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Yuri Averbakh

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Chess historian who theorized about the origins of chess in ancient India and its Greek influences

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"Yuri Averbakh posits that the original, Indian form of chess (chaturanga, meaning 4-limbs [of the Indian Army]) was derived from two separate sources. The aesthetics and piece movements came from ancient Indian games of chance (think racing games like Candyland)."
Cool Chess Fact · u/AlyoshaKaramazov69 · ↑54 · 2022-11-24
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