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To: gao seng who wrote (224492)	2/2/2002 3:51:32 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Chess also makes the player think for him/herself, which is anathema to leftist, collectivist indoctrination.<g>

To: gao seng who wrote (224492)	2/2/2002 6:39:49 PM
From: JEB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The dumbing-down of Berkeley has succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. scsc.essortment.com Chess was played many centuries ago in China, India, and Persia. No one really knows for sure in which country it originated. Then, in the eighth century, armies of Arabs known as Moors invaded Persia. The Moors learned chess from the Persians. When the Moors later invaded Spain, the soldiers brought the game of chess with them. Soon the Spanish were playing chess, too. From Spain, chess quickly spread throughout all of Europe.