Ihor Holubizky

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  Suzy Lake

  Gamesmanship—the exploitation of weakness through strategy rather than brute force alone—is older than chess, but the game has its origins in that approach. Initially a prestigious pastime in India during the 6th century, and called the “game of kings” in its origin-variation Chaturanga, by the end of the 10th century chess had spread to Persia and then to Europe.

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