zole

This page has been automatically translated from Latvian into English by Hugo.lv. Machine translation allows to understand the meaning of a source text, but cannot substitute a human created translation made by professional human translators. Zolīte is played throughout Latvia and also in Latvian diaspora communities outside Latvia. In Latvia, zolite players are mainly Latvians, but it also is played by other nationalities. Zolīte players range from young to old age, from students to well-known people. Most are men aged 35–65. The zolite community consists of people who are united by playing a game that makes it possible to involve and exercise the mind, think, stimulate memory, and have a fun time. Playing zolīte can be a family tradition or an activity within work or hobby clubs, as the community consists both of hobby-level players and professionals that have united in zolīte clubs. The Latvian Zolīte Federation has a significant role in maintaining the tradition. The most professional zolīte players have joined and actively participate in zolīte tournaments organised by the Latvian Zolīte Federation (LZF). Each year, the LZF organises the Latvian Zolīte championship, which brings together the best players of the zolīte community (~120–150). In recent years, online play has had a large role in maintaining the zolīte tradition. There are multiple sites that offer zolīte online – one is www.zolmaniem.lv, which gathers players for convenient online games. Additionally, zolmaniem.lv also plays a role by organising online zolīte tournaments, and collaborates with multiple Latvian municipalities, increasing the visibility of online zolīte tournaments as a good and valuable way for players from across Latvia to spend their time. There are many zolīte clubs, for example, the Riga Zolīte Club, the Riga Latvian Society Zolīte Club, etc. Zolīte is played throughout Latvia and also in Latvian diaspora communities outside Latvia. In Latvia, zolite players are mainly Latvians, but it also is played by other nationalities. Zolīte players range from young to old age, from students to well-known people. Most are men aged 35–65. The zolite community consists of people who are united by playing a game that makes it possible to involve and exercise the mind, think, stimulate memory, and have a fun time. Playing zolīte can be a family tradition or an activity within work or hobby clubs, as the community consists both of hobby-level players and professionals that have united in zolīte clubs. The Latvian Zolīte Federation has a significant role in maintaining the tradition. The most professional zolīte players have joined and actively participate in zolīte tournaments organised by the Latvian Zolīte Federation (LZF). Each year, the LZF organises the Latvian Zolīte championship, which brings together the best players of the zolīte community (~120–150). In recent years, online play has had a large role in maintaining the zolīte tradition. There are multiple sites that offer zolīte online – one is www.zolmaniem.lv, which gathers players for convenient online games. Additionally, zolmaniem.lv also plays a role by organising online zolīte tournaments, and collaborates with multiple Latvian municipalities, increasing the visibility of online zolīte tournaments as a good and valuable way for players from across Latvia to spend their time. There are many zolīte clubs, for example, the Riga Zolīte Club, the Riga Latvian Society Zolīte Club, etc. Zolīte in Latvian society is regarded as a Latvian card game. Amongst zolīte players, it has earned the title of 'Latvian national card game'. There are skill- and luck-based card games. Zolīte is a skill-based game because a player needs good playing skills and a sharp mind more than luck. This card game is known not only as zole, but also zolīte, and used to be called revelīts, as mentioned in Emanuel Lasker’s 1931 book Card Games. It is not known exactly when the game was first played in Latvia, however,