Chess originated in ancient India as an explicit abstraction of war. Its Sanskrit name, chaturanga, means “four-limbed,” referring to the military divisions of infantry, cavalry, elephantry ...

5. John Curry, The British Kriegsspiel (1872) Including RUSI’s Polemos (1888), Recreational Wargaming—Early Wargames 2 (Morrisville, NC: History of Wargaming Project, 2013). 6. 1896 British War Office ...