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Chess
Jul 20
Chess Day
Designed by Graham A Robieson (Dunfermline) for use by all chess lovers. The colours are based on strategy: the black and white standard colours for two opposing sides; two equal lines for fairness and sportsmanship and dark green and dark blue for the concept of battle.
Rook
Jul 20
Chess Day
A tartan approximation of a symmetrical chessboard across the diagonal.
Praetorian
Oct 18
Video Games Day
A video game tribute tartan originally named 'Predator' but changed to 'Praetorian' because the word predator comes from praetor. A companion tartan for the game Rome - Total War has colours based on the Roman factions and Senate.
Sverker
Oct 18
Video Games Day
A tartan created to honour the fourth anniversary of the founding of Clan Sverker, a gaming community that has long interwoven Celtic and Scandinavian history into the organisation.
Xbox
Oct 18
Video Games Day
Jul 20
Chess Day
there is a sequence of moves called the "Scotch Game," or "Scotch Opening," a chess opening that was popular in the 19th century, by 1900 the Scotch had lost favour among top players because it was thought to release the central tension too early and allow Black to equalise without difficulty.
Rook
Jul 20
Chess Day
In the medieval game of shatranj, the rook symbolized a chariot. Persian war chariots were heavily armoured, carrying a driver and at least one ranged-weapon bearer, such as an archer. The sides of the chariot were built to resemble fortified stone work, giving the impression of small, mobile buildings, causing terror on the battlefield.
Praetorians Video Game
Oct 18
Video Games Day
Praetorians is a 3D real-time tactics[1] game developed by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive, based on Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, Britain, Crassus' battles in Parthia and the events of Caesar's Civil War the player controls either the Roman Republic, the Ptolemaic Kingdom (Inaccurately represented as the New Kingdom of Egypt) or a generic Barbarian tribe based on the Helvetii, Gauls and Celts.
Clan Sverker Logo
Oct 18
Video Games Day
Clan Sverker is a Massively Multiplay Online (MMO) gaming community with a special interest in role playing games and characters with Scandinavian and Celtic themes.
Oct 18
Video Games Day