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Civil War Chess – History Through a Chess Game

No comments December 3rd, 2009

A chess game is a war themed game played on a board. The object of this game is, as a famous American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer said, “to crush the mind of your opponent”. Chess is a game of patience and when a war between two opponents starts it can take hours for it to be finished. Like in real wars, strategies and concentration are very important. With so much resemblance to a real war, the design of traditional chess sets has evolved into a variety of themed designs. Civil war chess sets in example give the game of chess something extra. The Great War, which occurred Read more