How medieval chess created a space in which players – regardless of race – could engage as equals

My research shows that chess created a space in which players – regardless of their skin colour – could engage as equals.

Meet Bodhana Sivanandan: Indian-origin player, 11, makes history as Britain's top chess master

Chess is a game of the master stroke, a step-by-step war that only lets the most mindful of them all emerge victorious. In ...