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Shatar or Mongolian chess is considered to be the king of the board games. It needs keen intelligence, creative thinking, and patience; chess is a type of intellectual sport. There is even a folk saying that chess players live longer. Although there is no official affirmation of this, it is said that chess originated in Mongolia in the period of the Huns. Mongolian chess is one of the various board games that are part of the intellectual fund of humanity that has been shaped by nomadic Mongolians. In terms of figures, terms, and movements, Mongolian chess is distinctive from European chess and its theme is more closely linked to the herding livelihood. Rather than themes of armies and war, Mongolian chess manifests the peace-loving mentality of animal farming people. Mongolian chess also contains a complex of figures representing various animals, well-known wrestlers, archers, soldiers, herders and other kinds of celebrities.

Tea house, a social environment for drinking tea, eating and relaxing. In Tajiki-stan, old people usually visit tea houses. They drink tea, talk to each other, and play board games such as chess, backgammon, and cards. Some tea houses are visited by folk musicians and singers, storytellers. In Rasht, Tojikibod and Lakhsh districts, tea-houses also serve as a hotel for invited guests coming to a wedding celebration. Some guests can stay and spend the night during their visit.

Chess – a kind of traditional board games. Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is world-wide game for both amateurs and profes-sionals.

Chess – a kind of traditional board games. Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is world-wide game for both amateurs and profes-sionals.

Chess – a kind of traditional board games. Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is world-wide game for both amateurs and profes-sionals.

Backgammon game. A old kind of sport of the Tajik people. Board game for two players on a special board, divided into two halves. The goal - to roll the dice and moving the checkers in accordance with dropped points, to go full circle checkers around the board, they come into another player’s home and throw them to the board before it will make the opponent.

Backgammon game. A old kind of sport of the Tajik people. Board game for two players on a special board, divided into two halves. The goal - to roll the dice and moving the checkers in accordance with dropped points, to go full circle checkers around the board, they come into another player’s home and throw them to the board before it will make the opponent.