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The Goddesschess Partnership
"Is chess the game of the goddess?"
"...chess
is but an imperfect variant of a game that was itself a variant
of a germinal game whose origins lie somewhere in the darkness of time."
(D.B. Pritchard - Encyclopedia
of Chess Variants)
Georgia Albert - 01:49pm Dec 6, 1998 MST (1)
"I have been researching the demise of the Goddess. I have realized that the game of chess made the queen, or Goddess, the most powerful piece on the board. She can move freely and be resurrected. The patriarchal religions did not like the idea of the Goddess having so much power, so the game was banned for many years by the Catholic church. I have read that the reason for the ban was because the chess game promoted war. I do not believe this. I believe the reason for the ban was because chess was the game of the Goddess."
