King Solomon Played
[N the first century of this era, Fergus, the son of Roy, came over to Alba from Erin in search of Deirdre and Naos, and found them on the shores of Loch Etive, in Argyllshire. Fergus sent forth his famous war-cry, and its echo reached the tent where Deirdre and Naos were seated in front of a polished chessboard-a gift from King Conor. I became suspicious about this tale when I saw that reference to the chessboard in the copy now in the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, dated 1208 A.D. I had always thought that chess came to us from medieval times when knights and bishops were rather important in the scheme of things. But my
suspicions were lulled when I discovered that the game of chess came originally from Hindustan. King Solomon, we are told, spent many leisure hours at his chessboard, and there are references in the sacred books of the East to the King of Ceylon enjoying a game of chess 4,000 years ago!-("Deirdre and the Sons of Usnach," by A. J. Sinclair, 1ZM, June 22.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 5
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182King Solomon Played New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 106, 4 July 1941, Page 5
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