From Chaturanga to Checkmate: A Global History of Chess

Join us for a lively, wiki-guided tour of chess's journey—from India's Chaturanga and the Silk Road to Persia, China, Japan, and Europe. We'll uncover how the queen became supreme, why castling and two-square pawn advances reshaped the game, and the cross-cultural twists that turned chess into a global mirror of history.

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