Show the C clime ce e of f ca 64 the origin and history of the game of clie chess wils is involved in much obscurity some authors say that it was invented during the baege of troy to relieve the tediousness thus imposed upon the grecian chiefs others adfer the invention to the egyptians and cite a sculpture of the t time imhoof of the ee building of the pyramids where re a lion and a are depicted depleted as being deep in the myat mysteries rles of the game the chinese claim the game aa as one of their inventions and sodo so do several other countries and nations among them the ceylonese they say that while alavan a king of ceylon wao was undergoing a baege seffa a hindmo mathematician invented le vented the game for tho the amusement of his royal master who was thus enabled to mimic the movements 0 of his ills enemies on the tiny battlefield before him film although we can find no definite trace of the game in england prior to its introduction by the french in the eleventh century itis it is known to have been the court game game ull all over continental europe at least SOO bw years before alphonso king of castile and pope innocent III both wrote works on the game and the second book printed in the english language was the game and playe of the chesse sac cheari a jesuit of turin called tho the cheas bishop could play with three different opponents opponent 4 without seeing one of the boards and talk with the company during the time of the play st louis Ite republic public |