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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

28 Jan 2000
3star
The Origin of Chess & The Silk Road
Private site, Germany
Supplied note: "The worldwide Initiativ Group Koenigstein, IGK, founded in 1991, is searching for the origin of chess. Was chess created through evolution or revolution? [...] Chess is surely more than 1500 years old. The IGK wants to expand the search for and research of chess literature and chess artifacts along the Silk Road, including games older than chess. The IGK, a unique blend of academics and professionals, can contribute both expertise and experience in a wide range of disciplines."
Site Contents: The state of chess research (by Egbert Meissenburg); The birthplace of chess (by Kenneth Whyld); Thoughts on the origin of chess (by Joseph Needham); How I reoriented my chess beliefs (by Pavle Bidev); Some facts to think about (by Ricardo Calvo); Is chess mentioned in the Talmud? (by Victor Keats); To the question of the origin of chess (by Jurij Awerbach); Conclusions in 1998; Some comments; Related online links.
URL http://www.netcologne.de/~nc-jostenge
Link suggested by: Gerhard Josten (gerhardjosten@netcologne.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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