Chess, the great metaphor of the world

All board games, starting with Monopoly or Risk, stand as metaphors for reality and the societies that create them.

But none have a chess-like evocative power.

Most historians agree that it was born in late antiquity in India and came to Europe in the Middle Ages via the Arabs.

However, legends circulate that attribute a much earlier origin to it, according to which its inventor was Palamedes, a mythical Hellenic character, fond of games, who created chess and dice during the endless siege of Troy to entertain ...

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