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Chess is a challenging board game having ancient origins.  Chess originated in [[India]], in a game called Shaturanga. The earliest extant description of the game is contained in the [[Bhavishya Purana]], which dates from A.D. 300 to A.D. 600.

Chess is a challenging board game having ancient origins.  Chess originated in [[India]], in a game called Shaturanga. The earliest extant description of the game is contained in the [[Bhavishya Purana]], which dates from A.D. 300 to A.D. 600.

Shaturanga used [[dice]], but Hinduism bans gambling.  As a result, the game of chess developed free from any dice or chance.

Shaturanga used [[dice]], but [[Hinduism]] bans gambling.  As a result, the game of chess developed free from any dice or chance.

Modern international chess has a powerful, sweeping [[queen]] who was not in the original game.  The long reach of bishops today was also lacking at first.  Maneuvers such as castling or capturing en passant have been developed within the past few hundred years,  but all the other pieces and moves were in the ancient version.

Modern international chess has a powerful, sweeping [[queen]] who was not in the original game.  The long reach of bishops today was also lacking at first.  Maneuvers such as castling or capturing en passant have been developed within the past few hundred years,  but all the other pieces and moves were in the ancient version.