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Origins of chess traced to India in playful tale
The piece suggests Nassir, a Brahmin, invented chess to curb a despotic prince Behub, teaching him a game where the king is protected by his subjects. The retold tale hints Rehub may have discarded the pieces into the Ganges. The piece notes Time Magazine remarks on New York City’s Irish, Jews, and Italian populations and daily water and food flows.
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