Knight (chess) of chaturanga in India around the 6th century. Similar pieces are found in almost all games of the chess family. The "ma" of xiangqi and janggi are slightly more restricted; conceptually, the piece is considered to pass through the adjacent orthogonal square, which must be unoccupied, rather than "jumping". Another related piece is the "keima" of shogi, which moves like a knight but may only move two squares forward followed by one square sideways, restricting its movement to two possible squares. Unicode defines two codepoints for knight: ♘ U+2658 White Chess Knight (HTML ♘) ♞ U+265E Black Chess Knight (HTML
Dubai Chess and Culture Club Dubai Chess and Culture Club Dubai Chess and Culture Club was established in 1979 as a part of the UAE Chess Federation, the governing body of chess in the UAE, and was officially recognized as an independent entity on May 16, 1981. The club's headquarters was acclaimed as the most modern and biggest dedicated chess club in the world when it was inaugurated on May 2, 1999. The building is designed in the shape of a rook, a piece in the game of chess. Some of the most notable members of the club include Saeed Ahmed Saeed, the UAE’s first