Ancient roman chess players

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Raspberry_Yoghurt

I guess they played chess in ancient Rome. Does anybody know the name of a Roman player?

notmtwain
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:

I guess they played chess in ancient Rome. Does anybody know the name of a Roman player?

Where did you get this idea? Chess wasn't invented until long after Rome fell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess

Pirandus

Rufus Cicero was champion of the Ancient Rome.

Pirandus

Why boom?

Pulpofeira
kaynight escribió:

They would be good on the forums! Boom! Boom!

C'mon! This is priceless.

egoole

FM Rookius pawnidius (121-306 AD)

Raspberry_Yoghurt
Fiveofswords wrote:

the roman board game was droughts. they didnt have chess

Seriously? When did chess get to Europe? Middle Ages?

Darth_Algar
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:
Fiveofswords wrote:

the roman board game was droughts. they didnt have chess

Seriously? When did chess get to Europe? Middle Ages?

August 22nd, 1161 at approximately 3:45 in the afternoon.

incantevoleutopia

At 70, you can call Dzindzichashvili ancient Roman...

ChessSetrooks

Nice design. Also visit Roman Chess Sets for more Roman sets and future projects. Thank you