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Originally Posted by Krylo
Care to substantiate that claim?
'Cause I can't actually find any information on why Shatranj was invented, and the closest I can find to an actual reason for playing chess was nobles during the rennaissance period (at which point Chess had been around in various form for centuries), using it to study tactics.
Which is a lot different, in and itself, from making socio-political commentary.
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One prince made it up to explain why some other prince was a douche. I think? It was at the beginning of Chess the Musical.