Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Jeremy Good wrote on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 11:13 PM UTC:A group of German Indologists has claimed to have resolved the controversy over the origin of chess in favour of Kannauj, a township about 75 km from Kanpur in the state.... Even the concept of `checkmate' was introduced in India, said Bhatt, who had organised an international symposium on chess at Pondicherry University in 1996. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Chess Origins does not match any item.