Talk:Fidchell

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i dont know anything about this game but when drawing comparisons with chess the author makes a mistake describing the set up of a chess board, perhaps an expert or someone with more knowledge could help update this article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edallen399 (talk • contribs)

Irish Chess?
This article says 'Fidchell' (in Irish; also called 'fidceall') and is not chess. Fair enough you think but then you go to the Irish wikipedia and see that fidceall ficheall is chess. SunCreator (talk) 03:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Now resolved by the helpful people on the Irish wikipedia. Ficheall is Chess, while Fidchell is Fidchell. SunCreator (talk) 21:43, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I am afraid there is no difference between ficheall and fidchell, they are different spellings for the same word, which always means chess in Irish. Incidentally this game cannot be the same as the diagram because fidhchell was set up with an equal number of pieces on both sides, as you can see in a comment added to the end at: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95220 .Scolairebocht (talk) 06:55, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Gwyddbwyll
Gwyddbwyll was the Welsh name for the game (and game board) known in Irish as Fidchell; this is attested in Bromwich's book, cited here. The modern Welsh name for chess is also gwyddbwyll, but the medieval references are clearly to the Celtic board game. As such it needs to be mentioned here.--Cúchullain t/ c 19:46, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Equal number of pieces?
I live in Ireland and have been playing Fidchell (and Brandubh) for most of my life and have never played with anyone that used an equal number of pieces. I have heard of the rule but never actually seen it being used. The only way I can see it working is if the defender plays with a "Weaponless King" (the king can't take part in captures) and the king can be captured by only two men. I'd love to know from someone who has actually used an equal number of pieces to play, what the games were like and how you balanced the games. Titan Crow 92.39.189.50 (talk) 10:48, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

New articles on this topic
Recently, some new articles on this topic have been published:
 * Hall, Mark A.; Forsyth, Katherine (2011): Roman rules? The introduction of board games to Britain and Ireland. In: Antiquity 85 (330), pp. 1325–1338. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/085/ant0851325.htm

Zemlod (talk) 14:43, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Niehues, Jan (2011): All the King's Men? On Celtic Board-Games and their Identification. In Franziska Bock, Dagmar Bronner, Dagmar Schlüter (Eds.): Allerlei Keltisches. Studien zu Ehren von Erich Poppe - Studies in honour of Erich Poppe. Berlin: curach bhán publications, pp. 45–60. http://www.curach-bhan.com/allerlei-keltisches-studien-zu-ehren-von-erich-poppe-p-3.html

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