Elephant Wednesday
October 8
Photo facts…
Desert Elephant in the dry Huab River, Namibia.
Elephant Video…
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The following facts came from The Fact Site.
9th October – Chess Day.
The predecessor to chess (chaturanga) originated in Eastern India somewhere between 280 and 550 CE, but it wasn’t much like the game we know today.
Instead of black and white pieces, there were four divisions: infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariotry.
As it made its way through Europe, people spent about 500 years (1200-1700CE) tinkering with it to make the games we know and get bored by today.
Chess is said to be a game for intellectuals since each move is meant to be part of a grand strategy the results in your opponent crying on the floor and surrendering to your superior brainpower.
So play a game of chess today in celebration of Chess Day.
I won’t, but that’s because I suck at it.