Kaisa (cue sport)
Kaisa or karoliina is a cue sport mainly played in Finland. The game comes from Russia, where it is still played. Kaisa equipment is similar to Russian pyramid.
It has small pockets barely large enough for a ball to enter. Kaisa tables are usually 10 feet long. It is a two-player or two-team game. As with many carom billiards games, both players have their own cue balls used to shoot at the other balls. One is usually differentiated by one cue ball having a dot or other marking on it. In all, five balls are used: the yellow object ball (called the kaisa in Finnish), two red object balls, and the two white cue balls (each of which serves as an object ball for the opponent). The game is played to 60 points.
Origins
[change | change source]Kaisa can be traced back to an 18th century game called Russian carambole played with two white cue balls and one red object ball.[1] By the beginning of the 19th century, a new variant added two more object balls: a blue ball and a black, brown, or yellow ball called the karolin, caroline, or carline which gave the game its name.[2][3][4]: 43
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Beaufort, James (1775). Hoyle's Games Improved (1st ed.). London: Samuel Bladon. pp. 188–189. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ White, E. (1807). A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards. London: W. Miller. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ Pardon, George Frederick (1857). Billiards: Its Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). London: William Henry Cox. pp. 103–105. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ Template:Shamos 1999
External links
[change | change source]- Carline or Caroline 1866 rules for Russian game