Show cheat and checks chess was originally tho the game of kings the game of shahs shags the word shah become became in old french 41 sahac sc hac lt W while bile tho the old french escheck esche cs all was waa further corrupted into chess chaos tho the more ori original gindl form forin chee chec has likewise been preserved though wo little think of it when wo we draw a cheque or when we suffer buffer a checki or when wo speak of the chancellor of the exchequer the great object of the chasa player Is to protect tho the king and when the king Is a in fix danger tho the opponent la to obliged to say cli check eck if 1 0 shah the king after this tho the various meanings of check cheque or exchequer become easily in e exchequer or the ibe name of the chess board was aft afterward eeward used for tho checkered cloth on which ac counts were calculated by meads heaps of counters |