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To: Yogizuna who wrote (108)4/7/2000 6:51:00 PM
From: .Trev  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 183
 
Yeah I saw Lilian's reply. Personally I never took to the game and quit irevocably when my Grandson started beating me.
Funny how people don't recognise the practical implications of that concept. Had a discussion just this week with a guy who couldn't seem to understand that the capacity (and hence cost) of a cylindrical storage tank goes up as the square of the diameter, and not just directly with the diameter.

Cheers again.



To: Yogizuna who wrote (108)4/8/2000 1:04:00 PM
From: Lilian Debray  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 183
 
Actually, the first game of chess can be traced to around 5 A.D. in North-West India - so the grain in the story may well have been wheat. It first spread to Persia. It was called chaturanga from the Sanskrit chatur: four. A chaturanga was an army composed of four elements: elephants, chariots, cavalry, infantry.
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"Chess is the game which reflects most on human wits." Voltaire


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