*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 134

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 05globalNO SINGLE PIN

14th c. English game name onward; later global adoption

English-language and international chess nomenclature

chess DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

The inherited English game name persists while rules change and chess becomes global. The unrelated grass called chess remains a separate word of unknown origin.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
global
TIME PRECISION
open
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The open interval begins with the cited fourteenth-century English game-name horizon. It does not date worldwide adoption or every rule change to that century.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Chess — Word History

    Documents the modern game noun and separates it from the unrelated grass word whose origin is unknown.

    Current game definition; grass-chess noteAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. context

    Chess

    Shows that later rule reforms occurred within the continuing game tradition, supporting the distinction between name history and changing rules.

    Chess i, European rule changes and game continuityAUDIT SOURCE ↗