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Cleveland Library Chess Exhibit Opens - 2006/06/23 23:54
In the January 2004 Chess Life, the opening of a chess exhibit is discussed.
It contains some serious misinformation. I quote:
The earliest items displayed are chess pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300
B.C.
No credible chess historian that I know of believes that chess was played earlier than about the seventh century C.E. I was surprised to see this claim in print except that the article was based on information contained in the exhibit itself.
The article gave the library's web site as www.cpl.org. I think the Eskimos developed chess to pass the time at seal's breathing holes. Eskimos are expert carvers. An Eskimo theme chess set would be a valuable work of art..
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