Chaturanga to Chess: How India’s Ancient War Game Conquered the World
How a 6th-century Indian war game called chaturanga became modern chess, passing through Persia’s shatranj, Europe’s rise of the Queen, and now, the engine era.
Indian Chess History
Long before chess had a name, it had a battlefield in ancient India, four divisions of an army moving across 64 squares. Indian Chess History traces that fifteen-hundred-year line forward. Forgotten servants who beat world champions, sisters who forced FIDE’s hand, and the quiet Chennai clubs that built a nation of grandmasters all sit here.