The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India.

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

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