e. an original research? Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 14:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but the claim that "chess in Africa predates chess in other parts of the world" is incorrect, so the article has problems. Deletion may be in order. Quale (talk) 19:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I finally found a game, which has similar rules as described here, Senterej, the Ethiopian Chess. I will rename the article and remove incorrect information. Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POV?[edit]

The paragraph about draws sounds POV to me. Bubba73 (talk), 21:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and it seems to have been written by an editor with a record of African OR and POV. I'll remove it. Tameamseo (talk) 23:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quality[edit]

It seems to me that this article qualifies as start-class, perhaps B-class. I don't see that we can add much more information, as the game apparently lacks its own literature, such as several major variants have. It would be good to have a picture of a set, and wonderful to have a picture of a game in progress in the old manner, with the swarm of kibitzers--but I doubt such a picture exists. Comments? J S Ayer (talk) 00:55, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this is at least past Stub stage. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 23:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two questions[edit]

I do not understand the description of the opening phase (werera). Is it real-time, so speed is an issue, or do players take turns, but are allowed to make as many moves as they like before relinquishing their turn? Both interpretations seem to be contradicted by the text presently in the article, but is there a different interpretation that I've missed?
About the "bishop" (fil), the article says "It leaps diagonally to the second square distant." I suppose this is meant to describe the fairy chess piece alfil, but the wording in that article is much clearer: "The alfil jumps two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediate piece."

Nø (talk) 12:59, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]