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    Each game of chess
    Means there's one less
    Variation left to be played
    Each day got through
    Means one or two
    Less mistakes remain to be made
    Not much is known
    Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
    That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought
    Though brothers, for a Hindu throne
    Their mother cried
    For no-one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
    She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath
    But sure enough one brother died
    Sad beyond belief
    She told her winning son
    You have caused such grief
    I can't forgive this evil thing you've done
    He tried to explain
    How things had really been
    But he tried in vain
    No words of his could mollify the queen
    And so he asked the wisest men he knew
    The way to lessen her distress
    They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress
    By using model soldiers on
    A checker board to show it was his brother's fault
    They thus invented chess
    Chess displayed no inertia
    Soon spread to Persia, then west
    Next the Arabs refined it,
    Thus redesigned, it progressed
    Still further yet
    And when Constantinople fell in 1453
    One would have noticed every other refugee
    Included in his bags a set
    Once in the hands
    And in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
    The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance
    Through all of Europe's vital lands
    Where we must record
    The game was further changed
    Right across the board
    The western touch upon the pieces ranged
    King and queen and rook
    And bishop, knight and pawn
    All took on the look
    We know today, the modern game was born
    And in the end
    We see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
    And boosted in the main by what is now Iran
    Become the simplest and most complicated pleasure
    Yet devised for just the kind of mind who would appreciate
    This well researched and fascinating yarn.
  • [00:00.00]The Story of chess
    [00:01.00][01:13.00]
    [01:13.00]Each game of chess
    [01:15.99]Means there's one less
    [01:18.78]Variation left to be played
    [01:24.49]Each day got through
    [01:27.20]Means one or two
    [01:29.90]Less mistakes remain to be made
    [01:35.54]Not much is known
    [01:36.84]Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
    [01:40.35]That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought
    [01:42.90]Though brothers, for a Hindu throne
    [01:44.99]Their mother cried
    [01:46.00]For no-one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
    [01:49.48]She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath
    [01:52.24]But sure enough one brother died
    [01:54.04]Sad beyond belief
    [01:55.84]She told her winning son
    [01:57.44]You have caused such grief
    [01:59.58]I can't forgive this evil thing you've done
    [02:02.43]He tried to explain
    [02:04.83]How things had really been
    [02:05.95]But he tried in vain
    [02:08.25]No words of his could mollify the queen
    [02:11.34]And so he asked the wisest men he knew
    [02:14.10]The way to lessen her distress
    [02:16.40]They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress
    [02:19.15]By using model soldiers on
    [02:21.05]A checker board to show it was his brother's fault
    [02:23.85]They thus invented chess
    [02:26.30]Chess displayed no inertia
    [02:31.85]Soon spread to Persia, then west
    [02:37.36]Next the Arabs refined it,
    [02:42.64]Thus redesigned, it progressed
    [02:48.40]Still further yet
    [02:49.89]And when Constantinople fell in 1453
    [02:53.29]One would have noticed every other refugee
    [02:55.94]Included in his bags a set
    [02:57.90]Once in the hands
    [02:59.07]And in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
    [03:02.73]The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance
    [03:05.19]Through all of Europe's vital lands
    [03:07.43]Where we must record
    [03:08.84]The game was further changed
    [03:10.29]Right across the board
    [03:12.45]The western touch upon the pieces ranged
    [03:14.54]King and queen and rook
    [03:17.24]And bishop, knight and pawn
    [03:18.84]All took on the look
    [03:20.84]We know today, the modern game was born
    [03:24.10]And in the end
    [03:25.50]We see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
    [03:29.14]And boosted in the main by what is now Iran
    [03:32.05]Become the simplest and most complicated pleasure
    [03:34.40]Yet devised for just the kind of mind who would appreciate
    [03:38.30]This well researched and fascinating yarn.

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