Tabija
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The word tabija (from Arabic طبيعة, DMG ṭabīʿa ; Pluralطبيعات / ṭabīʿāt or German Tabijen ) denotes a fixed opening position in the Persian- Arabic Schatrandsch , the pre-existing form of the modern game of chess in the Middle Ages . The various traditional tabijen are positions of the Shatrandsch worked out by masters, from which the actual game is started.
With the help of a tabija, up to twenty moves per side can be saved in some cases ; Otherwise, because of the slower moves in Schatrandsch compared to today's chess, they would mostly take place without touching the enemy in one's own half of the board.
In recent years the term has found use again as a chess term. What is meant then are frequently occurring key positions from which the modern opening systems branch out.
literature
- David Hooper, Ken Whyld : The Oxford Companion to Chess. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-866164-9 , pp. 406-407.