Show chess ancient pastime chess Is acknowledged as one of this lb worlds oldest games john de digney assigning its lavent laven lon tion to a babylonian philosopher xerxes othen I 1 have attributed it to chilo one of the seven sages of greece gibbon believed the indians indiana conceived the game and that persia perfected it earlier dameg date have been suggested however by the depiction of chess in the painting of the ancient egyptians slid and the descriptions of it in the chinese books book of f wisdom |