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AnneD

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94. India....

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:12 PM

Jan 2012

it is called chaturanga (army in sanskrit). It spread to Persia and then through arab traders to Spain. People think of Russia because that is where the first World Tournaments were held.

AnneD_who use to teach intro chess to talented elementary kids although she has no ranking and bemoans the fact that we have gone from a nation of chess players to a nation of checker players

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