Hindi and the origins of chess

You may recall during the coverage by ChessBase of the Anand-Carlsen world championship match, our daily reports included detailed reports in Hindi appended to the main reports in English. The author, Niklesh Jain, brings detailed explanations on the importance of the Hindi language in the origins of the game and its composition. Naturally there is a Hindi version of this <a href="[Post:view_link]">history lesson.</a>

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