The rise of the ‘Queen’: From ages 8 to 18, how an all-girl team is bringing free chess to rural India | Chess News – The Times of India
Free chess reaches rural India (Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: The queen was not always the strongest piece in chess. From the inception of “Chaturanga” in India in the 6th century, and through its long journey across the Middle East before reaching Europe in the 15th century, the piece we now call the queen served only…