Chess
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Chess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king
Part of a Staunton chess setLeft to right: white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight, white bishop
Setup at the start of a chess game
Public chess tables in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France
Men playing chess, Kutaisi, Georgia, 2014
Chaturanga
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Chaturanga is an ancient Indian strategy board game. It is first known from India around the seventh century CE.
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…inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw. The recorded history of chess dates back to the emergence of chaturanga in 7th-century India. Chaturanga is also thought to be an ancestor of similar games like janggi, xiangqi, and shogi. After its introduction to Persia…
Krishna and Radha playing chaturanga on an 8×8 ashtāpada
Chess set from Rajasthan, India