Chess originated in India as game w/4 players and dice

Chess was originally a game in India called chatarunga.

It had four players, and dice. 

I'm watching an archived 5 minute long "History of Chess" documentary on HBO, Narrated by Gary Kasparov

Chatarunga was a precursor to chess, but not, in itself, chess.

Okay then smarty pants, then what was Chatanooga the precursor too? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?  :-)

Chatanooga came before choo-choo.

So you agree then, we need to lobby to bring dice back into the game of chess.

I agree, people should be allowed play dice in the lobby of all chess venues.

Absolutely!  Playing chess like craps is perfectly acceptable, as long as one is learning.  At least that's what I hear in other threads in this forum.