Tim Clare

Board games have never been doing better in terms of sales. They are doing phenomenally well at the moment.

It depends who you ask and where you date it from. The game Chaturanga, which was an Indian game, has been around for at least a millennium. But the current rules of chess... would probably only solidified in the past 500 years, I think. The last thing that chess decided upon was the movement of the queen. The queen could only move one square at a time.

It depends who you ask and where you date it from. The game Chaturanga, which was an Indian game, has been around for at least a millennium. But the current rules of chess... would probably only solidified in the past 500 years, I think. The last thing that chess decided upon was the movement of the queen. The queen could only move one square at a time.

It depends who you ask and where you date it from. The game Chaturanga, which was an Indian game, has been around for at least a millennium. But the current rules of chess... would probably only solidified in the past 500 years, I think. The last thing that chess decided upon was the movement of the queen. The queen could only move one square at a time.

And then they created this variant called Mad Queen's Chess, where the queen could move as far as you wanted, what we have now. And universally, everyone went, this is brilliant. And that's where the final rules of chess that we have today solidified. So probably about 500 years.

And then they created this variant called Mad Queen's Chess, where the queen could move as far as you wanted, what we have now. And universally, everyone went, this is brilliant. And that's where the final rules of chess that we have today solidified. So probably about 500 years.

And then they created this variant called Mad Queen's Chess, where the queen could move as far as you wanted, what we have now. And universally, everyone went, this is brilliant. And that's where the final rules of chess that we have today solidified. So probably about 500 years.

There was no difference except that you could lose the queen without losing the game.

There was no difference except that you could lose the queen without losing the game.

There was no difference except that you could lose the queen without losing the game.

Absolutely. I think chess is this completely magical game that, through tiny rule changes, became the version it is today, became the game it is today. It wasn't designed so much as discovered, really. And it's an incredible game in terms of the complexity that can come out of a relatively few number of rules.

Absolutely. I think chess is this completely magical game that, through tiny rule changes, became the version it is today, became the game it is today. It wasn't designed so much as discovered, really. And it's an incredible game in terms of the complexity that can come out of a relatively few number of rules.

Absolutely. I think chess is this completely magical game that, through tiny rule changes, became the version it is today, became the game it is today. It wasn't designed so much as discovered, really. And it's an incredible game in terms of the complexity that can come out of a relatively few number of rules.

The answer is that we don't. At some point, it disappears into the ether and we're not sure. Checkers or drafts, as it's sometimes known in the UK, goes back about as long as chess. And there's The thing that has happened with checkers that hasn't happened with chess is we've never decided. The world has not decided on the definitive version of checkers, right?

The answer is that we don't. At some point, it disappears into the ether and we're not sure. Checkers or drafts, as it's sometimes known in the UK, goes back about as long as chess. And there's The thing that has happened with checkers that hasn't happened with chess is we've never decided. The world has not decided on the definitive version of checkers, right?

The answer is that we don't. At some point, it disappears into the ether and we're not sure. Checkers or drafts, as it's sometimes known in the UK, goes back about as long as chess. And there's The thing that has happened with checkers that hasn't happened with chess is we've never decided. The world has not decided on the definitive version of checkers, right?

You go to any country, it has its own version of the rules. It's like Canadian drafts, which has like a much bigger board. There's Frisian drafts where you can jump backwards. There's versions, Turkish drafts, where you move forwards and backwards instead of diagonally. How related is it to chess?

You go to any country, it has its own version of the rules. It's like Canadian drafts, which has like a much bigger board. There's Frisian drafts where you can jump backwards. There's versions, Turkish drafts, where you move forwards and backwards instead of diagonally. How related is it to chess?

You go to any country, it has its own version of the rules. It's like Canadian drafts, which has like a much bigger board. There's Frisian drafts where you can jump backwards. There's versions, Turkish drafts, where you move forwards and backwards instead of diagonally. How related is it to chess?

Well, checkered boards go all the way back to the time of the Buddha, which is one of our earliest lists of board games. He gives this list of games that monks aren't allowed to play, and he talks about checkered boards.