Tags: Activity, Game.
Fidchell (in Irish; also spelled fidhcheall fidceall fitchneal or fithchill and pronounced [ˈfɪðʲçɛlː] in Old Irish) or gwyddbwyll (in Welsh) was an ancient Celtic board game. The name in both Irish and Welsh is a compound translating to wood sense; the fact that the compound is identical in both languages demonstrates that the name is of extreme antiquity. The game is claimed by many Irish people to be the predecessor of the modern game chess.
