ŞAHÎ Bucephalus: Gado na Dabaru da Al'adu
Wannan siffa tana ɗauke da gadon Philipp Stamma, mai fassara daga Aleppo wanda aka fi sani da aikinsa Essai sur le jeu des echecs, da aka buga a Paris a shekarar 1737. Zane na dokin yaƙi, wanda ke nuna lanƙwasar gashi na Faransa a gashinsa, yana wakiltar haɗin kai mara yankewa tsakanin tunanin hankali na Enlightenment da zurfin dabarun gargajiya na Gabas. Siffofin da ke cikin wannan aikin suna kafa gada ta al'adu, suna haɗa basirar dabaru ta “Stamma Mate” da Stamma ya kawo daga Aleppo zuwa Turai da ƙarfin soja na dokin Masedoniya, Bucephalus.
1950 Dubrovnik da Staunton: Asali da iyakokin gargajiya a cikin ƙira
Wannan hoto yana kwatanta falsafofin ƙira guda biyu daban a duniyar catur. Ƙwararren dokin Dubrovnik na 1950 sikelin catur ne mai cike da halaye, wanda Bobby Fischer ya bayyana a matsayin “mafi kyawun ƙirar sikelin catur da aka taɓa yi,” yana ficewa da layukansa masu kaifi da siffofi masu sassaka. Ƙarfin motsi a ƙirarsa yana nuna ruhin dabaru na catur ta wata harshe ta fasaha ta musamman.
A gefe guda, ƙirar Staunton ta bayyana a tsakiyar ƙarni na 19 da farko don sauƙaƙe samarwa da yawa da tabbatar da daidaito bisa ga siffofin gargajiya na Yamma. Saboda tana ɗauke da alamomin addini kamar mitar bishofi da giciye, saitin Staunton ba shi da ainihi na zamani da haɗin kai; maimakon haka, yana tsaya a cikin iyakokin wani tsarin gargajiya na musamman. Bambancin waɗannan siffofi biyu yana haskaka banbanci tsakanin neman hali na musamman a cikin catur da tsarin gargajiya da aka daidaita.
Lewis Knight: Gado na Arewa na Zamani Tsakani
Wannan siffa, babban aikin fasaha na ƙarni na 12 na ƙwararrun masu sana'a na Scandinavia, tana cikin sanannen tarin Lewis Chessmen da aka gano a Tsibirin Lewis na Scotland a shekarar 1831. An sassaka ta da ƙwarewa daga haƙoran walrus, kuma tana nuna ci gaban kyan gani na catur yayin da ya bazu a Turai. Wakiltar jarumi mai hawa doki tana nuna zurfin alaƙa tsakanin wasan da sarakuna da tsarin soja na zamanin tsakiyar Turai. Wannan siffa mai jan hankali tana kasancewa shaida ta musamman ga ƙwarewar fasaha ta wancan zamani da kuma matsayin wasan a matsayin aikin fasaha mai ɗorewa.
Yawon Dare na Ƙararrawa: Wata Matsalar Al'ada ta Hankali
Yawon Doki yana dogara ne akan ka'idar cewa doki zai ziyarci kowanne murabba'i a kan allo na catur sau ɗaya kawai. Tun daga Al-Adli a Baghdad na ƙarni na 9 zuwa Leonhard Euler a Turai na ƙarni na 18 a zamanin Haske, wannan matsala ta ja hankalin masu basira a matsayin cikakkiyar daidaiton lissafi da dabaru. Maganin da aka nuna anan yana nuna yadda tsalle-tsallen zakaran ke haifar da daidaito mai rikitarwa da ban sha'awa, yana bayyana “waƙar ilmin lissafi” da hankali na duniya baki ɗaya na catur.
Bucephalus na Alfahari: Alamar nasara da aminci
Wannan mosaic ɗin yana nuna Bucephalus, dokin Macedoniya kuma abokin Alexander the Great mafi kusa. Bucephalus, wanda ya kasance a gefen Alexander a duk yakin sa, ya mutu a abin da yanzu ake kira Pakistan, a wannan yanki ne asalin catur ya fara samun karbuwa. Baya ga wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin mafi ɗorewar alaƙar ɗan adam da dabba a tarihi, wannan fitaccen siffa tana tsaye a matsayin alamar haɗuwar al'adu tsakanin Gabas da Yamma, tare da tafiya daga Masedoniya zuwa Kogin Indus. Wannan labari, wanda ya haɗa ƙwarewar soja da aminci mai ƙarfi, yana adana tunanin wata tafiya ta almara wadda ta ƙare a gidan haihuwar catur.
