CHATURANGA: History and How to Play (The Origins of Chess)

● Chaturanga is popularly known as the oldest direct ancestor of modern chess, be it in its European form or its Asian variants. In this video, we will see where, when and how did Chess start its journey, how did we reach our conclusions about the history behind it, and how to play one of its more popular classical variants: Chaturaji.
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ON A SIDE NOTE
● In the video, I mention repeatedly Garry Kasparov, the famous chess player, and attribute him some ideas and conclusions about the history of chaturanga. While he did participate in the book written by Yuri Averbackh (another famous chess player), he only wrote the foreword. Thus, all the ideas that I said in the video belong to Kasparov, do actually belong to Yuri Averbackh (my bad!)
● I know it took me some time to upload this video. The amount of information on chess history and bibliography is vast, and I wanted to give you guys the most detailed information about it that I could gather. I do all the research, scripting, recording and editing by myself, so it does take quite some time. I know some of you want faster uploads, but I want to deliver the best I can do, I hope you understand :). Of course, feel free to suggest what you want me to cover in the comments!
DISCLAIMER: this video is for educational purposes and no copyright infringement is intended.
RESOURCES USED FOR THIS VIDEO
Published Resources:
● Averbakh, Y. A. & Kasparov, G. History of Chess: from Chaturanga to the Present Day. Russell Enterprises. 2012.
● Bhatta, P. “Indian Origins of Chess: an overview”. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 2003, Vol. 84 (2003), pp. 23-32.
● Bird, H. E. Chess History and Reminiscenses, Blackmask Online, 2002. (Original of 1893)
● Cazaux, J. L. & Knowlton, R. A World of Chess: Its Development and Variations through Centuries and Civilizations. McFarland & Company, 2017
● Dillon, P. “Artefacts, found objects and early games. A cultural ecological perspective on proto-chess pieces”, Time and Mind, DOI: 10.1080/1751696X.2020.1718312.
● Hillyer Levitt, S. Chess: its South Asian Origin and Meaning, 1991, 533-547.
● H. J. R. Murray. A History of Chess. Clarendon Press, 1913.
● Pritchard, D. B. The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley, 2007.
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