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Opening Moves: The extraordinary origins of chess

During Fun & Games, an exhibition about playtime, past and present, and part of MACFEST, the international festival of Muslim arts and culture, this online event brought together senior British Museum curators Dr Sushma Jansari and Dr Irving Finkel to discuss the Indian, Persian and Arab roots of the world's most famous game of strategy.

The British Museum’s Sushma Jansari and Irving Finkel with early abstract green and brown chess set