SHAH (ŞAH) kalma ce da ake amfani da ita a yawancin harsunan Slavic don wasan catur. Kalmar Jamusanci “schach,” Faransanci “échecs,” da Ingilishi “chess” duk sun samo asali ne daga kalmar “shah.” Kalmar “ŞAHΔ a matsayin siffa tana nufin na sarauta ko na musamman ga shah. Hakanan ana amfani da ita a rubuce-rubucen adabi don nufin mai ƙarfi da ɗaukaka.
Bam ɗin ŞAHÎ, wanda injiniyan Hungary Orban ya ƙera, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen karya manyan bangon da hasumiyoyin Constantinople a lokacin mamayar 1453 da Fatih Sultan Mehmed ya jagoranta, yana nuna sauyi mai juyin juya hali a yaki na mamaya.
Shekaru dari uku bayan kwace Istanbul, a lokacin aikin Dardanelles a shekarar 1807, an harbi wani tsohon bam ɗin ŞAHÎ na tsawon ƙarni a kan jiragen Birtaniya, wanda ya jawo asarar rayuka da dama. Sarkin Ottoman Abdülaziz ya ba Sarauniya Victoria wannan bam a matsayin kyauta a shekarar 1866. Hoton bam ɗin ŞAHÎ da ke sama ya fito ne daga Fort Nelson a Birtaniya.
Sunan ŞAHÎ yana nuna ci gaban siffar rook a cikin harsuna daban-daban, daga keken yaki zuwa hasumiya, daga bam zuwa jirgin ruwa, yana nuna ci gaban wasan catur.
An ƙera saitin catur na ŞAHÎ ne ta hannun Tamer Karatekin, tsohon ɗan wasan allo na farko na ƙungiyar catur ta Massachusetts Institute of Technology kuma ƙwararren malamin catur. Yana nuna cikin kyan gani tarihin da ci gaban catur, kuma an ƙera shi don amfani a fannoni na ilimi da gasa. An tsara shi don ya haɗa al'adu da ruhiyoyi daban-daban. An samu tallafi ga kera shi daga Hukumar Al'adu ta Massachusetts da shirin Erasmus+ na Matasa na Tarayyar Turai.
Koyi ƙarin bayani game da labarin ƙirar ŞAHÎ a: www.shahimasterset.com
Haka kuma, duba ayyukanmu masu alaƙa:
Manhajar karatun AI mai dogaro da catur: shatranj.ai
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