Opening Moves: The Extraordinary Origins of Chess

Fri, 19 Feb 2021, 6 to 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±0)

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The Portico Library is delighted to host an online event with MACFEST on the Indian, Persian and Arab roots of the world’s most famous game of strategy; the chess. It is part of During Fun & Games, an exhibition about playtime, past and present.

Introduced by: James Moss, Portico Library, Manchester.

Speaker: Dr Sushma Jansari, Tabor Foundation Curator: South Asia Collections, British Museum, London.