Carolus Chess
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An interesting overview of the history of chess. A few sections need a grain of salt, but worth looking over. Site link uses Wayback Machine. Some image links may be broken.
The "grain of salt" particularly includes the "Dan Brown" section -- as a Freemason myself, this caught my eye, and I think it's getting a little carried away.
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