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Famous entities with chess related names
People
Shah Rukh[?]
- Name of several
Moghul[?]
princes, named after the shah-rukh fork. (A fork of King and Rook).
Cities
Shahrukhiya[?]
- Legendary city built on the river
Jaxartes
by the emperor
Timur
. The city is thought to be at the location
Fanakant[?]
.
Other
Exchequer[?]
- UK revenue department, as in
Chancellor of the Exchequer
, the word literally means "chessboard".
Cheque[?]
- Form of monetary tranfer, named after the chess declaration of "Check" .
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