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INTERACTIVE: From Chaturanga to Chess

By EDDIE CHUA

Wednesday, 20 Jul 2022 | 8:00 AM MYT

CHESS is one of the oldest - and most popular - board games in the world.

About 600 million people play chess regularly and some 70% of the world's population is said to play the game or have some knowledge of it.

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