So who invented Chess

there are no similarities at all between Go and  any form of Chess, because it's probably even older than Indian Chess, it;s also more complicated but the rules are more simpler. Chess represents the class differences within a society with pieces as powerful as Rooks or knights, but Go on the other hand showed no Class differences at all because all the pieces have the same power, therefore we can conclude that Go was invented from a much earlier society.

Edited by Siege Tower - 13-Oct-2007 at 06:31

    And the only evidence which we have of the oldest dynasty is the Xia dynasty from 1900 B.C. The description that which we have of other supposedly earlier dynasties from their descriptons seem pretty dubious for there to have been any such dynasties. They are described as beign sage kings and being perfectly moral. These types of descriptions are most of the time just mythical and a third party finds it pretty hard to believe them. King Shun also belongs to that dynasty. The Indians have a tradition of an unbroken chain of Kings stretching back to 10,000 years. Should  we take their word for it. Of coure not, the only evidence that which we have for the oldest Indias civilization is about 5000 years old and unless we have evidence to the contrary that situation stands as it is. And also their legends say that all the Indians are the children of a king name Bharat. Which again seems pretty hard to believe as it is difficult to think of a person able to populate a place as big as India. These legends only exist to strengthen the notion of nationhood of a people, they cannot be taken literally or at face value.           

Let's just settle this issue by saying that I invented the chess.