HIDDEN HOLIDAY DAY 2: Chess Not Checkers

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The earliest chess sets trace their roots back to the Mediterranean and India as far back as 465 AD. The Indian chess pieces were called shah (king), wazir (counselor), fil (bishop), asp (knight), rukh, (rook), and piyade (pawn). Similar names made their way through the Persia empire and the rest of the Arab world, and when the game was adopted by the w…