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Chess
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Chess

Myke Johns | WABE

June 14th, 2012

Chess traces its diverse and entangled origins back to 6th century India and 2nd century China among others. The modern form of the game came out of southern Europe circa 1475 and remains one of the most popular worldwide.

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