3,000 BC Board Game Found in Southern Russia May Be Early Form of Chess

3,000 BC Board Game Found in Southern Russia May Be Early Form of Chess

Ludus Latrunculi board, an ancient Roman strategy game. Credit: Raimundo Pastor / CC BY-SA 4.0 Archaeologists in southern Russia have uncovered the remains of a 3,000 BC board game that may represent one of the earliest known predecessors of chess. The discovery offers rare evidence of cultural connections between ancient Mesopotamia and communities living on the Eurasian steppe more than 5,000 years ago. Researchers made the find from the South…