Ambassador Chess Gift Set

Description

Classic chess derives its name from two Persian words, "check" and "mate," meaning master of death. The home of chess is India, where in the fifth century, there appeared a predecessor of chess: chaturanga. Chess appeared in Russia in the ninth and tenth centuries. The beloved game goes by different names in different countries: In England and America it is chess, in Spain it is el axadrez, in Germany it is schach, and in France it is echecs.