[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] Tony Quintanilla wrote on Wed, Jul 14, 2004 05:50 PM UTC:For historical research, may I recommend Murray's classic, 'A History of Chess'. It should be in print or available at a good library: http://www.chessvariants.com/books.html#bookmurray