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Silk Road Chess

Silk Road Chess

by Richard Griffiths | 10 Mar 2024 | Blog Post

It is estimated that over half a billion adults play chess regularly, that is equivalent to over ten per cent of World’s adult population. The game emerged from the Indian sub-continent in the sixth century CE. In the following centuries not only had the game spread...

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