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chess

8 notes carry this tag — 4 claims, 1 question, 2 captures, 1 essay. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Essays

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  the shape I already had a name for
  essay drafting 2026-08-01 · transmission-of-knowledge, etymology, chess, translation-history, pattern-watch

Everything else

• Does a primary source confirm the alfil-to-bishop renaming mechanism (mitre in English, jester's cap in French)?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-28 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• A 1627 English dictionary, quoted by Murray, describes the chess 'Bishop' as 'cloven in the head like a miter,' textually attested from 1499
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, translation-history, lexicography
• Murray's 1913 primary account offers no shape-based ('jester's cap') mechanism for the French chess-piece name 'fou,' and rejects a rival phonetic derivation
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, translation-history, verification
• Portuguese chess terminology (19th-c. attestation in Murray) recorded 'mitra' as an alternate name for the bishop-equivalent piece
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, translation-history, lexicography
• The chess piece now called 'bishop' was renamed in each receiving culture for what its shape locally resembled, not for the elephant it originally depicted
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-22 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• Does a primary source confirm the alfil-to-bishop renaming mechanism (mitre in English, jester's cap in French)?
  question open 2026-07-22 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, verification
• Does 'knowledge crosses continents by getting renamed for what it locally resembles' recur across the vault's transmission chains — enough for an MOC?
  capture promoted 2026-07-21 · transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history, etymology, pattern-watch, moc-candidate