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Linknet-Columns.com features articles and weekly syndicated columns in specific areas of interest such as Marketing, Travel, Health, Business Opportunities, Product Features, Golf. Advertise with Linknet. Get links and create a powerful online presence. Chess - Its Origins and DevelopmentApr 9, 2006 - Linknet Entertainment News Chess - Its Origins and Development Apr 9, 2006 - Linknet Entertainment - by Rick HendershotChess is one of the world's great board games. For centuries chess players around the world have been mesmerized by its challenges, and its great masters have been revered as superstars of a different order -- superstars with brains. == Over 100 Chess Set Designs from ChessBaron - Over 100 designs of Staunton based Chess Sets == Origins and background of chess Like many of our popular board games, such as checkers (draughts) and backgammon, chess originated sometime in the first millenium AD, somewhere along the Silk Road that ran between Europe, Egypt, India and the Orient. Most historians trace its origins back to northern India or Afganistan sometime around 600 AD. == Philippine phone cards, India phone card - Save big by using our prepaid phone cards == As one might expect, there is a good deal of controversy among chess historians about both the date and place of the origin of chess. While some place its origins in China, the most common theory is that the version of chess we are familiar with evolved from a game played in northern India called ashtapada. This game used an 8x8 board (like ours), but had 4 players, and moves were determined by the throw of dice. Read the rest of Chess - Its Origins and Development Article Source: Click-Partners.com
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