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...
by Richard Griffiths | 19 Feb 2024 | eLibrary
eLibrary: Chess Along the Silk Road The modern game of chess is a perfect example of cultural exchange along the silk roads. Starting in the North-West of the Indian subcontinent, it entered Persia sometime around the 6th century CE. The game was carried to China by...